Origami Business Card Holder - tutorial

Here's a fun way to store those business cards. You will need an 8x8in square sheet of paper and a couple of business cards. In this tutorial, I used a larger sheet for demonstration. Have fun!


1. Begin with the white side of the paper facing you. Fold the paper until you get 16 squares. Fold the sides toward the middle, and then fold the sides toward the crease you just made. Repeat on all four sides of the square.

Super Simple DIY Twig Luminary (For Tu B'Shevat!)

You can make a gorgeous winter centerpiece with twigs and candlelight and it's so simple! And of course anything using twigs is great for your Tu B'Shevat (the New Year for the trees) table. Add a few branches if you have some available, even from your neighbor's pruning pile, and you've got yourself a great look, especially on an elegant, creme tablecloth! I've used olive branches, which I think are perfect, thanks to some branches I found hanging out on someones sidewalk. So take a nature walk with the kids, or even yourself, collect some little twigs (of course the neighbor's pruning might also be a good source for those too...) and enjoy. If you're snowed in, with no source of twigs in sight, so you can use some wooden skewers, and even paint them brown. Add a few beads for texture, and yours will look lovely too!

Making Baubles

We made the baubles below using recycled Christmas cards and card sent to us by the excellent Ideas in Paper ; if you want top quality paper and card for your craft projects, that's the place to get it! And if you mention Things to Make and Do when you order, you'll get a 10% discount!

These are great festive decorations, made out of old Christmas cards, but they can also be made out of any coloured card to match your party theme.