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Hey, I'm Claire!

I’m Claire, the messy-handed, glue-covered, fabric-hoarding crafter behind Pillar Box Blue. If there’s a way to turn something old into something fabulous, you can bet I’m all over it. Denim scraps? Christmas decorations. Tin cans? Chic planters. Vintage wallpaper? Decoupage dreams. You get the idea.

Stitching the wave pattern on the handmade paper by hand

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Paper Embroidery

How to hand-embroider paper and make a paper vase.