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Originally uploaded by mewpaperarts.

Whew! This one is sure tiring me out--though I'm very pleased with the end result. My wonderful client from Etsy is getting married on Kauai later this summer and chose this handmade invitation to send to her guests. Each piece of champagne card stock is cut and rounded by hand. The chocolate sleeves are scored and wrapped by hand, and then chiyogami paper is the finishing touch. There's something very pleasing and meditative about this process-oriented work. Everything is predictable, similar and steady. Haste makes waste when working with your hands. Though I use helpful tools to streamline the work, there is no replacement for the dexterity of your own fingers to achieve a finished piece of paper art.