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My most recent batch of handmade gift bows

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Pride Flag gift bows! Celebrate Pride all year round

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Some of my Chiyogami bows

Japanese Chiyogami Paper, also known as Yuzen Washi Paper, is synonymous with Japanese style and quality. Brilliant and intense color patterns with gold metallic overlays are silk-screened by hand onto high quality kozo paper. Inspired by Kimono fabric, each design is painstakingly crafted by artists across Japan. My Chiyogami bows selection contains only hand silk-screened Chiyogami Papers with pigment-based inks, providing a higher quality decorative paper with more intense and fade-resistant colors than offset printed papers. Chiyogami Paper starts as a base sheet of high content Kozo and then each color is silkscreened by hand, one layer at a time onto the paper. This step requires considerable time as each color must fully dry before the next color is applied. The final layer is usually a gold or silver metallic overlay providing shiny highlights that catch light and attention.

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My recent haul of Renato Crepaldi marbled paper. Absolutely gorgeous

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Some of my marbled paper gift bows

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My etsy store! For all your gift bow needs

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Some of my Lokta paper bows