HAND-DYED PAPER & CURATED EPHEMERA COLLECTION
No two collections are exactly alike.
A one-of-a-kind assortment of hand-dyed paper, hand-stenciled designs, and curated vintage-inspired ephemera created for junk journals, collage, mixed media, bookmaking, altered books, and other paper crafts.
Each sheet is individually hand-dyed in small batches using tea and/or coffee. The finished papers have the beautiful character of vintage and aged paper, with natural variations in color, staining, mottling, marbling, wrinkles, and texture.
Selected sheets are individually stenciled during the dyeing and drying process, creating decorative papers with patterns that can range from soft and ghosted to rich and dramatic.
CHOOSE YOUR SET
PAPER + EPHEMERA PACK
Includes:
• 5 full-size 8.5" × 11" hand-dyed paper sheets, 20 pages
• A mix of plain, naturally textured, and hand-stenciled papers
• Curated vintage-inspired ephemera
• Assorted paper pieces, tags, labels, and journal elements
• A changing mix that may include fabric, lace, stickers, buttons, and other small embellishments
Every assortment is individually curated, so exact contents will vary.
JOURNAL ONLY
A simple handmade journal filled with hand-dyed paper and ready for writing, decorating, collage, or adding your own ephemera.
• Approximately 6" × 9"
• 5 folded hand-dyed sheets
• 20 pages, front and back
• Kraft paper cover
• Stapled binding
• Natural variations in color and texture
BUNDLE
Get both:
• Complete 5-sheet Paper + Ephemera Pack
• One approximately 6" × 9" handmade journal with 20 hand-dyed pages
The bundle gives you coordinating handmade papers, ephemera, and a journal so you can begin creating right away.
HAND-DYED & STENCILED ONE SHEET AT A TIME
The beauty of handmade dyed paper is in its variation.
Each sheet is dyed in small batches and allowed to dry naturally. The papers are not ironed, allowing them to retain the wrinkles, texture, mottling, and character created during the dyeing and drying process.
Some sheets may be softly dyed with light, warm aging. Others may develop deeper tea or coffee tones, dark spots, marbling, tide marks, wrinkles, or more pronounced texture.
Stencil designs are also naturally varied. Some impressions may be crisp and dramatic, while others may be faded, distressed, softly ghosted, or partially patterned.
Both sides of the paper are dyed. Because of the handmade process, the front and back of a sheet may develop differently, and a stencil impression may be stronger on one side than the other.
Your Paper + Ephemera Pack will contain a mix of plain or naturally textured papers and decorative hand-stenciled sheets. Not every sheet will be stenciled.
These variations are intentional characteristics of handmade tea- and coffee-dyed paper and are part of what makes every collection unique.
PLEASE NOTE
The photographs show examples of the hand-dyed papers, stencil designs, and ephemera that may be included in these collections.
Because every batch is handmade and every assortment is individually curated:
• Exact stencil designs will vary
• Tea and coffee tones and intensity will vary
• Stencil clarity and intensity will vary
• Natural staining, mottling, marbling, wrinkles, and texture will vary
• The front and back of each sheet may look different
• Ephemera designs will vary
• Fabric, lace, buttons, stickers, and other embellishments will vary
You will not necessarily receive the exact papers or ephemera shown in the photographs.
Instead, you will receive your own individually assembled assortment with the same handmade, vintage-inspired character shown throughout the listing.
PERFECT FOR
Junk journals, art journals, handmade journals, bookbinding, collage, mixed media, scrapbooking, altered books, vintage paper crafts, writing pages, pockets, envelopes, tags, clusters, card making, and other creative projects.
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