Monday Morning - M.Y Papercut Collection

Good Morning! 

This morning I thought I would introduce my new customisable silhouette design (if you haven't seen it yet) that is the first of many in my new collection I am calling M.Y Papercuts (It was also recently featured here on Design*Sponge - thanks Grace!)

Below I have explained the collection and included images of an example. You can get your very own framed personalised botanical silhouette here in the Mr Yen shop if you're interested!

NEW Papercut Collection: M.Y Papercuts

What is M.Y Papercuts?
It's a new collection of customisable papercuts, made specifically for each individual that purchases them!

Where does the M.Y come from?
M.Y is the initials of Mr Yen, but I also want it to imply that these papercuts in the collection are just for you - so when someone asks what it is you can say it's MY papercut!


The range will develop to include the possibility of adding dates and text, plus there will be a variety of sizes and framing options. If you have any questions I would be happy to answer them, so just leave them in the comments below - and as this collection is going to be a large part of what I want to do, I have created a specific section for it here on the blog.

Monday Morning - Papercuts on Display

Hello - I hope you had a good weekend!

The past week I have been working on some orders for my stockists, while looking for more stockists - which has led to me thinking about how customisable papercuts can be stocked in shops. I thought it would be a good idea to have an example papercut, with some information about how I create customised pieces and what is available so I came up with the following setup...

I used an acrylic frame to display the papercut and a small piece of bent acrylic that holds the signage and information - I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner! I have contacted a few interesting places to stock my work and now I'm just waiting to hear back so things can be taken further!

In other news, I mentioned on twitter last week that I would like to write a blog post about "The Truth about Selling Handmade" well, what I have experienced and know from my first year of creating/designing on a freelance basis anyway. Now, this topic is really important to me and I don't want to rush it and then feel like I should change bits later, so I will be working on this all week and it should be up by Friday - I hope you will find it just as interesting and as helpful as I do!

Hope you have a nice productive Monday Morning!

{weekend goodness}

Hello there! I have been quiet on the blog this week, as I have been busy catching up with orders after being featured on Decor8 & NOTCOT. I'm so pleased and grateful to be featured on both these websites as I have met some very nice customers from my recent orders!

I have been papercutting like crazy the last few days with the papercut whales & this quote being the favourites. I have also managed to squeeze in a few hand cut custom orders too, with two being made for customers anniversaries (the first two images) & one for a lovely customer just because! (the last image)

Hope you have a nice weekend!

{the bedlam of beefy}

My custom silhouettes and spirograph papercuts are featured on the great blog the bedlam of beefy. This blog is so stylish and always has something interesting to read, so head on over to have a little read!