Shoebox: Viewer Phone Call

The Shoebox segment today consisted of a phone call with viewer Lily Radloff of Tulsa, Okla., who sent in some very attractive items she made all featuring her handmade paper...that is, paper that she made using leftover throw-away papers from her print shop plus some of her own junk mail. Lily makes her paper in the standard way most of us do — in her blender — and uses a deckle that she made herself using screening and four lengths of wood. Originally she used one that she made from an old frame.

Lily uses her handmade paper to cover boxes that she makes from mat board. She also uses it to make jewelry and gives it a colorful touch by adding herbs to the paper.