Carol Duvall Viewer Ideas: Unique Greeting Cards

Though legally blind, Dorothy Asberry uses her own customized methods to create craft projects like the one shown here. Figure A Figure B Figure C

From Dorothy Asberry of Medford, Ore., came some most unusual contributions to the Shoebox today. Dorothy states that she is legally blind but is still able to craft. She still has a certain amount of peripheral vision, so though she can't see to measure with a ruler, she has found ways to improvise. She uses a paper cutter, a box maker and pasta machine plus magnifiers to make greeting cards. With the box maker, she scores lines that work as guidelines for placing decorations such as stickers and die cuts. A painter friend also gives Dorothy paintings that she is dissatisfied with, and Dorothy cuts those up to use in her cards.

Dorothy makes fringe in different widths by putting pieces of paper through a pasta machine (figure A), using the blades for spaghetti (thin) (figure B) or linguini (wider). She discovered this method when her six-year-old started playing with the machine and put paper through it.

Dorothy uses the pasta machine paper strips for making paper tassels (figure C). In this case, she cuts the paper almost to the end, then backs the machine up. From personal experience, I can tell you that this part takes practice--and the right kind of paper.

Also in this Episode

Carol Duvall Show : Episode CDS-957
•	Fantasy Collage
•	Handmade Glass Beads
•	Carol Duvall Viewer Ideas: Unique Greeting Cards