New-York tribune., 1907-12-14
WALL POCKET.
PAPER CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Large Variety of Dainty Trifes Easily Made
from This Material.

Make your Christmas gifts of paper. 1t may
sound possibly limited at first, but it isn't The
most fascinating articles of all kinds now
made of the figured papers which. come both in
crepe and tissue. Paper applique Is also most
effective and may be used all small objects,
the pictures being from paper napkins. a few
cents will purchase the materials; few hours, If
the work be in moderately skilful hands. will he
sufficient to insure the completion of whole set
of Christmas gifts.
One of the attractive OF these paper articles
is the desk pad IT is also of the easiest things
make. 1t may be OF any desired size. according
to the desk for which it is wanted. For the usual
feminine desk pad eighteen inches wide by fif-
teen inches deep is a good size.
The materials necessary piece of card
board of the dimensions mentioned and a second
piece half inch less in each dimension Tne
pad is covered with lowered paper the lower
side, and has f1owered paper corners. Plain crepe
paper is used to the top of the pad, and a
hoter of the same color as the plain crepe paper
is slipped inside. The botter is seventeen inches
by fourteen. it may be smaller. The Powered
and the plain crepe paper both come in all the
colors and in the most charming designs so that
il is easy to select those which will harmonize
with any room. An alover 1owered design is
chosen for this purpose
The largest of the cardboard rectangIes is first
covered with the howered paper. The paper is
folded the edge to a considerable depth-at
least an inch and half being desirable Its edges
then pasted neatly down, care being taken tn
make neat corners The smaller cardboard rectan-
gle is covered with the plain crepe paper which
for instance, may be yellow, If yellow lowered
paper is being used Four right angled triancies
which are three inches the two even sides are
then from stiff and very heavy wrapping pa per
and covered on one side with plain and the other
with fowered paper. These the four corners
When they covered a margin of paper is left
the equal sides, and this reinforced nv a
narrow strip of muslin This margin is turned
and pasted to the upper side of the cardboard
which is to form the bottom of the pad. The Ipper
part the pad is then laid the lower part and
they pasted neatly together. The corners Of
course go underneath the pad corners The mad
corners are not pasted down along their long side
it is desirable to have them free so that new
blotters may be slipped in and out at will.
WALL POCKET.
A wall pocket of paper is more ambitious effort
One may be made which contains three pockets
For this purpose the bordered crepe paper which
comes in rolls may be used or you NAV select
paper napkins whose borders in the form of
garlands, which will not make the pocket too long
The pocket must of course, be just as long as the
motif of the design. The effectiveness of it when
finished depends largely the fact that the design
seems have been made for 1t.
The materials needed three pieces of cards
board about nine inches long. The length however
depends upon the design of the paper which is to
be used. The cardboard is just the length of the
design. The three cardboards of graduated
depths They straight three sides and on
the top they cut in the shape of the design
of the paper. Sometimes the top line is straight
and rounding and again it will have large scallops
design should not be chosen which has too small