Collection: Paper Gifts

People practicing quilling today are afforded many options for tools and an array of different weight, quality, and thickness of paper. Each card starts with a preliminary drawing of what the card will be. Using a slotted needle tool, artisans ‘thread’ laser-cut strips of kishu paper (a high-quality, Japanese paper) through the tool and coil it around to create a tight coil. Each shape that makes up a card begins as a tight coil. From there, the coil is relaxed and molded with fingers or tweezers until the desired shape is attained, and is then glued down onto the card. This process is repeated again and again, until the quiller has layered on the entirety of the final design.

Quilling Cards employ over 100 quillers, providing a stable, safe work environment with healthcare, and food benefits. They are continually striving to create a community of women that love the craft and genuinely enjoy the creative outlet that quilling can provide, while simultaneously providing a living for themselves.

Every Quilled Card is a labor of love, each Quilled Card takes one hour to create by hand!

All of Mr. Ellie Pooh paper products are 100% recycled. They are made up of 30% fiber from elephant dung and 70% recycled paper. No trees or toxic chemicals are used in our paper making process. They only use all-natural vegetative binding agents, along with water-soluble salt dyes for coloring. Mr. Ellie Pooh’s papers are handmade, acid-free, and as organic as it gets!

Mr. Ellie Pooh provides sustainable papermaking and artisan jobs in the Kegalle district of Sri Lanka. These jobs help build support of the local communities and are essential to the success of our conservation efforts. Every Mr. Ellie Pooh gift makes an impact — saving elephants, creating jobs, protecting trees.