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A quilled birth announcement keepsake is the perfect gift for the grandparents and parents.

This is a custom piece and every one will be different. You send me the announcement, advise me of a color, and I quill, mat and custom frame under glass in a gold frame. I ship back to you to give to the parents or grandparents. A very special gift. The photo is of my grand daughter's birth announcement in a silver frame. Silver and wood frames are available for an additional $25 fee, as I special order the frame. The last three photos are other custom orders.

I can usually ship within two weeks of receiving the announcement. I can also gift wrap and ship directly to the Parents.

More designs and samples are on my website at www.quillingbysandrawhite.com.

What is Quilling?
Quilling is a very old craft. Its name comes of the old practice of trimming the gold edges from books, and then winding the narrow strips of paper around feather quills, using the quill for the tool. Once rolled into circles and pinched into various shapes, the paper is used as texture and detail in pictures.

My own technique uses the quill work as a background and details to cut-outs of wildlife. The quill work simulates the feathers in the duck and birds, the scales on the fish, the veins in the wildflowers, and the fur on the moose. Please see my other work for my original technique. The birth announcement is decorated with traditional quilling.

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A little more information about my work -- I do everything from the beginning to the end of each and every piece...Just Me. I start with the design work, the cutting of the overlay with an exacto knife, the rolling of the quilling paper, by hand, the glueing, the cutting of the mats, the cutting of the glass, the putting-it-all-together in the frame under glass, the photographing and all the website work.........if you have any questions, please email me.