Friday Favorites: Papel Picado

In the spirit of Cinco De Mayo, I thought I'd look into some Papel Picado!  If you've never heard of it before, it's a type of Mexican folk art where paper (often tissue paper) is cut into intricate designs (using scissors or even a specialty chisel) and then strung up into lovely banners. I've picked out a few of my favorite papel picado designs, products, and DIY so get ready for one heck of a fiesta!

1. Just an example of some beautiful, intricately cut papel picado - it's used a lot during dia de los muertos so if you google images, you'll see lots of skull motifs (pic from this blog)
2. Supercute invitations from Etsy seller Carta Modello 
3. An awesome wedding cake from A Sweet Design - this would also be cute on cupcakes and I love the pop of color from those flowers!
4. DIY some cute mini papel picado with this Studio DIY craft and instantly brighten up any celebration
5. So I couldn't find directions, but here's a great pic of a papel picado chandelier (from the examiner.com - make your own papel picado (or buy some) and then just wire it into a chandelier - so chic
6. Tie in the theme to every aspect of your fiesta with these papel picado decorated straws - get the DIY from Cupcakes and Cutlery

Have fun!