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During the winter of 2013, I wanted to create something to put on the walls of my and my soon-to-be-roommate's new house. As women who grew up in the 90s and, thus, avid Disney lovers, I decided it would be fun to make something to represent our favorite Disney movies (Aladdin and Pocahontas for me, Brave and Frozen for her). The only problem? I wasn't very good with drawing or painting, and I had a hard time with characters' faces. The solution? Using scrapbooking paper I had found, I began to create the landscapes from those movies by cutting out and gluing little bits of paper. Over the next few years, I began to give PaperScapes to friends and family as gifts, expanding from just Disney movies to other fandoms (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Marvel, etc) as well. When I saw the interest people started showing in them, I decided to open a shop so that I could share this niche art form I had found with everyone. I create each PaperScape by hand using cardstock, scissors, and glue. Each PaperScape takes anywhere from 13 to 22 hours to make, from deciding upon a color scheme, creating the background, building the main feature of the PaperScape, and adding detail work such as stars/shadows/windows/textures in grass. When I was young, I always enjoyed pretending I lived in another world, a magical place from a story I was reading or my favorite movies. And now, I suppose this is my way of keeping that magic alive.
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