Chinese New Year is on Monday 8th February, and I’ve been crafting!
This year I’m just making fans, as I still have boxes of lanterns ready to go up next week (here are the instructions for a very simple one). The fans are great fun to assemble, and they sit flat against a wall, rather than requiring a hanging spot in a doorway.
My dining room table is cluttered with angpow wrappers, glue sticks and tassels…
As in previous years, I followed this superb YouTube tutorial by Irene Chua…
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The pattern only works with rectangular wrappers. These are often available for free at banks (you might need to ask for them) or can be bought quite cheaply at Chinese grocers. If you can’t find them, you should be able to substitute regular red envelopes (maybe pick up a gold marker as well, so you can decorate them!). The tassels are much harder to source – thankfully my gorgeous cousins in Malaysia send them over for me!
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Wishing you all a happy, safe and prosperous Year of the Monkey!
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All the very best wishes to you Celia in this year of the Monkey
Your fans are stunning… so beautiful! Happy New Year!!! 🐒🎉🐒
Have a lovely time. I lived in China for a year and so got to celebrate the Chinese New Year there :-)
Gong hey fat choy, my clever friend!
Beautiful fans! What a brilliant decor idea! Hope you’re enjoying all the festivities already! I’ve super glad to be back at my parents relaxing and being pampered with all the delicious food to come! Have a good one, Celia
Gorgeous Celia! A happy and prosperous New Year to you and your family.
They’re absolutely gorgeous – we’ll be celebrating as a family as we have done for many. many years! Happy and Prosperous Year of the Monkey to you all :)
Very cheerful decorations! Have a wonderful year of the monkey 🐒
Your fans are gorgeous! Wishing you all the best for a bright New Year!
So clever as always, Celia!
The fans are beautiful! Happy New Year.
Love the red! Happy New Year for the 8th.. c
Happy Chinese New Year Celia! I’m inspired by this artsy post – but I think it’ll take me a few years to source enough envelopes.
You NEVER fail to amaze me – these are lovely!! I have some fans from China and Japan which my husband bought during business trips… but they’re packed away… somewhere. Happy Chinese New Year !!
Have a great Chinese new year and checed out the you tube she has some beautiful makes there dosent she
Your decorations are so lovely, Celia. We are going to a Chinese friend’s New Year celebration tomorrow night and I often wonder if there is something in particular that it’s appropriate to take as a gift or – more to the point – something culturally inappropriate. I thought about making some of your lanterns but my hands seem to be all fists when I try to do something like that and what it was I managed to make would not be immediately obvious:)
Very clever! Have a wonderful New Years celebration.
These look wonderful. Happy New Year to you!
Beautifully crafted, Celia. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Year of the Monkey!
How beautiful and how talented you are!
Wow Celia darling, you are so so clever. Happy new year xxxxxx
Happy Chinese New Year Celia, wishing you health happiness and prosperity to you and your family x
You are very talented with all your crafting projects. I hope you had a wonderful celebration yesterday.
Those fans are absolutely stunning. It cheered me up just looking at them on your blog. I have just posted my IMK for February. Happy Belated Chinese New Year. Emma xx
I thought I saw somewhere that it is Scone Week. I DONT want to miss it. Are you still hosting and am I too late? Thanks for your lovely site, your time and consideration in this matter.
Scone Week is now run by Tandy at Lavender and Lime. It’s in August each year! Cheers!
Thank you Celia, I’m subscribed and looking. Forward to Scone Week. It is on my calendered for August. Is there any particular ingredient or theme?
Bee, you’ll have to check with Tandy. It’s her show now! And she’s particularly lovely! :)