Washi Tape
• $1.99
• Downtown Tape
I spotted this tape on a blog somewhere in the last week and my heart went pitter patter. While Japanese washi tape has become popular in the past few years, this site has a beautiful selection to add color and personality to your holiday wrapping activities.
What is Washi Tape?
"Often called wasabi tape by mistake, washi tape does originate from Japan, so we can see how the two terms are easily confused! But, washi tape has nothing to do with the spicy condiment that you eat with your sushi. The best way we can describe washi tape is that it feels like masking tape — very, very pretty masking tape. It's made of paper, but is not as delicate as you would expect. Plus, it comes in patterns and designs that will make even the most dedicated crafters swoon and varying widths to allow you to create some fun and intricate washi tape designs.
Washi tape is typically made from natural fibers, such as bamboo or hemp, but most commonly from the bark of trees that are native to Japan — the mulberry, the mitsumata shrub or the gampi tree. Most washi tapes are strong (as strong as duct tape in some cases!) and functional as well as pretty, making them wonderful for both everyday and decorative use." via SheKnows.com
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Love all of the designs that are found in washi tape. I fell like there are so many things that you can do with it that I get overwhelmed! Anyone know of any good blog posts or lists of crafts featuring washi tape?
Are they wall-safe, like painters tape?
I really want to get into using washi tape. I do scrapbooking and I wonder if it is photo safe, does anyone know?
I would also like to know if they are wall-safe. I have seen some cute ideas of using Washi tape in place of a frame but because I rent, I need them to be wall-safe.
Washi tape isn't super sticky and can easily be peeled off a wall if that's the concern. And I think most of them are acid free. Or are supposed to be at least.
I am just starting to find washi tape in local craft stores, but haven't played with it yet.
I'd be careful about assuming it's like painter's tape, easily removed from a wall -- it could be when first applied, but lots of tapes have adhesive that "sets" over t ime, making long term us on walls risky. (I'm not saying washi tape does this, only that I'd research it before trusting it -- painter's tape is especially formulated, after all...)
Washi PAPER is the beautiful mulberry (or other ) fiberous paper often hand silk screened and used for crafts such as origami. I presume washi tape is closely related. (There are other kinds of origami paper with similar machine printed designs, but they are not the same as washi. Often if you see metlalic gold in the design that's the real deal.)