The Sweetness of Paper by Wanda Peña
ello! My name is Wanda Peña, and for those who don’ t know me I ' m the creative hands and the face behind Papel Dulce- a business where paper goes far beyond its appearance and becomes something super cute and creative.
Ever since I was little, I’ ve always felt a lot of interest and a certain affinity to the crafts, growing up in a home where all knew how to sow, embroider, work on
ceramics and take care of plants, among other things; it was something natural that we were taught at home and that was reinforced at school. I took painting classes for about 10 years, and this opened the door to my love for paper and coloring, besides also helping me in the practice of my profession as a Civil Engineer, which also allows me to work in a very organized manner and in a world of great creativity.
Papel Dulce materializes my love for both these things: the crafts and the power to create and transform with your own hands those personalized details for your activities and daily life, creating small cards and invitations for my friends. If there was a farewell or a birthday celebration, there was one of my cards; in fact any activity to decorate that came my way was an opportunity that I immediately took advantage of to create something unique.
With this opportunity I saw materialized my love of being able to create details by hand; unique, personalized details. It’ s not about providing something that people can buy in a store. My goal is to offer a beautiful, creative detail that is aligned with your preferences and your needs.
Over the years I went on learning new techniques; I was navigating through social networks, watching and connecting with creative people, and that liked to do the same thing that I liked doing so much myself. This is how I learn new techniques and expand my skills and ideas. Having the necessary tools in my favor, I decided to put them into use, giving them as a service initially to my relatives and closest friends for their activities or events. What was initially small and informal, over time has grown and developed, because the requests for my creations were taking on a significant weight and size that required more formality and organization on my part. details made by hand with a lot of love and adapted to the taste and needs of my clients.
At the moment Papel Dulce is in continuous evolution, since in our country there’ s currently a boom in favor of manual and creative activities, fomenting healthy recreation and sharing. Social networks have also been an important support system for promotion and expansion, opening up new paths and options for all.
Benefits of handcrafting for mental and physical health:
• Increases concentration, because when we engage in the making of a handcraft we have to focus on what we’ re doing, leaving aside the problems we have and that increase our level of stress.
• Improves our psychomotricity and mental agility, due to the demand of coordination that is required between the different senses to carry out the task at hand. Also, we exercise our upper extremities when cutting or coloring, and we improve our precision.
• Helps in overcoming difficulties and improving self-esteem, when we learn to develop different skills and create original objects to give as presents or to decorate, we get results that we can show others, thus gaining greater personal motivation and confidence.
• Greater happiness, as it helps in the oxygenation of the brain, by activating different areas of it. Also, when we feel better about ourselves, our joy increases.
• Increases social relationships, because it invites us to relate to others, either by going to specialized workshops or doing these activities with friends, family or acquaintances, which makes us feel accompanied, helps us strengthen our social skills and leads us to create bonds with people who share our interests.
Biography
Wanda Peña is a Civil Engineer by profession, creative by nature, a happy wife and mother of two girls. She divides her time between home and her family, her job and workshop.
E-mail: papeldulcerd @ gmail. com Instagram: @ papeldulcerd
This is how Papel Dulce was born and keeps on growing, a mixture of bringing something different; those small