Crêpetastic!

I splurged on a big order of color from Carte Fini in addition to several rolls of greens for the main set grass. I found the best selection of colors well-stocked at $7/roll for the 180g robust rolls. (Amazon was selling the same rolls for $27/each so, watch out. You can also order directly from the Italian manufacturer's gorgeous site Cartotecnica Rossi at about €2.35 +tx and shipping (under $3/roll) but I personally avoid ordering that way because the shipping to the US would cost more than the product itself, and I hate that concept, even if the math works out for it to cost the same.)

I've developed a torrid love affair with crepe paper. Talented Karima used to carry German doublette crepes at her boutique that, while still nicely weighted, were finer grained that the Italian 180g rolls I get today from Michael at Carte Fini. Thinner crepe can't take whetting or painting and just falls apart or bleeds, but the 180g is hardy and can stand up on its own as blades of grass without starching and ironing.

Will this tub of finished handmade Halfland grasses for all seasons be enough to cover the entire main set, if planted lightly? Some of it is hand painted, some is brown kraft paper, all densely packed tight. Ready to poke into and secure with glue in my new superpower free paper panels.

Real grass under our tree is heavier coverage than the set's will be, but it gives the general target idea. Before buying my crepe fix from Carte Fini, I only had a $5 roll of canary yellow that had to be painted and starched before cutting. Strips are cut from the rolls, blade shapes cut into grass fringe strips, then these strips are rolled in my hands like clay which automatically twists each blade! (please see my 2025 handmade crepe paper Christmas tree where I figured that little tip out!) The box lower right was the amount I'd prepared before I tripled the amount made at top. I think the grass is a GOGOGO!