Paper Tiny Easter Baskets

 I saw some little baskets that I loved when I visited Earth Guild in Asheville, North Carolina a few years ago. I wanted to take their class for this but I could never arrange it so I could be there when there was this class offered.
So, I learned basket making from the book Fabulous Woven Jewelry. I basically taught myself using this book.
I realized that the techniques Mary Hettmansperger taught in this book work, of course, to make ordinary baskets. I originally was learning wire techniques for jewelry making.

In view of the fact that Easter is in a few weeks I am making some tiny baskets of paper

Use a Pasta Machine to cut 1/4" strips of water colored paper or a card stock print of marble paper.

I use a painting program to generate my own marbleized paper and I also make my own real marbleized paper.
These can be scanned into your computer and altered to suite whatever you want to do. I print on both sides of the paper so that it will be pretty on both sides. Or I can water color both sides of water color paper.

These strips of paper are the ingredients for a small basket. You can adjust the size of the strips that you might want to use. For a really tiny basket use 1/8" strips. You just weave in and out a rectangle flat, then bend up the
four sides and continue weaving, bend the left overs back onto itself. Then, just use a tapestry needle and
bind a strip to the outside to hide the folded ends using linen cord or other strong string or embroidery floss.

This is rather sketchy direction but I thought it could be a starting point for your further investigation.
You Tube has some basketry videos on basic basket weaving.

I make linen baskets that are spontaneous according to what I am thinking. So my hands just go where my mind tells them.

Have a happy weekend! Have some fun!