Christmas Origami
Very simple origami decorations as far as origami goes. The beading makes them special and so do the lovely papers.
They are just 3 little 3inch squares of paper ... some gold thread... some pretty beads .. et voilá ..
.... origami ornaments for the tree.
Many years ago I bought a little ornament like this .. because I thought I should be able to make one. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me... so I took it apart. It took me 3 weeks to get it back together again. But, in the meantime, I measured, cut and folded some bits of paper in the same manner as I found when I took it apart..and, then...tried again and again to get things back together..not easy for several of them..but, I finally did it. Perseverance is my middle name.
Then, I got more creative and used beads on them..the original just had one little bead and a tiny empty bell like thingy.. they got more and more fancy and pretty... well, I think they did.
I used to use any pretty coloured paper I found... ads in magazines, tissue paper that I had to glue onto stiffer paper (til I got smart and learned to photocopy it onto regular paper ..duh)... and wrappings from chocolate boxes ..etc. Now, I just buy one large roll of great gold paper, a lovely silver, and I photo copy fabrics and papers to get pretty paper ..oh, and I also buy some called origami paper on occasion ... they cut theirs just a hair under the 3 inch size and so it is painstaking work to try to cut mine to "just the same hair under 3 inches" to match it or they don't work properly.
I love to make some each year ...and, I have a huge stash of lovely beads to use ...so haven't bought any of those for ages...
Gift Wrapping paper...not just for wrapping gifts.
Christmas Origami
Very simple origami decorations as far as origami goes. The beading makes them special and so do the lovely papers.
They are just 3 little 3inch squares of paper ... some gold thread... some pretty beads .. et voilá ..
.... origami ornaments for the tree.
Many years ago I bought a little ornament like this .. because I thought I should be able to make one. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me... so I took it apart. It took me 3 weeks to get it back together again. But, in the meantime, I measured, cut and folded some bits of paper in the same manner as I found when I took it apart..and, then...tried again and again to get things back together..not easy for several of them..but, I finally did it. Perseverance is my middle name.
Then, I got more creative and used beads on them..the original just had one little bead and a tiny empty bell like thingy.. they got more and more fancy and pretty... well, I think they did.
I used to use any pretty coloured paper I found... ads in magazines, tissue paper that I had to glue onto stiffer paper (til I got smart and learned to photocopy it onto regular paper ..duh)... and wrappings from chocolate boxes ..etc. Now, I just buy one large roll of great gold paper, a lovely silver, and I photo copy fabrics and papers to get pretty paper ..oh, and I also buy some called origami paper on occasion ... they cut theirs just a hair under the 3 inch size and so it is painstaking work to try to cut mine to "just the same hair under 3 inches" to match it or they don't work properly.
I love to make some each year ...and, I have a huge stash of lovely beads to use ...so haven't bought any of those for ages...
Gift Wrapping paper...not just for wrapping gifts.