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Continue reading →: Thirty Days of Origami – Day #26: Origami Camelia
This is a seemingly complicated pattern that ends up being pretty simple. I wish that I would have had some paper that was a solid color on one side and a pattern on the other (or something of the sort) – that would have been much prettier. Also, instead of…
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Continue reading →: The Soft Opening Of My New Life
It’s called a lifestyle, not a diet. It’s a change that I need to make for myself forever – not just for as long as I can play along. It’s actually very easy to believe that a permanent change could be possible. I’ve already lost 5 lbs since Monday, eating…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days of Origami – Day #25: Origami Standing Tray
This project also came from Tomoko Fuse’s book “Joyful Origami Boxes.” It’s OK, but not great – I should have made it out of a much sturdier paper. It stands just fine, and is a pretty neat little tray overall, but I don’t like how the legs fold out…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days of Origami – Day #24: Origami Diamond Box – It’s Purple!
This is one of my favorite pieces. It was really easy to make, is super sturdy, and of course since it’s purple I can’t help but think it’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. I’m weird like that…you could cover dog poo in purple sparkles…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days of Origami – Day #23: Origami 5-Petal Flower
This modular 5-petal flower was designed by Tomoko Fuse, and was pretty easy to put together. Thank goodness for great sites like Origami Instructions, though, or else I probably would have had a hard time with this one. Not sure I like it that much, now that it’s done –…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days of Origami – Day #22: Origami Frog
Blech. This one doesn’t look at all like it was supposed to. Origami animals aren’t my forte. If you’d like to see what this was supposed to look like, and try it for yourself, here’s the diagram.
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days of Origami – Day #21: Origami Lazy Susan
This little candy dish/lazy susan was pretty easy to make using these instructions. The only thing I’d do differently next time is to use a much bigger piece of paper. I used a 6″ square this time, and though it’s really cute, it’s not going to be that…
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days of Origami – Day #20: Origami Decorative Ball
I really liked making this one! For this I used 3″ card stock squares, and though it was a little tougher to fold than regular origami paper, the resulting decorative ball is pretty much indestructible. The pattern from this one came from Instructables – click here to make your own!
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Continue reading →: Thirty Days of Origami – Day #19: Origami Omega Star
This six-part, modular star was designed by Philip Shen. I found a link to the diagram on Leyla Torres’ Origami Spirit website. It was a little time consuming figuring out how to sink the center of each modular piece, especially since the diagram skips that part. After that,…
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Continue reading →: Paper & Fitness, In No Particular Order
OK, I lied – there is an order, but only because I was already set up with thoughts on paper. I’m behind on origami (again) but I will finish this damn challenge, and what’s more, I will continue with my new hobby. I’ll probably only continue with the modular models,…
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