Well it's been a while since I've posted anything new... I've been working on swaps and deco books that I don't want to post until they've been done. But I have been working on something else interesting. I've taught myself origami. hehe I've tried different times over the years and was never able to do it. Finally! I've been able to!

The first thing I tried was a simple cat and dog face from the book I have. A blue cat for my older daughter and a red dog for the younger. The red dog has been lost (as 4 year olds are very good at doing ;) ) but here's the cat...


The next thing I attempted was a box. this is a rather small one, but I made another out of a 12x12 piece of patterned paper also. I keep them on my craft desk and keep litlle doo-dads in them.


I got up enough nerve and tried the crane... the first one I gave my mom but here's some others that I've made. It's my favorite to make. I love the way they look.







I made this one for my Dad. hehe It's made out of a one dollar bill. (as if you can't tell) This was very difficult because I had to fold the dollar into a square and that made extra layers of paper. Plus the dollar is a thicker paper anyways. Don't believe I'll make another one soon. hehe



Then I started making the rest of the patterns in my book. This one is supposed to be a cicada.




a pencil (obviously lol)


and a samuri hat.



I went through all the ones in the book I wanted to do and needed more... (it's like an addiction) So I started searching the "all knowing" internet and found this adorable little character that's a favorite of both of my daughters... of course, I had to make two. lol He's so cute!


In my boredom, I also experimented with different sizes... the first one started out with the standard 5 7/8" x 5 7/8" orgami paper, the second 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", and the third 7/8" x 7/8". You can see by the 1" lines in the background that the tiny one is about a half of an inch wide! The perfect size for an inchie! Yay! hehe



Well, that's about it for now... I'm going to an all day crop tomorrow (today I guess, it's after midnight... had to stay up to watch Doctor Who again lol!) and have several projects to work on there. I don't know how much of it I can post, they're mostly for swaps, but if I can manage to get some other stuff done, I'll try to post it. :)

Thanks for looking!!
Kary