Wreathes are a fantastic craft to make at home as you can use just about anything as your medium. For my base I've used copper garden wire - it's very soft and malleable, and it has a similar effect to branches. I looped a circle a few times, then wrapped wire around three locations - …
I previously touched upon carambola flowers in my last blog post. After a bit of trying out different methods (failing horribly...) and searching for new ones, this excellent video by ZIZ origami helped me understand how to fold one properly at long last. I highly recommend you check it out! I made a bunch of …
When you look up origami bouquets, you might see images of different types of origami flowers, folded from patterned or themed paper, and tied up neatly and used as a decoration or even as a bridal bouquet. Most of the bouquets I've made before have all been one type of flower but in different colour …
When I need inspiration, the Hobbycraft blog is one of my favourite places to visit. Lots of guest writers contribute ideas of various crafts to it, and I found this blog post of how to make a felt succulent letter which gave me my next idea. The blog post showed how to make succulents and …
This is the Kusudama - "Sankaku tairu to kuremachisu kumi awase" (三角タイルとクレマチスの組み合わせ) model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book. I think you can loosely translate it to a 'triangle tile and clematis mix' kusudama. The clematis is referring to this flower face that you can insert into the panels. It's quite complicated to fold using …
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I bought a lot of seed beads a long time ago and they just sit in a box on my desk, not really being used much. At some point, I moved flats and the beads got shaken up as well! It was time to do something with them. I had a little bit of 0.4mm …
Hi, it's been a long while! I'll be uploading some old photos to catch up on things I've missed. One of my old makes, the blue kusudama flower bouquet, has found new life in my new flat. It sits on top of a cabinet next to the window. And I thought, I could totally make …
This is the “Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Bara Kasane” (切り込み切子 灯篭 – バラ重ね) model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book. This model has a different faceted face which I like a little more than my previous but very similar "Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Hana Suisha" model. I used pink floral patterned paper and decorated it …
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I have previously made a “Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Suisha” (切り込み切子 灯篭 – 水車) model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book before. This version is known as the “Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Hana Suisha” (切り込み切子 灯篭 – 花水車) - it is a a cut faceted waterwheel-style lantern with a flower inset. I used standard 15cm …
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Apologies for the silence! I was a bit burnt out from planning a holiday and being away from home for so long. Now that everything is in order, I can share a project that I started in January, but only finished recently due to finding a spark of creativity! I found some old gradient-coloured origami …
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