I've always lived in flats owned by other people, so I never wanted to decorate them or stick things to the walls. However this year I have a house, and that means I can make all the changes I want in the world! This year I went away, so I only made a few things. …
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Here is another model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book that I love making models from. The name of this model is "Hanagaku Matsuba", written as 花額松葉 in Kanji. Roughly translated, you get the words "Flower frame" and "Pine needle". Previously the other names have been fairly descriptive, but I wonder what it could be …
Hobbycraft has this blog post on ways to use a deep box frame and I got inspired to make an origami-themed frame. I used pink 7.5cm squares of paper to make Yoshizawa butterflies, and green squares to make pinwheels. I also cut them into quarters to make smaller pieces. You also need a piece of …
I made two sets of kusudama flowers with this red and pink paper set, and the first set were used in the bouquet that I posted in my last post. The second set have now been glued together to make a kusudama ball. I haven't made one of these for a long time! The flowers …
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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Most things I've managed to finish recently are hair clips. I have some other things in the works, but they aren't ready to show off yet! (I've been so busy...) I'll quickly talk through the basic materials I used for each one. This one used a mixture of burgundy red ribbons of different widths and …
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If you are interested in sunstone as a healing stone, you can find its properties here. I bought this teardrop-shaped sunstone gemstone from a craft fair a while ago and finally decided on what to do with it recently. I couldn't figure out how to frame it, so instead I wrapped a tree of life …
I don't normally make stuff for Christmas, but I have a lot of spare beads lying around... I plan on making some jewellery for a Christmas party soon but I'm missing some key components and Black Friday starts soon so I'm waiting for some nice sales. In the meanwhile, using some spare seed beads and …
Here is a quick thing I worked on recently. I bought some red, orange and yellow rattail cord a while ago to make a bracelet on request. Like a fiery/sunny pattern! In this bracelet, I used four threads of orange, and two of red and yellow. I alternated the red and yellow patterns. I opted …
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