Origami with Post-It Notes

Sometimes you just need a quick and easy creative escape, and this was what I chose the other night. 

I followed the tutorial for an origami post it box from Instructables. Actually, that's where I got the idea to use the post it notes. I love making mini origami, especially if it's not too complicated. 

These arrows are from a tutorial from How About Orange. Have you ever seen this blog? She has a lot of really neat paper and origami tutorials.

I am considering making a whole bunch of origami butterflies in different sizes and putting them up in my 1 year old's room -- but I haven't figured out how to stick them up yet. They wouldn't be post it notes, but it's the same tutorial from go origami.

You might not have origami paper at hand but I bet you've got post it notes somewhere. Give it a try, and see if it's not addicting. I dare ya. :)

Origami Kusudama - Bouquet of Double Flowers

I thought I would try making an origami ball, or kusudama. I've made a cherry blossom ball before, but that was quite a while ago. It turned out pretty well. I gave it away before I took pictures. This one is a bit of a bust. Quite of my flowers have petal issues, and the whole thing is rather oblong instead of round. I'm sure with more practice I could do better but it's a lot of work for such a tiny little thing. I think I'll go back to the cherry blossoms. That's a fair bit of work too but more fun for some reason.

If you want to give it a try, here's the youtube video I learned from.

I've been making magic rose cubes like crazy.

Origami Flowers

I wanted a couple quick and easy thank you gifts so I whipped up these little flowers. The stems are rolled paper with wire in the the middle so they can bend a bit.

I'm enjoying my summer, but it's a lot busier than the last couple and I can't wait for a chance to start crafting and sewing again. My poor forlorn machine sits in the corner and eyes me balefully. . .

Find the Origami Flower instructions here

I needed a birthday gift for a friend, and I wanted to make her some flowers - but I had no paper. . . and then I remembered a couple magazines that were just too pretty to throw away. This was the first non digitally designed card I've made in quite a while.

The first flower I made was the peony on the front of the card, and I decided to try it huge. They take a while to make because of all the layers but they are really easy. I needed a fast and easy flower so I went with origami tulips.

The diagrams I used are in chinese but google translate is a wonderful thing. You can check out Eagle's Origami Teaching Diagrams here.

Happy folding!