Since then, we have written close to 600 posts and found a loyal following of well over 5,000 readers per day. We’re so grateful to all of you who have returned to Folding Trees every day to see what new delights we’ve uncovered! We have also established the thriving Folding Trees Flickr group which is full of beautiful paper art and crafts made by our talented readers.

Here are a few of our most popular original tutorials:

clockwise from top left:
1) June’s Tissue Paper Carnations; 2) Eve’s Kusudama Ball (part 1 & part 2);
3) June’s Lucky Wishing Stars; 4) Eve’s Balloon Lights

Now we feel that we’ve accomplished our initial mission to bring modern, stylish paper crafts to the world. The variety and relevance of making things from paper have been more widely recognized, and most of the other big craft blogs have picked up on this and are covering paper crafts too, with more time and resources than the two of us can afford. We have therefore made the difficult decision to step back from Folding Trees for a while, to allow us to spend more time with our families and to concentrate on our small businesses.

With Folding Trees, we have compiled a valuable resource as a source of inspiration and tutorials, and we hope you’ll continue to visit us: all our previous posts are archived by categories in the right sidebar if you’d like to browse for inspiration, or you can use the Search box (also in the right sidebar) if you’re looking for something specific. If you’re looking for new papercraft ideas in the future, try visiting blogs such as One Pretty Thing, CRAFT and WhipUp for daily posts on all types of craft including papercraft, and of course our Folding Trees Flickr group, which we hope you’ll continue to post pictures to, with links to your tutorials for the things you’ve made!

Thank you for all your support, and keep on crafting with paper!

June & Eve

Keep in touch with us on Twitter:
June @planetjune & Eve @Eve_FM

Heather from The Paper Place contacted us about their Great Origami Giveaway. She says “We are giving away a prize pack consisting of one of each of the 75 different origami packs we offer in our online shop” – wow, what a great prize! The contest closes on the 15th of December so hop over to The Paper Place for more information on how to enter.

There were 96 entries, and random.org chose #58 as the winner, so that would be Katie O., who said:

Ooooh! Teeter Totter, please! :0)

-Katie O.

Katie, I’ll email you to get your address so we can mail your Teeter Totter kit to you. Congratulations!

For everyone else, don’t forget all the Saka Karakuri kits and more are available to purchase from Brooklyn5and10.com

To enter our contest, leave a comment on the contest entry post (NOT this post!). We’ll be randomly picking a winner tomorrow – good luck!

The contest will close on Tuesday, November 3rd, at 12pm EST. Good luck!

	Teeter Totter by Saka KarakuriThe first steps of a budding ‘bot This is Saka’s most popular model. The adorable robot walks as the crank is turned. Kawaii!
	Climate Change by Saka KarakuriA penguin attempts to escape the thawing tundra! Turn the crank and the penguin helplessly repeats his attempts to lift-off. Sadly, our darkly humorous penguin is not equiped to fly.
	Doomed by Saka KarakuriTurn the crank and this fish flops helplessly on the cutting board. Sad, but darkly humorous.

A little more about the prize… These kits are original Japanese karakuri or “trick mechanism” by Keisuke Saka, one of the world’s best paper engineers. Saka’s beautiful designs use only a few moving parts, yet produce elegant (and darkly humorous!) movement. Saka paper automata models are easy to do with complete illustrated instructions. Just cut out, fold, glue and assemble. Recommended for ages 12 and up (younger with adult help).

To enter our contest, click through to Brooklyn5and10 and take a look at all their cool papercraft kits, then come back here and leave a comment on this post saying which of the 3 kits pictured above you’d like to win!

The contest will close on Tuesday, November 3rd, at 12pm EST. Good luck!

UPDATED: The contest is now closed. Thanks to all who entered – we’ll be announcing the winner later today!