Folding Trees

This picture was in our Folding Trees Flickr group. Made by Flickr user Malia, this beautiful origami Christmas wreath is definitely worth the time and effort. AMAZING!!

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.

If you’ve stayed in a fancy hotel, you may have seen the end of the roll of toilet paper folded into a simple, or more complex, shape. Aparently this practice is known as “toilegami” (ha!) and if you have some time on your hands and would like to inject a little upscale glamour into your bathroom, the Origami Resource Center has fold diagrams and videos showing how to make toilegami :)

These Japanese paper dolls from Kimono Reincarnate are just lovely, and they don’t look too difficult to make, either! [via WhipUp]

Here is a lovely tutorial from Duo Fiberworks for a window star so you can have a little bit more colour during the winter months (and yes they are coming).  Can you believe it is already September?

Cecilia Cotton has a lovely page on her blog with all the origami she has made including some kusudama spheres. Most pictures come complete with a link to the instructions.

As a lifelong Star Wars fan, when I saw the instructions for an X-wing origami model [via @avgjanecrafter on Twitter] yesterday, I just couldn’t resist trying one!

Pictured above is my attempt, using a 6″ square of silvery grey origami paper. It was all pretty easy until the last step - folding up the 4 wing tips (I can never get this part looking neat with origami cranes either – it’s just too thin!). Still, I think it looks pretty cool.

Clara from Bloomize has been experimenting with 3 different origami roses - Bird Base, Kawasaki and Standard – and she shares her tips and pointers. Aren’t they all beautiful?

I love the different paper colours used to fold these origami koi, designed and folded by Sipho Mabona. And the amazingly graceful stop-motion video instructions are definitely worth watching (although it looks like it would be very complicated to fold one yourself).  [via Whip Up]

This chatty frog origami model from Origamisan is hilarious – the mouth opens and closes when you move the sides of the frog in and out! If you don’t understand the fold diagrams, they also provide a helpful video demonstration. I think the green frog they fold in the video looks a lot like Kermit