Lots of cleaning and straightening up today to make the place company worthy. I've got a few creative things bopping around my head getting a little crowded out by interview stressing. Nothing solidified yet though, so here is an origami peacock.
I'm starting to have quite the collection of origami! I leave them on the hubby's computer as little surprises. When a new one is made the last one gets moved to a shelf. I'll have to post a pic of the menagerie some time.
xx ~Static
After a busy day of shopping, laundry and hanging with the hubby I find my brain is too stuffed with, well, stuff to work on more sewing today. I learned to make lucky stars instead!
The smallest (and best so far) one is the tiniest at about 3/8". There's a great post here with diagram and video if you want to make your own.
Oddly enough I've never made these before. Now that I know how I can see this getting addictive with any and all scraps of paper that might be lying about. Hopefully I'll get back in the stitch of things tomorrow. I've got work to do!
xx ~Static
I'm pretty much done with the latest chibi doll, just needs a finishing touch or two. I can't wait to be able to share it!
In the meantime, a nod to the little critter that tried to make the air ducts under our house it's new home, here is a very tiny origami fox.
Half way through I was thinking I should have chosen paper larger than 3" because, when finished, it turned out to be less than 1.25" long. That's what I get for jumping right in without reviewing the steps. With 40 steps (not including repeats) to get through that made for some very tiny folds. Most definitely cute though!
xx ~Static
I won the fabric battle with the chibi doll I'm working on, yeah! After all the fussing and fighting it turned out nicely. Don't think I'll be using that fabric again for dolls though, at least not for the body. Now to whip up some clothes for this creepy little thing.
Since this one is still under wraps, here is an origami crane.
I can't believe I don't already have one in the collection but I double checked and not a one is to be found. Strange, maybe it flew away.
Time for the sleepings. xx ~Static
I got my dahlias in the ground today. Much thanks to my super awesome friend for her help, who knows who she is!!
I had no idea the grew so BIG. Of the ones I have, the shortest says 3.5ft and the tallest 5ft. Good thing they're in front of the porch so I can string them straight to the railing if needed. I can't wait until they start growing! So exciting.
I've been having chibi doll issues so here's a turtle.
Better luck to me on the chibi front later (fingers and toes crossed).
xx ~Static
Today was full of working on a chibi doll, dreaming of planting dahlias in the front yard (this week!), and then I folded these two little cuties...
Here's the link to make you own paper kitties. Click the thumbnail and download the jpeg so you can zoom in. There's directions for 3 different kitties and even a puppy.
xx ~Static
I had some technical difficulties with something I was stitching on so for today here is an origami arching cat...
I don't have a link for this one because it's from a book called Classic Origami by Paul Jackson. Maybe your library or local bookshop has a copy you can browse?
For whatever reason there are not many intermediate cat origami. This one is a little hard but doable with patience (and thin paper!).
xx ~Static
I've been working on lots of flowers this week. These won't be making it to my shop, they're all commissioned/gifted pieces.
I only meant to make one Dahlia but wound up with two thanks to a small measurement mishap. It thankfully didn't ruin the first one but it did make it too big for my project so I had to put it aside temporarily. Here's the proper sized, first completed (second started) Dahlia in action:
Can you believe 40 petals on that flower? All hand cut and rolled by your truly.
The box is a repurposed (4) mug box so it's nice and sturdy. I left the bottom alone with it's polkadotted paper but painted and then recovered the lid in Beige Linen. To break up the Beige-ness on the lid, and have something to attach the Dahlia Pin to, I added an Ivory Satin Ribbon down the center. It's not shown in this photo but I'll be lining the box with purple tissue paper. I've also folded wax paper divider boxes because this box is soon to be full of tea and homemade cookies! Nom.
I don't have a pic of the other Dahlia finished yet but there is one of it 2/3 complete with Tiger Buddy plus another pic of the Roses I'm working on on my Facebook page.
xx ~Static
I'm a part of a another cool swap with EtsyDarkTeam, the Year Long Birthday Swap. I've created for two of my awesome team mates so far.
First up is SkeletalDropkick who is a fan of anime and pandas, among other things. So I dug into my felty goodness and stitched her up an anime panda! Which has been named... Panda Hotep. Yes, an excellent name.
The sign can be taken out of his hand and other things put in. Like a flower or maybe a small cocktail sword. What were you thinking? ;) At just over 4" tall he can be carried around in a pocket or hung on a ornament hook from the loop on the back of his head. Hotep has decided to watch over Dropkick's car.
I used textured burgundy card stock for the card, origami paper for the bat popup, glued tiny gold stars for the eyes and of course I had to use my bat-fetti. I found the bat popup template here if anyone else wants to try it out. There are a bunch of other really cool free popup templates there too. Note: I cut out and glued an extra piece onto the bat popup to cover the face so the only white is the teeth.
There are detail photos in my Flickr if anyone wants a closer look at the popup bat or Panda Hotep.
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