Origami flowers and bunnies

Since Christmas I jut feel compelled to fold paper. Problem is, I end up with quite a collection of useless paper stuff.

First here is a ball of flowers. The good thing is that it takes time to make, so it's good for my folding itch. I finally bought a glue gun for the ocasion.

And... here are bunnies !  And just like real bunnies, they tend to multiply.... So you have bunnies in special papers, bunnies with eyes, and white bunnies made out of school paper (note for our American friends, French school paper is white, with special lines).

I'm glad I managed to make each white bunny different, as if they had their own personality somehow...

A Christmas Catch Up

I can't believe it's mid March already. Once again, I'm wondering if blogging is still worth it, what with all the new places on the web and the new technologies, such as Instagram, Facebook and other social thingies. But as always, I use my blog as an archiving journal. What did I make when, and what mood was I in....

So here is a bit of a Christmas summary. In the end the stitching craze was quite short lived. I didn't make anything after the Christmas mice. I went into origami instead. Here are two of the best exemples :

And of course Christmas is the time of cookie making. This year I made a lot, and spread the yummy joy around. I made the Hello Kitty ones for a friends birthday, and DBF was the star at work for bringing colourful treats.

Weirdly enough, I got loads of cookie making gifts for Christmas this year, do you think it's a message in disguise? Anyway, it's Easter soon, time to make some different kinds of cookies...

Christmas origami

This might look like a new craft on this blog, but I've been folding paper for ages. Just imagine, my books still have their price in francs, not euros ! And that also makes me have quite a collection of squared papers coming from the states, the UK, Japan....

It all came back last week when I saw this paper tree via Pinterest. The first ones were a bit dodgy, and I prefered cutting the branches rather than folding them. But then I spent most of my time folding many of these Christmas trees during the week end at the Christmas fair, so now I have a little forest.

Then I tried to put one in a transparent ball. Isn't it lovely?

Then I made some paper santas, and thought I could make little scenes. And then in pots, but those I will show later....

Ceux qui suivent ce blog pourraient trouver que je me mets à un nouveau bricolage, mais en fait je fais de l'origami depuis très très longtemps, pour vous donner une idée mes livres ont leur prix en francs plutôt qu'en euros !!! Et aussi j'ai une jolie collection de papier venant des states, d'Angleterre, Japon....

La semaine dernière je suis tombée sur ces sapins sur Pinterest. Les premiers n'étaient pas fameux, mais j'ai passé le week end au marché de Noel à en faire, et j'en ai déjà une petite forêt.

Puis j'en ai mis un dans une boule, puis mis en scène avec un père Noel, un pingouin, etc.... Prochaine étape : dans un bocal, mais ce sera pour une prochaine fois....

Saturday update

I've been a bit silent, but today you get 3 pictures for the price of one !

Life has been busy. Last Saturday I bought a car: second hand black Corsa. So I had to run around finding an insurer (and with the Postal strike, I needed someone I could talk to face to face), and get a licence plate (in Belgium the car plate is linked to the driver, not the car).

And then I had a few days off, and this is how you can see my crafts !

First, my little papaer friends in origami. A bunny, a pig, mommy cygnus, baby cygnus and a dragon. The dragon is ma favourite, it's also the most intricate.
I always loved making origami animals, and i have rather a big collection of nice papers, so...

I also bought "Anna magazine". full of Spring and Easter ideas...
I will make a whole post on it later. For the moment, I made this carot. The picture is about life size. It's still hollow, with a hole on top, because the original model is a bit bigger, and you can put little eggs in it.

And last but not least, I progressed on Hen party, and the two houses are now up and standing. Normally there should be beads and a button in this pattern, but it seems like I will just follow the pattern that is without. I like a more rustic look for this project.

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Après un silence radio, me revoilà avec 3 images pour le prix d'une !!!

La vie est très occupée aussi, car j'ai acheté une Corsa noire d'occasion samedi dernier, et j'ai du faire les démarches pour l'immatriculer. En Belgique, la plaque est liée au conducteur, pas la voiture !

Puis j'ai quelques jours de vacances, et c'est ainsi que j'ai bricolé un petit peu.

Donc je vous présente mes amis de papier, un cochon, un lapin, les cygnes maman et bébé, et un dragon. Mon préféré est évidemment le dragon ! Ca fait longtemps que je fais de l'origami, et j'ai une belle collection de papiers spéciaux achetés aux US, à Londres (je recommande les boutiques asiatiques de Picadilly circus) et même en France !

J'ai aussi acheté "Anna magazine" plein d'idées pour Paques et le printemps. Mais je parlerai de ce magazine dans un post à part. pour l'instant, vous pouvez voir ma carotte en crochet, qui est à peu près en taille réelle. Pour l'instant elle est creuse, car l'original est censé être un peu plus grand et accueillir des petits oeufs.

Et enfin, Hen Party qui se continue doucement... on voit désormais les deux maisons (et pas encore de poupoules, mais ça ne saurait tarder !!!)