I could never make those chains of paper people growing up, I'd always concentrate on getting the folds right then somehow after the chopping I'd end up with a half a dozen sets of couples and have to get out the sellotape rather than unfurling a nice chain of hand holders!
It felt like a fairly momentous moment to turn out a little chain of hearts a couple of days ago, so I thought I'd take a picture or two for posterity, Mum will be proud!
I've been collecting old books, stamps, scraps of wrapping paper and old postcards for a while now as I much prefer to recycle than buy specific card embellishments, I've also been giving altered art a whirl - very much a beginner there though! I made a couple of bookmarks I planned to give to the Mums this Mother's Day, but naturally, completely forgot to pack them in the parcels before posting.
The back view of the bookmarks - they're made from strips of cereal packet wrapped in leftover Paperchase wrapping paper, then a strip of text and some butterflies made from pages that fell out of an old book I have.
The one thing I remember vaguely from Origami club at primary school is how to make these paper flowers - the mood struck after I'd finished the bookmarks and made a cup of tea so I cannibalised a couple more pages from the already dead book and tried to recall exactly how to do the folds.
They're a little wonky and imperfect but I have the paper craft bug once again so I'll be fine tuning and experimenting with different papers in the next few weeks.
Take care,
Jem xXx
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these are great makes Jem I love them!
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Have a delicious day!
Oh I love those book flowers, my stash of sheet music paper would be great for them. Do you fancy doing a tutorial or is it too complicated? I can make lillies out of paper, but that would be fiddly to show the steps on camera.
ReplyDeleteOooh, i looove the paper flowers. I have a few old books that I use pages out of for different things, there's soemthing about old words on paper that I love. Em x
ReplyDeleteLook at you crafty little minx - love them all! Please do a tutorial on the flowers as Lakota asked as would love to give them a go. The bookmarks look amazing too. I couldnt do the people chains either, the hearts are super cute. Your out of your crafty funk now them - look at all these!! Scarlett x
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ReplyDeleteOh wow ~ your paper flowers are gorgeous! Funny, I was really impressed with the paper hearts - teehee - really, I was. But these flowers are amazing.
Have a great week.
Hugs,
Sabre'
really pretty. How did you fold them?
ReplyDeleteoooh wow Jem, these flowers are so stunning and I love the bookmarks too-id love one!id be really interested in a tutorialto have a go myself.is there anything you don't have an eye for?lol.x
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful blog and these origami flowers are just amazing!
ReplyDeleteOoooh it's paper and it's pretty... I very much approve! xx
ReplyDeletei could never do those chains of paper people growing up too! love the chains of paper hearts you made though!! I've never tried origami and now that I saw what you did and made those lovely paper flowers, i'm tempted!! they're not wonky at all! i think it's a marvelous idea to collect old books and stamps and scrap papers coz they do come in handy, i want to start collecting stamps too now! i'm sure the mums that you will give those lovely bookmarks are going to love them! xx Susan
ReplyDeleteLove all of the above, Jem! So talented xo
ReplyDeleteI love those flowers and hearts You going to give a tutorial at all? Hint hint. lol
ReplyDeleteJem, those beautiful flowers don't look wonky to me at all...please show us how to make them... x and the hearts too
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ReplyDeleteIt's so great that you had an origami club at school-I can't even imagine having anything similar when I was in primary.Your flowers are so beautiful and I'm with the others in pleading for a lesson.
Ann-Marie
Jem: These are beautiful. And you did a perfect job with them. Yes, please a tutorial.
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Laurie
Those flowers are AMAZING! I have some collections of stamps, postcards and paper scraps too... I totally understand! Your paper creations make me swoon! X
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you made that! It's incredible, and such delicate work. Also really pretty :)
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wow! utterly gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI think altered art would welcome you with open arms! your creations are lovely...and I am sure your Mum would be proud :)
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XXOO
jem, bardot in a bottle - what an incredible product that would be!
ReplyDeletelove this post, i've just started a stamp collection : )
These are really great! I would love to do some of these. Thanks for linking up at I Made It! Monday at Ninth Street Notions. I can't wait to see what you have this next week!
ReplyDeletethese are wonderful paper flowers, the nicest I've seen. So so pretty! I was browsing through some other posts too and very much admiring your recent finds from the Salvation Army. Thank you for your very nice comment, made my day! :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful papercraft, I'm going to have a go at that heart chain right now with a till roll I got down the oppy the other day x
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