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I enjoy being creative, when I was younger I used to sit in my room by myself and make little cards, certificates and name tags for my family, which I would then present to them. My mum still has most of them in a drawer in her dresser. I wanted to incorporate this part of my personality into my blog and I am  going to post a project I do every 2 weeks or so, just for people's interest.  

This is one of the projects I make often, and I give as a present to close friends and family. It's a lovely gift and I really enjoy making them.


My mum used to teach english as a foreign language and Japanese students would come and stay with us to learn the language and to experience a typical english family. I alway gave up my room for them to use and used to hang around outside waiting for them to let me in. One girl, who was very shy, used to invite me into her room and teach me some origami, we didn't used to speak, I would follow the folds she made in the paper and copy them. If there was a particularly tricky part she would help me out. At the end she would give me her beautifully folded piece of origmai.

When she went home to Japan she left me her origami set with beautiful paper and ever since I have loved making origami.

For this mobile you need to know how to fold a crane, here is a link to a instructional video which I believe is quite clear.


















This crane mobile is for my friend for secret santa.  

Maddy

Maddy

Hi I'm Maddy, I'm a 20 something PhD student who enjoys fashion, beauty, DIY, cooking and reading! This blog is a big of everything that I'm interested in, it's a hobby that lets me relax when I'm not doing my PhD. I hope you find it interesting.

8 comments:

  1. Jade | The Jade Aesthetic11 December 2010 at 17:25

    This is so lovely! I used to love origami when I was younger but I sort of just grew out of doing it, which is sad. I definitely want to try this out and I'm looking forward to seeing what other projects you have to show! x

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  2. Unknown13 December 2010 at 23:31

    when i was younger i used to pretend that I was on blue peter x

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  3. Natalie Gall14 December 2010 at 20:44

    nice to see you blogging again:) xxx

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  4. Liparazzi16 December 2010 at 22:55

    Those are SO pretty! They would look gorgeous in a girly bedroom! Really cute too xxx

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  5. Jess19 December 2010 at 13:30

    Love your blog :) now following. Mind taking a look at mine?
    xxx

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  6. Maddalena22 December 2010 at 20:43

    Looks great :D

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  7. 026 December 2010 at 11:56

    Wonderful project!
    COMPLIMENTS!

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  8. franki15 March 2011 at 10:43

    Hi, thanks for following my blog!

    This is such a lovely idea, what a unique (and cheap) gift! I'm definitely going give this a try. x

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