AMANDA'S BASKETS: AN ORIGAMI GEISHA...(with glue)

Thursday, May 15, 2014

AN ORIGAMI GEISHA...(with glue)

Do I dare hope that spring is truly here...another beautiful day...it even made it up to 65 degrees!!!

Before I begin the tutorial on making an origami geisha, I want to explain that I used different lighting and so things have a more yellowish tinge. Live and learn. I will use another light next time.

Also, I did use glue on this particular origami project because so many separate pieces of decorative paper were used. So, without further ado, here is this week's craft tutorial...

Supplies: Four types of paper, cardboard, white cardstock, glue, ruler and scissors...

Cur a strip of cardboard about 5" by 1/2" and two pieces of paper 2" by 2"...

Fold both pieces in half to make a triangle and place on one another. Place the cardboard strip in the middle and then fold the first triangle as shown. Use glue on the last fold to hold it...

Fold the second piece as shown and secure with glue...

Fold and secure with glue the edges of two sides of a 5" by 5" square of the main piece of paper...

Glue a 1 1/2" by 2 1/2" inch piece of decorative paper on the inside of the main piece of paper as shown. Trim the bottom to make it even. Fold the paper in thirds with the other folded side at the top...

Place the previous folded piece on the middle of the middle third with the top sticking up a bit. Secure with glue. First fold the plain (no fold on edge) in line with the previously folded piece. Fold the side in. Take the excess and fold toward the top. Secure with glue...

Repeat on other side. Fold up the bottom as shown and secure with glue...

Cut a piece of the decorative paper 2" by 6" and fold both long sides to the back and glue making sure the the flaps overlap. Glue the middle to the middle front and bring to the back folding as shown and securing with glue...

Repeat with other side securing with glue...

Cut a 7/8" in diameter circle. Cut another piece of decorative paper twice as large as the head. Fold in half and place behind the circle and trim...

Open up the decorative piece and cut out area for the face...

Glue another strip of paper to the front of the cardboard strip and trim...

Push the cardboard strip down and glue on head...

Finally, glue the back of the decorative 'hair' to the back of the head (white circle) and the front to the front of the head. Fussy cut some flowers and small strips of paper and attach with glue. And your geisha is done...

And here's what I have added to my journal page...

ZENTANGLE CHALLENGE: DAY EIGHT
This lesson is about layering different designs upon one another...

Thanks for stopping in today...
Can you believe that tomorrow is Friday already...it seems like Monday was yesterday...
See you tomorrow...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.