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ivy_chan

brown paper packages tied up in string

Nov 07, 2010 23:33

I am glad to be able to reaffirm my strong belief that I truly am hopeless at origami. No, really. I kind of suck at it. I can't even fold a damn paper crane. I finally fished out the big book of origami I received for Christmas last year, opened up the sheaf of origami paper, and went at it. I have achieved a perfectly-folded samurai helmet, which ( Read more... )

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rainydaymare November 8 2010, 05:02:34 UTC

LOL, I finally learned how to fold a paper crane by watching an animation I found on the internet. It's the only origami model I know by heart, I so want to learn the horse but I haven't quite been able to get it...

ivy_chan November 8 2010, 23:32:11 UTC

Dude, I already respect you for doing a crane. I'm pretty sure in a million years I will STILL not be ready to attempt the horse.

rainydaymare November 8 2010, 23:45:39 UTC

The horse may actually be easier than the crane, I just can't make head or tail of any of the youtube videos I've seen for it. XD

I'll see if I can find that crane tute I used if you want...

ivy_chan November 9 2010, 03:16:06 UTC

Dude, in the book I have, there are origami DINOSAURS that take like, fifty steps to fold. It's bonkers.

lvsinsanity November 8 2010, 13:32:50 UTC

I'd love to learn origami, but I fear I'd lose hours just making little paper things. Maybe I'll youtube for something..

ivy_chan November 8 2010, 23:33:02 UTC

I think that if I COULD, I would definitely fill the house with those jars of paper stars and hang paper cranes everywhere. XD Maybe it's for the better.

lvsinsanity November 9 2010, 03:05:03 UTC

My problem is I just watched youtube earlier today on how to make paper lilies and now I want to make roses and other flowers and turn them into actual floral arrangements in my apartment

ivy_chan November 9 2010, 03:15:01 UTC

See, that would be gorgeous. And I'd want to visit your house FOREVER.

scdsam November 8 2010, 15:21:14 UTC

Oh God, I feel your pain with origami. It doesn't love me at all. My sister can make paper cranes out of anything under the sun (she used to make armies of cranes out of our halloween candy wrappers) but all I can make is the stupid "puppy face" I learned in 3rd grade (triangle with folded ears).

Also, which book did you buy? *excited*

ivy_chan November 8 2010, 23:42:46 UTC

I bought The Broken Kingdoms, a continuation of Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, which is a book I pretty much devoured. I think I wrote about it here, and if not, I definitely babbled about it at length IRL. XD

micaturtle November 8 2010, 16:59:12 UTC

Yay 4 new book! I hope you wrote your aunt a quick thank you email :D

BTW, for paper folding, you should have TOTALLY made dis: http://www.flickr.com/photos/novalecortar/4911339841/in/faves-32780328@N07/ XD

NYAR!

ivy_chan November 8 2010, 23:43:25 UTC

Oh my GOD. That's the coolest paper folding I've ever seen!