Christmas Presence

Spot the first pun of the blog.

So I work in an office on Saturdays, and each year, Becky (my work buddy) and I try to spruce ;) up the office at Christmas time, just to inject a bit of fun into it. Last year boasted quite an impressive show - toilet roll carol singers, snow on the windows and of course the obligatory paper snowflakes hanging off everything. But this year we have decided to turn it up a notch, and we have begun the preparations already. Starting with these cheeky origami bows.

I wish I could take credit for designing these, but I actually got the pattern from Tweety Atelier (http://sjrenoir.com/). It's Korean so I wouldn't stand a chance at understanding it, but there's a really easy video to follow, and the outcomes are always amazing!

Being an origami fan it's always nice to find patterns you can use for decoration, and that aren't too fiddly to make, and the computers at work are already looking lovely and festive. In fact I'm planning on taking inspiration from her pictures and make my own bow garland to hang at home.

You can find the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vB-USkWxas&feature=player_embedded. The paper I used for mine is just Cath Kidston samples copied, pasted, printed off and cut into squares, but you can use any pretty patterned paper you can get yours hands on.

Anyway, it's about time I brought this blog entry to a fold ;) have lots of origami fun,

Amy x