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I found this stop motion tutorial on flickr, The Making of Origami Koi by MABONA ORIGAMI, website here http://www.mabonaorigami.com/, full of inspirational images! This will make you take a second look at the blank piece of paper.

Need a Mid Century Birdhouse? I grew up in a ranch style house, and now my birds can also. Chris at Curbly.com show us how to make one! Don’t let your birds be homeless!

Need a cute Mini Terrarium? Jenny Ryan on Craftzine shows us how to make one using a Mason jar. Put a little mushroom in and a fairy and what little (or big girl) wouldn’t enjoy having this on her desk?

A Copper Ring Tutorial from Karen Makes Stuff, stop and look at her blog, she has plenty of ideas you will be interested in.

And for all of you knitters and spinners, take a look at the Knitty fall 2010, and the Knitty spin close look at Navajo Plying

 

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  1. ~RaenWa~8/20/2010

    Thanks for sharing the links I love learning about origami.

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  2. Anonymous8/20/2010

    The 1st stop-motion video is awesome! I used to make a lot of origami when I was in my early teens! And the site is sooo inspirational! Made me want to make something again! Thanks for sharing!

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