Sunday 7 February 2010

✴ a gift

Aunty Lulu has started her new course in London, so we get to see her a couple of days a week, hooray!
The first visit, she arrived with a gift for the new one year old. A beautiful origami Kusadama Ball. Just like this one she gave to me on the eve of my wedding. A good luck charm and so pretty to boot.
Pretty origami petals carefully folded and put together to form flowers which are then put together with other flowers to form a ball. Very clever. So delicate and intricate and such patience the paper folding expert has.
It's a gift, this paper floristry. The beautiful thing is that they last forever. With love and careful handling. And absolutely NO water required!
Paper Gifts {cut::folded::painted::loved}
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My wedding invitations.
{Snowberries & Winter Anemones}
Ella's 1st Birthday Card
Mexican style flowers


{ * Images and all work Lucy Bates}

7 comments:

  1. The oragami flower ball is simply stunning. Have you ever had a go making one yourself?

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  2. I really love that oragami flower ball! Do you know where I could learn to make one or buy one? Nic

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  3. Well at least you can make cranes...I cant even do those, or more accurately I haven't tried, should put oragami on my to-do list

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  4. Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog and for buying one of my brooches at finders keepers, so cool to meet you online and to check out your fabulous blog!!!

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