One Dollar Origami again o($_$)o

Just another geeky origami post which is LONG overdue. I've been meaning to do more one dollar origami, but I've either been too lazy or actually been doing other things, like watching videos and listening to music and working really, really hard... plus socialising with friends (any excuse really ¬_¬" - lazy Geek is back in the house!).

So I started off with this Simple $ Fish - created by Joshua Koppell... I thought it was going to be hard when I saw the folding for the tail bit, but no, it was very easy! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11426805/scaffold/scaf07.pdf

Next I made this $ Crane by following this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgyrOKZI_YA Quite simple. But lots of folding!

This one is a bit too simple. The instructions on this one are not too great though. But because I used to make many of these (smaller versions) in the past (I have a Ferero Roche box full of them) I knew how to make it! $ Lucky Star http://www.origami-resource-center.com/dollar-lucky-star.html.

This is a very easy $ Duck. I made this after an attempt of trying to make a kayak (I tore the dollar a little bit so I converted it to this duck!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAOqPypO98w

Well, just making these for now. I will be back to do more! :P ....

And now I'm on holiday for TWO WEEKS... This post is actually a clue of where I'm going next! I will try and blog as I go along, but showing pictures on here might be a problem. So you peeps may have to wait until I get back!!

Adios amigos (and no, I'm not going to Mexico!). ^_^

Origami OT

So I haven't done any origami for about 2 months. ¬_¬"" Just being lazy, studying and really just couldn't be bothered... Well that means origami OT (overtime)! I spent 4 hours creating all these pieces and there are some that I skipped because it needed 1 dollar bills (which I couldn't be bothered to get up and find) or printed paper... So fast forward to all these other ones... :D I am now up-to-date (actually a day ahead!) with the origami calendar.

Sweet Swallow

Offering Stand

Heart Place Card

Wedding Noshi

Boutonniere

Motorboat

Basket

Ladybug

Snail

Snake

Party Hat

Day Lily

Buffet Napkin

Catamaran

Catamaran x 2 = Flower

Goldfish

King Arthur's Crown

4-Pointed Star

Message in a Bottle

Pagoda

Cat

Panda

Modular Unit Ball - had to use paperclips to hold the pieces together!

Raccoon

Origami Overload

Right. Time to stop posting about food for a tiny bit and onto something else!

I am a very bad person because I didn't do any origami for a month with my 2008 calendar... However I did manage to catch up (for a short while ¬_¬" - I'm a week behind now)!!

Here's just some of the latest pieces I have managed to fold... I'm afraid I did skip a few because some of the diagrams weren't helpful! I tried to look for videos, but they weren't that helpful too!!

Origami Butterfly

Origami Tote Bag ^_^

This one is in three parts... The divider was the hardest to make!

Origami Matsu box, divider and lid

Origami Picture Frame

Origami Owl

Origami Horse, I couldn't fold the rider  - it was too hard! :( 

Origami Russian Cicada

Origami Boomerang Airplane - I thought this didn't work at
the beginning, but it actually worked in the end!

Origami Vase

If you want to try out, and you don't mind being 6 months behind for 2012, you can still buy the calendar from Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0761162968/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

One Dollar Bill Origami

One morning I received an email from a friend who saw my interest in origami. The emailed contained pictures of one dollar bill origami! Waaaah. I have seen them before, and luckily there were some designs in my 2008 calendar. So, after work, I went to a bureau de exchange and exchanged £20 for US$31, (someone told me I was geeky for doing that - "who would exchange £20 for $1 bills to do origmai!...." ¬_¬ meeee). 

I then attempted these ones.

This one dollar bill bunny was relatively easy to make.

$Bunny

The snail was quite hard. In the end I had to use a Youtube video to finish it.

$Snail

Ah, my attempted armadillo was hard to make!

$Armadillo 

Here's a shirt, which is supposed to be part of a pantsuit.

$Shirt

And here's an attempted elephant, (which is not in the calendar). I found the design for this online. ^^

$Elephant

With this next piece I attempted to create Won Park's $Koi Fish, but I think I got the pleating folds all wrong, so I ended up with this pretty $heart. ^^

$Heart leaning against the $Armadillo to keep it upright 

I've found using dollar bills very easy to use for origami because they are thick and stern, and they don't tear apart so easily! 
I won't be throwing these pieces away in case I ever get to the US and will probably tip restaurants and the like using these $1 bills. ^^

I have US$25 left, so hopefully I can do 25 more designs!

Here's a great website you can use: 
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/money-origami.html(A-H)
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/money.html (H-Z)
I'm not very good with pictures and diagrams, so I advise watching videos on Youtube and other video-sharing sites.

Good luck!

It's Easter!! ^^

Yay! It's Easter. 4 days off (and it's very sunny today)! But as I'm not Christian I am still quite grateful for this holiday. Easter is the time to "celebrate" the death of Jesus, however it's changed over the centuries (and that's a history lesson from the geek ¬_¬)...

At work, a person who loves my friend and I so much he gave us a MASSIVE Easter egg shaped as a Lindt Lindor sweet. It's one of the largest "eggs" I've ever seen (not including the Fabergé eggs) ^^.

I love Lindt's Lindor

Waaaaaah... So many Lindor chocolates inside!

Close up of these lovely Swiss made chocolates ^^ 

A dear friend of mine bought me a Hello Kitty Easter egg for my birthday! As you can see, I have not ate it yet :) (more about Hello Kitty in another post).

I love Hello Kitty ^^

Hope you all have a Happy Easter!! Eat chocolate in moderation!! 

And Here's some origami too to pass the day...

Easter Chick

Showing off this very complex tortoise

^^

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to all my geeky friends and family! ^_^
I'll be working and studying like a mad geek today but I hope everyone has a great time...
Here's my card to all of you!

Origami: Hearts and Hot Lips