Happy New Year - I Heart Origami

Happy New Year and welcome 2013. To be honest I am not a big fan of January - we just get so little daylight to envelop our little cabin. Now don't get me wrong as the view of the Lions is so inspiring today but in another hour the sun will fade and I'll feel more like a mole person.

So let's talk about February and Valentine's Day. Love, affection and a promise of more daylight. Look what I found at Go Origami :

A really cute heart envelop that you could stuff with some of those cinnamon candies or for my darling a love letter or Hersey kisses.

Don't you just heart origami?

Part Deux - New Year's Eve Fascinator

So how do we attach the butterfly to a barrette, headband or ribbons? A washi tape twist tie!
You'll need a ruler, scotch tape, an unused twist tie,scissors and washi tape. This idea comes from Marisa over at Omiyage.

1. Take your twist tie and measure the length - mine is 4.5 inches long. Since we're going to make cute cuts on the ends your washi tape should be longer than the tie by about 1/2 an inch.

2. Put your twist tie length wise on your ruler and put a piece of scotch tape in the middle to keep the tie from moving around.

3. Cover the twist tie with a length of washi tape and  try and keep it straight. Washi is pretty forgiving as long as you don't press it down too hard on the ruler surface.

4. Turn the tie over and scotch tape the centre to the ruler again using a tiny bit of tape. Cut your second length of washi and line it up with the washi on the reverse side. Cut off the scotch tape sticking out from the tie.

5. To make the chevron ends just fold the ends together and cut a v from the centre to the end point on a angle.

6, Slide the twist tie into the back of the butterfly and apply some glue to the little triangle on the front to secure the butterfly fascinator.

Just wind both sides of the tie onto a barrette, a ribbon or a head band and you're done.

Happy New Year girls!