~Have A Lovely Weekend And Fill It With Happiness~

For some reason, I've been having a major *brain fart* these days... => blocked brain.. unable to generate creativity~


Urban Dictionary defines it as: 


''A spontaneous stupid (Stupid the noun, not stupid the adjective) usually accompanied by loss of train of thought and saying something fantastically stupid without realising it.

"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Hold secondary fire and the screen will change"
"What the hell? 

"?? Oh, uhh... brainfart"  ''


Anyway, how has life been treating you lately? 
Yesterday I made another swan.................. but the 'experiment' was whether or not doubling the size of the triangles adjusts the size of the swan.. I didn't have the 1st one (pics you've hopefully seen) next to it for a comparison but my instinct tells me that they're very similar..


One thing I noticed is that the increase in dimensions of the little triangles (used to form the structure) does affect how the overall sculpture looked. The wings curved inwards.  
Also, I had a struggle on  F2L - the base layer for it to all hold together. 


Hopefully next time I'll be able to get back to you with picture(s) of comparisons.... ;) 


How has life been treating me then? Well, I've been researching more about Graphics Tablets and figured out that although I did want an A3 sized tablet, it does have the downsides such as costing significantly more and having to move your arm a lot for sketching...
Therefore, I have come to conclude that I would like.. in fact - love to purchase a 8 x 6 inch tablet.. due to the price (generally depending on where you buy it) and ease of use/transport as I do love to travel a lot *and* compose studies..  


Shall catch you all later, 
Read the title above ^^


Anita x

Fashion Origami Set: A Review

Lately, I've been taking a step back and realising what I actually want/change in life.. and I'm escaping reality (too depressing to be honest) by doing the things I love such as hanging out with my close friends and just.. being creative. (Not mentioning that I have 5 important exams in the upcoming 2 weeks O___o) 
This also means more posts (hopefully) being published here ^_________^


So, here's my thoughts on a 'Fashion Origami' set from the awesome F.B. nope, not Facebook! =P

''Create beautifully detailed garments with colourful folded paper. Dresses, hats, shoes and underwear! This set contains 100 sheets of brightly coloured origami paper and a full colour 28-page instruction booklet. 
The detailed booklet will guide you through the folding of the following models:
Shirt *, Tie *, Hat *, Bra **, Suit **, Shoes **, Dress **, Boots **.
Origami is a fascinating and rewarding skill, an absorbing blend of art, geometry and dexterity which takes time and patience to master.''

~4 colours with 9 sheets each 
~8 colours with 8 sheets each
=100 sheets


Not the ideal selection of colours eh? Well.. this set was intended for origami clothes.....

The instruction does contain some useful info about how to fold the 'folds'. Pretty basic & great for beginners =D

Step by step diagrams...

Honestly speaking, I wasn't really that into folding clothes so I used it for other things.... 

The checked pattern was created for the folding of an Origami Rose.. but it failed so I had to take it apart so I wouldn't feel bad for wasting a sheet of paper.. >< 

Heart with Crane on front...~ 

Creases were made from making something else.. can't remember.. explanation? Same as for the Heart with wings~ 

This type of paper isn't really good for the typical Tsurus' where you need to kind of blow them up.....

Seeing As...

I was approached with the question 'What is the most basic thing you can do to make someone happy?' the other day. Before I proceed, comment below your reply to this question ^________^.


For me.. I guess it would be some form of Handicraft - I recall last Wednesday when I gave someone a Modular Origami Onigiri.. the light that instantly shined from his face is.. indescribable - he wasn't 'cheerful' the day before and to be honest here, I almost fell to tears due to his expression and way of describing how it was one of those days where you just don't feel like doing anything.


Enough Said here >< Be right back to upload pictures for a upcoming post =P

More Pics ^_____^

Pouring it all out to count :)

If there's 100 stars in the Jar...~*

Wowweeeeeeeeee all wrapped up and ready to be delivered =D

Hi all!!~~ I know.. my bad! I haven't been updating either blogs this past month because of revision... it's a rubbish excuse but I'm really busy to study hard ><

6 exams coming up ahead so I know that I'll abandon this for a while~ Be patient with me.. pretty please with a cranberry on top? 

Meanwhile, I've been looking further into Modular Origami and made a Onigiri (Japanese Riceball) yesterday, here are the pics =P 

The original tutorial I followed had 2 eyes for Onigiri.. should I add them on? Personally I think it looks like Darth Vader with the eyes on lol :P 

A better View ~*

Just another piece of evidence to show how small my hands are ^___^

Just kidding.. this is for size reference. In fact, I think that it looks like a pine-cone.. 

You get me? TeeHee**

Speak to you soon!~* 

P.S. after I gave the Swan and stars to the teacher; he started a kind of 'Guess the Stars' competition with his classes haha~ 

For some reason everyone thought that the amount of stars will be in the 200s.. so the guesses were low and that affected the teacher's guess-- he had this ''theory'' of gathering all the guesses   from his students and calculating the average. He also claimed that the average would be the exact amount of stars~ 

Guess what?

I proved him wrong *pwned!!*

A good friend of mine (not mentioning names ***ahem A.B cough ahem ahem*** lol) kept on insisting that ''it's NOT possible for more than 200 stars to be in the jar''

Well, there were. 

In fact, there were a total of 515 stars in the jar. Clumsy me, allowing 2 stars to escape.. therefore making the grand total of 517 stars.

....And the jar wasn't full. But apparently this is a good thing because as said by the teacher ''There's always something in life that's missing''... hence the jar being not full. 

Well.. the true reason was that I was caught up with time.. and I only started making stars like.. 2nights before giving the presents. >< I sent his laptop flying~ oops.

The Overall Result *~~

I'm back with pictures of what I've been making ^^~

This is like, 1/2 of the amount of stars I've made *

Competition Winner!~

Hey guys =) How's life?
I'm back with a post to reveal the winner of the competition I hosted a few weeks back..


dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!~*


the winner is 'Rain Xx15' from Australia! ~~ 


Thanks for all the entries guys!~ Was amusing to see how creative you were with just a few simple clues =P 


Notable entries include:~
Fortune Cookie and Devil's Spear


Tee Hee. Have Fun 

An Extra Clue =P

For those of you who are still thinking hard, here's another clue to the competition~*

Enjoy your day~ x

Competition Time~*

Quick Question:~ 

Do you (or did you) give Christmas Presents to teachers? 

*_* 

More than 1/2 of the people I've asked replied 'No'. 

But anyway, I've recently started to make a present for a special teacher ~ He's also the form tutor of my class ^^. 

So basically, below are several images of 'clues' as to what I'm making. Little helpers:~

*Yes, they are made out of paper

*Each of them are approximately 1/32 of a standard A4 sheet :) aka~ 210mm x 297mm 

 What's inside the mysterious box......?

Yup, used to be torn paper bits

If I am correct (and no one's tampered with them), there are 320 'little triangles' in the box at the moment.. Half way through!

 ^^ I'm not promoting Dior by the way.. just needed a background and also for size reference :) 

To make it fair, here are what some people think I'm making.. going to make

*Bird

*Space

*Hello Kitty

*Model of the Universe

*Swallows

^_^ if you know me well enough, it is clear that the suggestions above were influenced by my personal interests and the subject the Form Tutor teaches, Physics. 

Competition ends on the Midnight of St. Andrews Day ~ Google/WolframAlpha/Bing it if you don't know when it is =P

Each individual is allowed 2 guesses..

The winner (the person with the closest guess) will be announced shortly in December >__<

  

Sarah's Birthday~~

Happy Birthday Sarah :) May the Lord be by your side this Special Day!~


Today is Sarah's birthday, yup, I know that I've probably told you many-a-times that I dislike birthdays early in the (school) year but I still *try* (stress on 'try') to make an effort.
But if it really fails, I'd just find a way out hehe (^_^)


Back to the present/creativity~~
I made her a pair of Origini (sushi rice ball with seaweed bits) earrings :) and a little ghost charm~~ for the theme of October - Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen.


hmm. wonder which readers of this blog celebrates Halloween?! One thing tho~ I don't, I might explain why in another post...


Right, enough rambling on Anita-- get to the point: ~Stages of 'Manufacture'

*WARNING -- PHOTOGRAPHED ON MESSY BACKGROUND...*

^ Letting them dry from Glazing :) hence the shininess ^

^ Painting the eyes on :) ^

^ Happy Little Dudes ^

^ Don't they just look so Happy? :) ^

^ Painting the lil' Ghost ^

^ Stupid horrible lighting ^

^ Attaching a jump ring on ^

^ Attaching a Earring Hoop ^

^ Bad Lighting again (grrr. ) ^

^ Close Up. but the lighting still fails >__< ^

Lets look at the card now shall we? (at this point I was quite.. hyper .. )





^ Made these 2 pictures larger so you can read it better :) ^

^ Back of the Envelope ^

^ All boxed up ready to be tossed around in my bag teehee :) ^

* Funny how in this lighting the box lid has a holographic effect <3 *

*Totally Forgotten*

.... guess what? I've totally forgotten this blog after the Paris Art Trip with school.. Got some jet lag (by the way, is that even possible if you travelled by train?) and been spending most of my summer on arty based work including homework!

But I will have to eventually get back to making things right? Early September there will be 2 birthdays... they say that presents are optional but it's always nice to receive one right (especially if it was handmade haha).

O_o

Nothing else to say really but I will find some time soon to design/create some more pieces ;)

Have a nice day everyone~

This was a display I put together a while back, entitled 'Prom Look #2'