Ornament Swap!

This year I decided to join 

Tutu's and Tea Parties Ornament Swap

Lauren does an excellent job matching up crafters across the country and even internationally.   

We get to meet someone new and give them a little Christmas cheer.  

We then get to show off our creations in the Ornament Link Up!

Click on the link to check it out.

Below are the pictures of the kutsudama origami ball I made for my match partner, 

Bethany at Pitter and Glink.  

Bethany gave me her Christmas decor colors of navy blue, gold and white 

and I got to work.

Origami Flower Ornament

Isn't it pretty????

I had such a great time making this ornament. 

There is something very soothing about folding paper this way,

I don't know why, but it really was nice and calming. 

I had originally found my inspiration picture on Pinterest months ago
and knew I wanted to try this out.  

As I was doing more research on the picture, I found out this ornament is
kusudama origami.   I found lots of how-to videos on You Tube, and wanted to put together a
tutorial on how I made my

 Kusudama Origami Flower Ornament.

Here are the cast of characters:

Paper - I used my $.50 Goodwill Book (this makes crafts number 4 & 5 from this baby)

Hot Glue and Gun or Regular Glue

Scissors

Fishing Line or Ribbon