The journey of a thousand cranes begins with one fold

I have such wonderful friends. Last week I received a gift from my friends in Atlanta, several large sheets of beautiful Yuzen Washi. Thank you Jon and Yvonne! Then today, from my friend Mamiko, came a shipment from Japan. A huge box of beautiful origami paper, including a 1000 sheet package for folding cranes. Domo arigato gozaimashita! So this evening, I embarked on the daunting task of folding one thousand cranes from a rainbow of 7cm squares. For those who wish to try, the instructions are here. When the chain is finished, I will send them to Hiroshima to be placed at the Sadako Sasaki Peace Memorial. Well now that I know what I will be doing on vacation this summer, lets hear what creative projects you have planned.

Yet another little box

Here is a nifty little box that I found on the Paper Toys website. I used the original as a template and made my own box out of cardstock and Yuzen Chiyogami. My very favorite Japanese washi. Tied for second in the favorite paper category, Aizome Chiyogami, and Ginburi Momigami. Ok now I'm getting way too geeky about paper, I'll stop. Make a box. Have fun. Send a picture.