Origami Rose / 折り紙でつくるバラ

One of the things that I enjoy at a Japanese hair salon is to read Japanese magazines. They usually cost more than twice as their cost in Japan, I can't but that often so when I'm at a hair salon, I would go through as many magazines I can. There were cute pages of new style origami art. Simple me is always attracted and excited when I see paper magic. Here are a photo of my first Origami Rose. Looks more like carnation?

日本の美容室に行くと楽しみなのが、雑誌を読む事☆　こちらで買うと、日本の値段の２倍以上はするので、なかなか買えないのでここぞとばかりに数冊一気に読みまくる。先日は折り紙特集発見。ついつい紙細工に心魅かれてわくわくしてしまう単純な私。なかなか難しい。バラというよりカーネーションになったかな？

Origami by midori / オリガミオリガミ

こちらのパターンを買いましたが、かわいすぎて使えな〜い・・・！

Midori is a stationary brand that is producing lots of cute products and they have been attacking my sweet spots for cute stationary.All the products on their website makes me wanna have!!

http://www.midori-japan.co.jp/

Recent found Origami series makes me feel like fainting.

They have a variety of cute and modern patterns and show you really cool ways to fold the origami for different

occasions like setting up tables for dinner parties and wrapping gifts. At this point, my heart has been completely melt by the overloaded cuteness.

ミドリの文房具は、私のスィートスポットをばっきゅんx２打ち抜いてくれます。

ウエブサイトを見ていると、最終的に、全部欲しい！！！という感情で埋め尽くされます。

http://www.midori-japan.co.jp/

最近発見した折り紙シリーズ（オリガミオリガミ)は、ツボすぎて失神しそうです。

かわいいおしゃれなパターンの折り紙と、それを使ったいろいろなシーンへの

折り方の説明もあって、もうここまで来ると完全に心は溶けています。

雨なので今日は折り紙 / Origami at home on a rainy day

今日はロサンゼルス、朝から雨が降り続いています。LAマラソンが開催されたので、

参加された方々、雨の中お疲れさまでした。体を暖かくして風邪を引きませんように・・・。

道に落ちた葉っぱの彩りが綺麗だったので、ぱちり。

It's been raining all day today in Los Angeles. I would like to give a big applause to LA marathon participants. Hope you will stay warm and stay away from cold...

Here is a snap shot of colorful leaves on the ground.

そんな雨の中、LAダウンタウンの"文化堂"という日本のお店に行って来ました。

Today I went to a Japanese store called ''Bunka do" in downtown LA in the rain.

Bunkado, Inc. 340 East First Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 625-1122 オンラインストアもあるようです。 Here is their online store: http://bunkadoonline.com/ お店には、日本の文化にまつわる商品がたくさん揃えられていて、 見ていてとっても楽しい♪ There are a variety of Japanese cultural products at the store and I really enjoyed shopping♪ そしてずーっと探していた、赤だけの折り紙を発見して大興奮。 Origamiという水玉の折り紙も、柄に魅かれて、 ９種類の紙の折り方説明書付きにも魅かれ購入しました。 こういうモダンな紙系の製品に弱い私です。 At the store, I finally found all in red origami paper and I got excited. Also I was intrigued by"Origami" by midori (famous Japanese stationary company) because the paper pattern was colorful polka dots and it comes with how to fold papers in 9 different ways so I purchased these two. I am very vulnerable to these kind of modern paper products.

Origami

オリガミオリガミ
http://www.midori-japan.co.jp/products/2010_17/

日本への愛を込めて、鶴を折ります。

またモービルを作って、お友達にプレゼントしようと思います。

I am going to keep folding cranes with love for Japan.

I will probably make some red crane mobiles and give them to my friends.

Red Crane Origami Mobile

Last Sunday was such a nice spring day and I was visiting Glendale where I had lived for 4 years. I kind of miss certain things about the area such as unique local stores and coffee shops. One of the stops I made was at a boutique called The Lake in Silverlake. I didn't buy anything (I couldn't buy anything) but I enjoyed the selection of their products. One thing that caught my eyes at the boutique was a product that was not for sale. It was a mobile with red cranes attached to a string hanging from a ceiling. It was so graceful. Ever since I saw the mobile, I kept on thinking about the beauty of the red cranes and thought of making one for my home. Instead of plain red origami paper, I found a sheet of red gift wrap paper that has white polka dots on it so used it to create 5 cranes (1 big crane, 4 baby cranes.) Awww, I love the color and the structure of the origami crane...next step is to hang them from the ceiling. Maybe next weekend.