Origami Creations - Re engineered Panda Bookmark

I was in search of an origami model to fold as a gift for a former high school classmates' daughter visiting HK.  

As I was checking the web, I came upon Trollip's Panda bookmark and decided to re-create it.

A cute Red Panda

It's quite a simple model but with an interesting color change fold.  

More importantly, it gave a lot of happiness for a little girl who just came from Ocean Park and was able to have her own Red Panda Bear.

Have a great weekend!

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Origami Design/Creations - Dragon bookmarks (龍書籤)

Anyone for Dragon origami bookmarks?

I've been so enamored with bookmarks as these are the special request I always get from my kids for gifts to their friends.  Though I normally get to do the usual pretty stuff, I was surprised to be asked to make a Dragon.  Hmmm....

I did a search in the web but couldn't find any so I just have to create one.  Well the best I could do was something like this ...

Complete with slit Eyes and Claws (back & front view)

Fits quite well on a book

My daughter's friend was so happy to receive a unique gift so I very much believe that I did something "awesome"!

Have a great week ahead!

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Origami Design / Creation - Simple Heart over Heart Origami

Saw a lot of origami heart pieces being displayed for Valentines day so I tried to design one for myself.  The first rule is that it should be something simple and heart shaped.  

So, I started doodling and came up with this:

 

I call it "Heart over heart".  A small heart on top of a bigger one ... I likened it to be a "Husband and wife", a "Parent and a son/daughter".  I checked the internet for anything like this design but wasn't able to find one so I believe that this is either too easy or a traditional model that nobody really folded.  To me, it is a great origami piece!

This model can be used for:

A bookmark

Or for something as daring as a ...

Love Note

For everyone's enjoyment, I created a tutorial video below:

Hope you like it ... have a great day!

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