![]() ![]() Now you’re ready to begin! Click on the slideshow below to view the steps. I also recommend cutting out a few sheets of normal printing paper to use as your practice sheets before you move onto your origami sheets. Cut out as many origami sheets as you’d like. ![]() Measure a piece of cardboard or thicker card paper with the following dimensions: 6 inches by 6 inches or 15 cm by 15 cm. The plain paper gives off a nice warm glow from the LED lights. Instead of origami paper, I used pages of an old book. Now let’s get started on creating those lilies! If you have origami paper you can use that, but for this project I prefer to use a thicker paper to create a more stable lily. If you’re in Edinburgh, do check them out as they have great art workshops. It was taught by a fab artist at Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts. I learned how to make origami lilies at a Christmas craft workshop in 2012. To introduce a bit of light and bright in my flat (as well as to banish any signs of Seasonal Affective Disorder), I decided to create origami lily fairy lights! So grab those LED clear Christmas lights out of storage (I’m using a string of 40 LED lights) and an old book that you’ll never use and create your own set of origami lily fairy lights! But just because the holidays are over doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have a bit of something bright and shiny to tide us over until spring! Photo by Alex Bazlinton All the decorations and lights of the holidays are stored away as the new year begins, so even December’s sparkle is hidden. Sometimes it just feels darker, greyer and duller as you trudge to and from work in the dark. ![]()
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