Over the last few years, I have created an "advent" regime of creating something with a Christmas theme in the month of December - sometimes, it's been drawing, tags, cards or sharing photos . The themes have been Christmas Tags, Christmas Firsts , Christmas \postage stamps, Christmas cake, and crazy Christmas trees from the past. You can search this blog with the tag #christmas countdown and see what you can find ? My mother used to love the #Christmas Countdown series and it is now almost a year since she passed away. The "lead -in" to Christmas and origami were a couple of her favourite things, so this year, 2023, my December goal is to make a paper folded Christmas tree ornament each day n her memory. 1 December, 2023 : To start with, I chose the simplest little pinwheel and added a button and a star. 2 December, 2023 : This folded shape starts with a pinwheel, so it seemed the logical follow on. And I also stitched on a button and s...
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