8. Beaded Flower

Today I gathered my beads around me and created a beaded flower as a brooch for my new hat (can't wait to wear it =) ).

Besides, I learned two more origami flowers:

I like the white one very much. It looks  a bit like a karambola (star fruit). Again I was impressed what one can do out of one piece of paper. And especially that I can do it too ;) Even when I'm stuck at one of the last steps and the instruction says: ...now do this and that and with a plopp everything will fall into the right place - ehmm.. yes... But in the end somehow it works (well, at least if we forget about the rose I tried yesterday ;) ).

7. Origami

Today I tried a bit of origami. Since my friend Lena showed me how to make an origami crane I have been fascinated of this type of art. But up to now I didn't take the time to learn a new figure.
So here are my results:

As you might have recognized, the last one isn't finished. After quite a lot of time and confusion I decided that the Kawasaki Rose might be a bit too difficult for a rookie like me... But at least I didn't fail until step 20.