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『おりがみ王子』の折り紙　ならぶんです。(bandai)

Vibrant Centimeter-Wide Paper Cranes by Artist Naoki Onogawa Engulf Bonsai Trees

Had a revelation recently and thought it might help other people too.

There is absolutely NO shame in having a ton of projects on the go and switching between or even dropping them on a whim.

Hobbies are meant to be FUN.

You can have 20 writing projects, or knitting, or whatever your thing is, and putting them down for a bit or abandoning them is a-okay.

I personally would never think that someone who started playing a video game and then decided to play another before it was finished was a quitter, so why am I so judgemental towards myself?

Doing your hobbies in a way that brings you joy isn't selfish or weak, it's...literally the whole point of them. Go nuts!

Recycling Books, What to do with Old or Damaged Magazines, Textbooks, Etc

Some of us love to get new books and be transported into a new magical realm. Some of us don't enjoy books at all, and prefer to get our information in other ways. Either way, you are likely to have a lot of books, magazines, and textbooks that you may not want. What should you do with these? Let's look at some ways to reuse or recycle them!

Resell them

Selling your excess is always the best way to give your stuff a new life. This is because, unless someone specifically asks you if they can have or borrow a book, people tend to care more about something if they have to spend money on it.

reselling used books is also a good thing to do if you are given a lot of books, or you find a fair amount of them when dumpster diving. I know I find my fair share of them, and selling them helps me to pay bills or rent.

Give them away

YThis may sound odd given what I just said above, but giving them away can be beneficial as well. If someone asks you for a certain book, or you have family or friends that you know may want to read a particular book you have, then giving away your copy might be the best bet.

Also, you can have a small library if you have the ability to put one up where you life. These are small outdoor pantries that hold books that people can put in, or take out.

Cut them up and recycle them!

You cannot recycle books whole due to the covers and glue, but you CAN tear out all of the pages and recycle the pages instead. This can be great if you are recycling a workbook, if the book is otherwise heavily written in it, or if the book is damaged.

Also, some books are filled with hateful or harmful rhetoric. Giving them away or reselling them might just propagate the harmful ideas, so this is another way to give the pages a new life!

Use them for craft projects!

People have been able to take old books and turn them into beautiful works of art! This is a great way to reuse an old worn or vintage book while also stretching your creative muscles! Cutting up magazines for scrapbooking, or making paper beads, is always a fun thing to do as well!

So maybe see what you can make! Or you can try any of the other tips, and more, to make sure that books and magazines get reused or recycled instead of trashed.

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If you like what you have read and want to support me, you can by using the shop links below! But only buy if you need new supplies, clothes, etc. Don't buy just for the sake of buying.

Upcycleability- My Etsy shop where I sell my upcycled crafts and craft supplies:

UpcycledLucy– My Poshmark to buy used clothing that I salvage from being thrown out

UpcycledLucy– My Mercari where I also sell used clothing, but cheaper

Lucienes– My eBay shop where I sell everything else that I salvage, such as books, games, boxes, and more

5-10% of all sales from the above links go towards 350 dot org, an intersectional activist organization working to fight climate change and get climate justice.

This is the only tiktok you’ll ever need, I’ve made about 13 of these and I’m not stopping anytime soon

I’m reblogging again because I did it myself and added pictures for those who have trouble learning from the video.

First take a standard rectangular piece of paper (I used one from a small notebook which I ripped out then cut the holes off)

Then fold in half touching the shorter side to the opposite shorter side.

Fold again making the new shorter side touch the other new shorter side

I did this one more time, but this time I unfolded it right after to get back to where it was only folded twice. It should have left a crease in the paper.

Using this crease, fold the corners up alongside it to look like this

This are also going to be unfolded, but this time you’re going to push in alongside the triangular folds you just made and undid.

Doing this once will result in this

Hold tight because tumblr won’t let me add more pictures. I’ll reblog will the rest of the instructions

Continuing on,

Do the other side of you haven’t already to get this

You’ll open these newly created flap to change which parts are touching

Leaving you with this

Then you start pulling the top “tabs” down

Do both sides to get the final folded form

Decorate as desired.

Hope this helps!

Ratio for the rectangle size is 2:3

So 6 cm by 9cm

I uh, lost an evening:

Thanatos knows that I hecking love cute origami, and moths, so really, what was I supposed to do, scroll past and not take the opportunity to make butterfly and moth page markers???

I’m…not crafty

I got lost at the “push in” part and gave up, and apparently I’m having a rough day because now I’m crying ‘cause I can’t origami fuck no skillz

Got help:

Don't know if anyone has pointed this out. Anyway Infinity Train is great.

Happy Leap Day!

Taro’s Origami on Instagram

Origami: How the Ancient Art of Paper Folding Evolved Over Time and Continues to Inspire

Paper Crane, Penguin, Cat, Fox and Owl Origami Baubles, by andthetinyrabbits on Etsy

Origami Lockets by KIKKA plus on Etsy

Edible Origami Made From Wonton Skins

11 Cutting-Edge Origami Artists Who Are Masters of Paper Folding

This is an amazing origami figure of Scooby-Doo designed and folded by Hsi-Min Tai. Be sure to check out his Flickr account by following this link to this image and the rest of his origami porfolio: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gbco/3421198600

Artist Found An Amazing Way To Preserve Origami By Using Glass Bell Jars

The Lunar Cycle Displayed Through 15,000 Colorful Origami Birds

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I love installations like this, but I always think about how their hands must be SO SORE. I get sore after folding twelve pieces to make a kusudama!