See all the guide sheets about using the symbols and folds in origami patterns alongside the poster board with many creases? That was the start of my second attempt to create my origami CD pouch. How'd it go?
It's still kicking my butt! The "ten-minute" project has taken at least another 45 minutes and I'm tripping over steps 13 and 18 and then a couple more down the line.
I can pretty much list the reasons for my troubles because I have excellent hindsight. Go me.
They're all likely typical baby mistakes and possibly could be filed under ignorance or chutzpah. I prefer the chutzpah label myself.
Three Beginner Mistakes You Don't Want To Make:
Traveling to origami country without learning the language.
Picking a project that was too complex for a first-timer.
Using stiff poster board that's too hard to crease for a first-timer.
Here's what I've achieved so far.
It's a pitiful piece of poster board halfway to being a CD pouch and showing the battle scars. At least it isn't saying, "But you should see the other guy." That would be me, cowering here with my tail between my legs. I'll spare you that photo.
My feel-better solution?
Go buy books! Here's the one that makes me drool when I look at it, but it's the one I didn't buy right now. Fabulous Origami Boxes by Tomoko Fuse. Have you ever seen the gorgeous boxes on the cover? Drool-worthy, no?
It's possibly far too challenging for me just yet according to the reviews I read at Amazon. But fear not. I spent money on three other things.
My second book is Origami Boxes by Tomoko Fuse because I want to make boxes! There was another book by her with easier boxes, but I liked this one too much to go look at the other one. Some of the reviews of this book said these could be a mite challenging. I'm hoping the Kenneway book and the simpler boxes here will work for me. Is it my chutzpah rearing itself again? We'll see.
And third, I got me some pretty paper. Someone who reviewed one of these books said she cuts typing paper into 8 1/2" squares for practice as the larger size is easier for beginners. Hello, that would be me.
So I couldn't resist grabbing the colorful Large Origami Paper from Dover. It's a blessing for you, so as I learn the ropes here using origami patterns, we don't have to look at boring white typing paper all the time. You're welcome.
So, I'm giving the CD pouch a spell in the time-out corner to think over what's it's done. When I get a clue of something else to try from reading up online or when the books come, the would-be pouch contender and I will go for round three. Who's taking bets?
