Valentines Origami Help

miffi-lou · Post by **miffi-lou** » January 31st, 2011, 7:37 pm

Me and my boyfriend are not buying each other gifts this year instead are making them.

I thought this would be a different and cool thing to do, i was going to do something like a proper fancy dragon... but i dont even understand the videos for them....

Instead I was planning on doing a lotus flower, rather big one, and make a heart to go in it and a slightly smaller star as well.

Sounds crazy girly i know but i know he will love it, but this is where i need some help. I was wondering what people might think the colours for each of the origami designs should be? The heart i want red of course but i dont want it to be girly in colour as well as design.

Any suggestions would be very helpful

Thanks

LeafPiece · Post by **LeafPiece** » January 31st, 2011, 10:47 pm

That sounds like a nice idea for Valentine's day =). If you don't want the colors to look too girly, I would just go with white for the lotus. Then maybe go with a deeper red for the heart, like maroon. I think a simple yellow star would look good with that, or even a greyish blue one. Have fun!

FlareglooM · Post by **FlareglooM** » February 1st, 2011, 9:38 pm

Maybe this can help you: http://www.hypergurl.com/colormatch.php
Thought it is for websites it may come in handy.
A possible colour combination is:
[img]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3748/naamloosss.jpg[/img]

miffi-lou · Post by **miffi-lou** » February 4th, 2011, 5:06 am

Thank you very much for the help all of you :)
I'm sorted on the colour front now!

Just got one more problem now....
I want to do a 3D heart, found one I like the look of but the instructions confuse me and I haven't found another place that has the same heart design.
If anyone could take a look and explain what is means 'for dummies' I would be hugely grateful.

http://www.origami-make.com/origami-hea ... age-14.php

I've only got up to the top one as I don't know what it means by turn it around? And the following pictures don't seem to be much use either.

Thanks!!!!!

maddoghoek100 · Post by **maddoghoek100** » February 6th, 2011, 8:05 am

if the heart you are trying is above your skill level or the instructions are confusing you might try a different design. below is a link to a number of designs. The winged heart is nice.

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/ ... earts.html