Wordless Wednesday #12 (Chiyogami Paper Stash)

I am a paper hoarder.  Yes, you heard me right.  I like to collect gorgeous prints, but then I hate using them for projects since it means that they will no longer exist in their original form.  I always have this unsupported fear of screwing up a project and wasting this pretty (and expensive) paper.  Sometimes, I wish I could forgo creating at all in order to plaster the walls of my apartment in chiyogami prints!  (Even though J. might have a few objections about that...)

I decided to show off some of my stash since I had some questions about prints that I own, but are unavailable in the shop at the moment.  These are all being used in an upcoming series of dolls and bookmarks that I hope to finish next week.  The colors remind me of a tropical island.

Aruba, Jamaica, ooo I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, Come on pretty mama!  Okay, enough of that...  Happy Wordless Wednesday everyone!

Wordless Wednesday #5

I took this photo in 2006 while visiting the Osu Kannon Temple near Nagoya.  I was just browsing through some of my older Japan photos trying to put together a powerpoint on Esoteric Buddhism for my class on Friday, and this image jumped out at me.  I have such fond memories, but I could have never known where they were going to take me back in 2006.  I would have never imagined participating in Hiroshima and Peace 2009 and becoming more aware of the emotional power of these tiny folded cranes.

On this Wordless Wednesday, I bring you Peace & Paper.

Wordless Wednesday #1

Origami Stars by ~Hickican on deviantART

Come on, paint me the rainbows...