Ulog #9: Omega stars shining on a Sunday

It started with #Ulog and is coming back to #Ulog.

On my blog Pay it forward: Spotlight on for inspiring power of positivity and the people who spread it out to the world, I wrote about how I was discovered in #payitforwad contest which got me into the said contest – which in turn led me to @ivan-g’s origami-making article. The sample stars on the blog looked cute that made me interested on making one myself. I went through the video referred to on the blog and created my very first omega star origami.

The creator on the video was not saying anything but the steps were easy to follow in general. I just had to pause it several times when I am lagging behind. I did not want to waste paper for my practice so I used an old newspaper. When I saw the measurement of paper to be used on the video, I did not bother about it anymore. “Anything square!” I thought. Since it is my first, I wanted to start with bigger size so it will be easy to fold and avoid the paper from ripping off. Alas, I made the first one without any damage.

My first ever omega star creation.😊

Seeing my first creation feels so exciting. I challenged myself to make more so I made the first batch yesterday. I used excess sheets from gift wrappers (one of the sheets even have "Merry Christmas"). It was really fun!

Today, on a lazy and rainy Sunday, I made more. I tried one-color red paper (also an excess from gift wrapping 😊) and realized one thing: If I use one-color material then it should be a really bright color otherwise it will look a bit dull and monotonous. I still prefer multi-colored paper – which led to me to try glossy magazine covers. Though there are writings that somehow counter the monotony, majority of its look is still white. I think the gift wrapper type with different designs and colors are still the best.

These are the ones made of glossy magazine cover.

While in the middle of putting together one of the stars, I remembered the flower and bow tie papers that my elder brother used to give me when we were young. When he wanted to amaze or surprise me, he uses real currency note to create the bow ties and give it to me as a gift. I remember the first time I got the bow tie, I asked him to show me how to make it but he won't do it. I unfolded the one he gave me and followed through the folding using a scrap paper. I realized later that some people in our place use the bow tie money to entice when giving gift to children. Bright idea! Instead of spending more for envelopes to wrap the money, just make the money look cute with the bow tie. That made me smile and paused from the stars. I made a flower and three bow ties. The flower was easy. For some reasons, I made several mistakes on my first attempt with the bow tie.

Note: many countries including the Philippines has a law against vandalism (crumpling, writing) on currency notes so please do not make it a hobby to use those for origami.

I just found out a new hobby that will keep me busy – no more idle time. I am thinking it can also be a good way to recycle and make use of old papers instead of just throwing them away. To make the finished product more colorful with these old papers, spraying them with paint or using water color will definitely help.

Here are the omega stars shining on a Sunday. 😊

I hope you had a blessed weekend, Steem world!