Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Perfectly Mindful Origami – The Origami Garden KIT Review & GIVEAWAY

Perfectly Mindful Origami – The Origami Garden by Mark Bolitho (Author) and Brent Darby (Photographer) is a 128 page Paperback released – April 20, 2017 by Publisher: Jacqui Small. Inside you will find 30 sheets of 7" x 7" square origami paper and over 25 garden themed paper folding projects. Each project has a difficulty rating of easy, intermediate or more challenging, though most are intermediate. The paper comes in a colorful and attractive variety of solids and patterns. The larger 7" size paper is a treat! I warmed up by folding the Easy Rose design. Then I moved on to the Bird (pictured below), Pear and Nut folds. There is a lot of folding, but it's satisfying folding. I found the diagram and text instructions very clear. The Perfectly Mindful Origami series also includes Origami Paper Boxes, Origami Zodiac and Geometric Origami. There are many benefits to doing origami – including boosting mindfulness. Get your copy below!

CONTENTS
Mindful Origami
Getting Started
Easy Rose

SEEDS AND PLANTS
Seeds
Nuts in a Bowl
Seedlings in a Pot
Plants in Pots
Flowers
Hydrangea
Four-petal Blossom
Four-petal Balloon Flower
Pentangle Variation
Five-petal Blossom
Five-petal Balloon Flower
Palm Leaf
Cactus in a Pot
Pine Tree

FLOWERS
Classic Lily & Iris
Calla Lily
Rose
Tulip
Water Lily
Fuchsia
Bunch of Flowers

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Strawberry
Mushroom
Pear
Tomato
Chili Pepper

GARDEN LIFE
Butterfly
Frog
Bird
Snail

Resources & Acknowledgements


The Origami Garden book and paper pack. The bird design is from the Garden Life chapter. It has a difficulty rating of intermediate. You may notice that I unfolded a couple of creases –  personal preference. I used pink paper from the pack that comes with the book. The folded bird measures about 5" beak to tail.




A look inside. 


Perfectly Mindful Origami – The Origami Garden is available worldwide at Jacqui Small, an imprint of The Quarto Group. Check out their unique catalog at Jacqui Small. Quarto has generously offered to giveaway a copy! One winner will be selected at random. Open until July 28, 2017. Prize includes cost of shipping. Canadian and USA addresses only. Good luck!

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44 comments:

  1. POpped over from your giveaway to say hi and have also followed your blog. Lovely giveaway and I have not as yet tackled Origami but on my wish list. Love the braceltes, well cute.

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  2. Love origami. Would love to learn how to do it. I love all the flowers and the butterflies. Great lessons to teach my granddaughter.

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  3. I've always been fascinated at the talent of those that do Origami :)

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  4. Nice to see more modern origami patterns. As a child I was always fascinated with my grandparents doing origami for me. Try to pass on that bit of culture to my kids! akronne17@gmail.com

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  5. I have done some simple origami and some a bit more difficult. I would love to make the vegetables included in this book, especially the chili pepper!
    MPaula

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  6. its nice to see that this is still existing art arround this theme. It gives me nice remembers on my childhood as well, thank you :)

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  7. I've always wanted to try this.

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  8. Always wanted to do pastels..."Beginning Pastels"

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  9. I think I would like clean skin from within.

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  10. I would love the book, Monsters' Nonsense: The Green Gobbler for my grandchildren. It looks like a fun book to read.

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  11. I love doing oragomi its so calming. I would like to read the Drawing for Joy book

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  12. I would also like Build a Better Vegetable Garden by Joyce Russell

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  13. I'd love this book!: A Secret Sisterhood by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney - The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Bronte, Eliot and Woolf

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  14. My niece would love the book: 50 Wacky Things Animals Do
    It would make a great birthday gift.
    Marlene V

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  15. I'd love Build a Better Vegetable Garden, as I garden a lot!

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  16. I'd really like Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook.

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  17. I'd like the Cleanse, Nurture, Restore with Herbal Tea by Sebastian Pole

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  18. The Bee Keeper's Lab looks great. Our neighbors kept bees for several years so if we had any hands-on questions we could go ask them. Keeping the bears out might be tricky...

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  19. Quick Pickle cookbook.

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  20. I'd like to read the book When Happiness is not Enough
    When Happiness is not Enough by Chris Skellett.

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  21. I would also love to read The Surf Girl Journal by Louise Searle

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  22. I would like to get Weekendtivity -- fun projects I could do with my granddaughter

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  23. Another book i would like is
    The Mother Earth News Guide to Vegetable Gardening by Mother Earth News

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  24. This is certainly a nice book with many fun projects,my granddaughter loves looks at origami pieces,maybe if i win the book for her she may start making her own !

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  25. Color-by-Number: Dogs
    Walter Foster Creative Team love this book

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  26. There is SO much I would love!!! I think I'd choose the Day of the Dead 2018 calendar. :-)

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  27. What a great selection of books! I'd love to have Philosophy in 50 Milestone Moments. Seems like a great book for adults and kids alike. 50 Wacky Things Animals Do is also sure to be a hit in our home!

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  28. I have 1 origami book and i love it! I can't wait to start creating some more challenging pieces. This book looks awesome, i love the vegetables too.

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  29. I like the 30 days grain free book.

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  30. I would like the Seedlings in a Pot.

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  31. I would like the Building with Secondhand Stuff, 2nd Edition by Chris Peterson.

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  32. I love the origami garden, especially when it is so cold here at the moment and the real garden's not much fun when you are sooo cold. A modern and fresh look at an age old art form. Thanks.

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  33. I'd love to give Not Your Mothers Slow Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann to my Mum whose response for meal ideas was a beef casserole. To receive the Whole Food Slow Cooked by Olivia Andrews would be perfect for ideas on what to whole foods to cook with the new Slow Cooker I've just been given. NB: Entered competition with yahoo email address.

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  34. Totally got to go with Cooking with Cannabis! It's legal here now!

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  35. I would love to enjoy
    Duct Tape Engineer by Lance Akiyama sounds fascinating

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  36. I am an email subscriber.

    theyyyguy@yahoo.com

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  37. I'd love clean skin from within.

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  38. I would like to receive Modern Retro.

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  39. I would really like to receive Bourbon...

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