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And so it begins. After working in the garden dressed in my bugwear suit from head to toe for the past three days in a row I now have two deerfly bites. One mosquito bite, and two noseeum, and 7 black fly bites 🙄 It’s going to be a very long summer #Midwest #bugs #bloodsuckers #deerfly #blackflies #mosquito #itch #argh #fml #feedingfrenzy #delicious #summer #angst #michigan #keepingitreal

Do I dare? Set aside the 1000 butterflies I’ve already made for this fall’s ArtPrize and make 1000 dragonflies instead? From yuzen washi (thick, soft, fancy, handmade, Japanese paper) purchased @papersource 😍 Butterflies represent love. Dragonflies represent courage. I think given the year we’re experiencing courage is more resonant. At least for me. #artprize #origami #mini #tiny #1000 #yuzen #washi #paper #fancy #beautiful #quality #origamiinmyhand #tinygami #tombo #dragonfly #courage #bravery #samurai #japanese #symbolism #culture

New rule: No more heavy garden work in full bug@mesh suit when temps are pushing 89 degrees out. Overheated yesterday after three hours of gardening I felt sick the rest of the day before it dawned on me I was suffering from heat exhaustion and needed electrolytes. So I mixed up 1/4 tsp sea salt, 2 tsps raw honey, and half a lime in a glass of water and felt better almost instantly. 5+ hours after I’d overdone it 🙄 Other new rule is garden before breakfast or in early evening before dinner while it’s cooler unless I’m doing light weeding in shade. #gardening #oops #heat #heatexhaustion #headache #hot #sweaty #diy #natural #electrolytes #newrules #midwest #weather #doh

A year ago I went to @veldheertulipgarden and saw all of their tulips blooming. It was a sight to behold. I bought a few things that day including the promise of this iris... It opened this morning. It’s lovely! I may have to add more varieties. It’s a floral gem #iris #garden #blooming #flower #happy #love

Yesterday was a fun day. Delivered orders and gifts to friends. While it’s wonderful to be receiving orders it was even better giving some as gifts and seeing friends. Two I hadn’t seen for just over two months. One in just over a year and a half, and the other in well over two years. It definitely felt strange and a bit surreal either standing 10’ apart or masked the entire visit six feet apart and only outdoors. Our strange new world. Thank you to each of you for making my yesterday brighter #tinygami #orders #delivery #masks #origami #covid19 #socialdistancing #friends

Hilarious 🤣 The video looks so classy. Swipe to see the reality. Approximately 1.5 sheets of copy paper, a little origami, and I have a functional (though inelegant) bobbin storage solution 👍 There are three, long, skinny boxes nested side by side #sewing #thread #bobbin #solution #storage #origami #diy #necessity #slide #lol #maskmaking #covid19 #craft #studio

Inside the new sewing machine stand. I have to say I haven’t ever built up a collection of anything as quickly as I accumulated thread. Just a few weeks ago I had a dozen spools. The same spools I’d had for the past six years. I think I’ll create multiple long, skinny, origami boxes on a thin, slide out shelf to store them in rows. I don’t want to have to lift and shift every spool on a peg board organizer when I add a new color. Waiting for my 100 bobbins to arrive. I’ll make the same organizer for them on the lower shelf. Loving how the brown fabric looks a bit like faux leather straps on the masks I’m making for men. Hoping it makes some guys less unhappy to wear them. At the end of the day I’m quite happy to finally be learning how to sew! #sewing #studio #thread #organization #custom #cabinet #tinygami #mask #maskmaking #pandemic #covid19

Oh my gosh. I feel like I should kick off the hashtag #FredEnvy 😂 Because so many of you have said in the past you wish you had a Fred to build things too. I’ve been sewing masks. So many masks. First on my folding tabletop, which was too low so it made my back ache. Then on a stand that was too high. Two days ago I complained to him my back hurt. Then the rain came and Fred was bored and stuck in the house with nothing to do... So he offered to build me a sewing table. I suggested cabinet so I can store thread in it then brought out this amazing, hand carved, unfinished, vintage wood piece from Japan. It was most likely intended as ornamentation for a Buddhist home shrine or alter. I’d had it tucked away for a few years. He incorporated it into the stand. I’ll stain and finish it, very likely with gold leaf on the carving, someday when I have free time. I sewed a bit on it before quitting today. I’m happy and so is my formerly strained spine 🥰 #Tinygami #origami #studio #maskmaking #sewing #love #beautiful #japanese #design #style #unique #lucky #gift #special #tinyhouse #makerspace #sheshed

The DIY bias tape for mask straps video is online. You can go to patreon.com/Tinygami or click on the link in my bio for a direct link to Patreon #diy #class #tutorial #video #mask #covid19 #safety #maker #biastape #strap #tie

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Month: March 2015

Dear Kitai, It’s been a year since you left me. . .

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Posted on March 18, 2015January 18, 2016Categories Remembrances, UncategorizedTags kitai, memorial8 Comments on Dear Kitai, It’s been a year since you left me. . .

When your car makes weird noises. . . Pull over!

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Posted on March 16, 2015January 18, 2016Categories UncategorizedTags car, safetyLeave a comment on When your car makes weird noises. . . Pull over!

Winter Cardio Workout

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Posted on March 8, 2015January 18, 2016Categories UncategorizedTags cardio, exercise, michigan, snow, winterLeave a comment on Winter Cardio Workout

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