Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Things to Wonder About


A little boy wanted to see
how many birds can swim in the sea;
his father said with a twinkle in his eye:
'about as many fish as can fly in the sky'!


Featured: little origami flowers
made out of tea-bag envelopes.

106 comments:

mamasmercantile said...

You have such a talent both for verse and origami, I love the origami flowers.

FlashinScissors said...

Lovely Origami flowers and great verse, Amalia.

Hope you have a great week.

Barbara xx

Stins said...

:-)!
Pretty, love the one with the bees!!!
Lots of love from Mirjam.

Lazy Days & Sundays said...

I do enjoy your little verses Amalia.

Poções de Arte said...

Muito bonitas, até para decorar árvores de Natal.
Abraços e ótimo dia.

Maya Kuzman said...

Lovely origami flowers Amalia!

La Table De Nana said...

I must say your tea bags are beautiful..as well as the origami flowers!

Nancy Chan said...

Hi Amalia, these are beautiful origami flowers. You do have beautiful tea-bag envelopes. I love origami too!

magnoliasntea said...

The lovely teabags made very cute flowers. Love the poem, too.
Have a wonderful day!

Kim said...

SO cute. I could make a banner out of those!

Daniela said...

My darling Amalia,
with your sweetness and your phantasy you truly amaze me, you're such a wonderful lady !

Thank you for this all,

sending much dear love

Dany

Gillian said...

These are lovely.

Gloria Baker said...

Beautiful Amalia!! You always make the most beautiful things dear :)

Carolina G. Ticala said...

Nice pics! kiss! ☺

Carolina G. Ticala said...

Nice pics! kiss! ☺

Pammy Sue said...

I love the little origami flowers made with teabags. How very clever!

Mylittlepieceofengland said...

What a sweet verse and pretty flowers xx

Pura Vida said...

love these colors and the words are just too cute!

Gracie Saylor said...

Your crafting and verse writing prompt me to smile at you via our computer screens, Amalia. Thanks for posting! :) I have been working on creating some verses and water color pencil/woodless pencil illustrations to go with them. I enjoy the creative process as I imagine you do as well which is something delightful we can share, yes? xx

Gumbo Lily said...

Did you make the origami flowers? They are sweet -- like your poem.

Vickie @ Ranger 911 said...

Sweet little flowers you created!

Beth said...

Your origami flowers are absolutely delightful!

Quilting Stories said...

What a good idea to use tea bags envelops to make those lovely flowers!

Lara B. said...

Those must be really wonderful teabag envelopes - you made such beautiful origami flowers with them. Amalia, I thought they were fabric quilt blocks, LOL. Love your very clever poem! I immediately starting thinking about seeing puffins dive and flying fish fly.

The Joy of Home with Martha Ellen said...

Lovely, Amalia---you are so creative! My daughter used to make origami jewerly. How clever you are! ♥

sweetbriardreams said...

How beautiful. I'd love to be able to do something like this. And what a great poem! xx

Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl said...

So lovely and magical. :)

stevevhan said...

Your hands are really gifted amalia, never thought that those origamis are made out of tea papers! :)

Géraldine B. said...

Wondeful makes and magical poem ... I love them both ! Hugs ...

Lowcarb team member said...

What a brilliant idea.
Loved the poem too!

Happy Thursday Wishes

All the best Jan

A Joyful Cottage said...

Oh, my heavens! These are absolutely adorable. Amalia, you just amaze me. I love your creativity! Hugs, Nancy (Adorable poem, too.)

AnnMarie aka Vintage Junkie aka NaNa said...

Adorable! My tea bags are not that cute!!

Debby Ray said...

Now that looks like a tedious job...very unique and quite lovley! And I love your little poem too...you are so creative!

Carla from The River said...

Beautiful. :-) I love the poem too.
Carla

Down by the sea said...

Those look amazing the words are so lovely too! Sarah x

Tant Gröns Lilla Bod said...

You have a sweet blog! And how talented you are amning such lovely little flowers out of Tea bags :)! Have a nice weekend.

Greetings from Sweden,
~ Maria ~

Rue said...

So cute! I love that poem, Amalia. You really do have one of the cutest blogs :)

xo,
rue

Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures said...

These are so pretty and so clever. Love your poem too.

Butterfly 8)(8 Bungalow said...

Those are so pretty!!!
xoxo Su

Enara Girl said...

Wonderful dear! xoxo

TexWisGirl said...

gosh, those are pretty!

Borgmästaren said...

You make the lovliest things and yout rhymes are adorable!!

Meredith said...

Those are just wonderful.
Hugs,
Meredith

Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoes said...

So creative, Amalia!

akiko hiramatsu said...

Very lovely ORIGAMI !!!
And that Japanese print is so cute :))
I would like to find some prints like it from my son's room.

akiko

Conniecrafter said...

Oh my your flowers are just gorgeous!! such pretty patterns they made!

Celestina Marie said...

WOW Amalia, love the origami flowers. So pretty with the design. Sweet verse too. Have a nice weekend. cm

Julie's Lifestyle said...

Hi Amalia,
I think this is so pretty, clever and creative of you. I used to oragami when I was little.
Enjoy the weekend.
Julie xo

Hi! I am LiLi! said...

I really love origami but I do not have the patience to make them. Good thing my daughter loves to learn and make them. :)

Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces said...

So lovely...the prints lend themselves beautifully to origami...

EG CameraGirl said...

You have much patience to create these origami flowers!

Jane said...

These are just beautiful Amalia, and I love the sentiment too. My daughter in law is Japanese, and used to make lovely jewelery from origami cranes, but that is on hold as she has a one year old! She has actually now got into crochet. I think she would enjoy your lovely blog.

Poppy said...

Love the delightful discussion between father and son! Your origami flowers are fall fabulous!

Happy Sunday, Amalia!

xo
Poppy

Magia da Inês said...

✿༽
Flores que também são preciosos mosaicos.
Ótima semana!
Beijinhos.
✿✿ه✿✿ ܓ

Burlap Luxe said...

Little WONDERMENTS here, love the tea bag flowers,.
My daughter has made origami paper ornaments for a holiday tree, there just so sweet with creative printed papers.

Thank you for your beautiful words over at my place.

See you soon beautiful thinker of wonder.

Xx
Dore

Unknown said...

How creative Amalia! Brilliant! xoxo Jen

Unknown said...

They are just delightful! Very creative indeed!-)

Hugs,

Yelena

Red Rose Alley said...

I really love this quote, Amalia. Did you write it? These origami flowers made out of tea bag envelopes are so cool.

~Sheri

susan said...

I love your beautiful origami, Amalia. Just lovely. And the poem - so sweet.

Tricia Buice said...

Lovely Amalia - the sweet poem is so nice too :)

Little Wandering Wren said...

Wow - you and I have had quite a Japanese zen thing going on! Love your origami, I can just picture you sipping your tea and making your flowers, beautiful!
Brill words too :)
Have a happy week
Wren x

Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...

Wow, these are beautiful crafted flowers! Something so ordinary is transformed by your talent :)

Stephanie said...

Youa re so delightful, Amalia! And your origami stars are simply lovely. Hugs to you!

Benita said...

Okay, these are absolutely adorable! And I love that you have little matching poems!! :-)

VeggieMummy said...

Great origami and it seems very fitting to make them out of tea bag envelopes. Have a great week. xx

VeggieMummy said...

Great origami and it seems very fitting to make them out of tea bag envelopes. Have a great week. xx

Anna said...

Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a nice day !
Anna

France Nadeau ❅ inspiration imagination creation said...

Isn't that clever? At first I though your flowers (or stars?) were made of fabric with the english-paper piecing method. In any cases, they are gorgeous. Amazing.
Pinned and shared on G+

Diane said...

Wow what gorgeous origami flowers and fun idea.

Hugs Diane

Diane said...

Wow what gorgeous origami flowers and fun idea.

Hugs Diane

Ela said...

I love your beautiful origami, Amalia ! You are talented !
Greetings

Ana said...

I love origami and these little flowers are just so very sweet. Wishing you a lovely day Amalia.

Hugs,
❤️Ana

Marilyn @ MountainTopSpice said...

Wow! What beautiful origami, and I loved the choice of the little rhyme to accompany your creative talent! Have a blessed and beautiful day dear Amalia :)

Doreen@foxdenrd said...

Beautiful origami Amelia! Love the poem too. So charming!

Kim said...

Your poem is delightful as is the origami, Amalia!

Deb @ Frugal Little Bungalow said...

If you hadn't said what these were I'd have thought they were fabric stars using english paper piecing! Amazing. So pretty.

GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...

Good Morning, Amalia! Your origami flowers are so sweet and so unique! Love them!

The Charm of Home said...

These are adorable!

September Violets said...

Amalia you have been visiting my blog and leaving such kind comments over the months ... thank you! And now I have read back for the past little while through your most recent posts in trying to catch up with yet another beautiful blogger. I loved the photos of Scotland with all their hills, lochs & ruins. Your tour through Kibbuts Regavim I found even more interesting. It seems everyone has the same idea there ... beat the heat! Such inventive ways to relax in the shade and cool down. Your niece is a cutie, and the shot of her playing on the worn piano is delightful! I don't want to clutter your inbox with all my thoughts on every post, but I really enjoyed catching up with you and seeing your sweet embroidered and crocheted makes too. The last origami flowers are so pretty, and I thought at first they were a quilt square. Have a wonderful week!
Wendy x

Wonky Patchwork said...

This rhyme has a lovely, classic, timeless feel to it. And your origami stars are gorgeous. I thought they were paper pieced fabric ones to start with and it's made me want to make some fabric paper pieced ones now.

At Rivercrest Cottage said...

Love the Fall colors in the origami. I have no talent for it, but can certainly appreciate it from afar.

SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...

It's been so long since I've tried origami. It is a beautiful art! I wish I had such lovely tea bags are you do!

handmade by amalia said...

Thanks, I can't seem to stop making them :-)

handmade by amalia said...

Thanks, the tea wasn't bad either :-)

handmade by amalia said...

Thank you, Mitzi, I do have fun writing them.

handmade by amalia said...

That is a good idea, Kim. I've made quite a few more and was wondering what to do with them.

handmade by amalia said...

Thank you Gloria, this is such a nice comment.

handmade by amalia said...

I suspect we share a lot of things, Gracie, but the joy of creating is certainly one. I look forward to seeing your illustrations.

handmade by amalia said...

Yes, once I mastered the technique they were quite easy to make.

handmade by amalia said...

Well, it's a crazy world out there :-)

handmade by amalia said...

Thanks, Steve, that is a lovely comment :-)

handmade by amalia said...

Thank you, Maria, for visiting me for the nice comment.

handmade by amalia said...

Now that is a compliment, Rue!

handmade by amalia said...

I got the print from a Japanese magazine - Coming Home! My favorite :-)

handmade by amalia said...

Thanks, Jane! The crane is on my list of things to learn :-)

handmade by amalia said...

Thanks Yelena. I'm glad that you and your amazing blog are back.

handmade by amalia said...

Yes, writing the little poems is the best part :-)

handmade by amalia said...

I do! I love all things Japanese!

handmade by amalia said...

That is a lovely way of looking at it, Liz, thanks!

handmade by amalia said...

Thanks for visiting me, Benita :-)

handmade by amalia said...

Thank you, Wendy, enjoy the weekend.

Brenda Leyland @ Its A Beautiful Life said...

They are so cute and pretty ... love them. No wonder you can't stop making them. And what a thoughtful bit of rhyme to add to this lovely post!

Brenda
xox

Rosie said...

How lovely - great rhyme and wonderful origami:)

ewa777 said...

Amalia, you're a very talented person. I like your poem. Origami also is beautiful. Regards:)

Debbie-Dabble Blog and A Debbie-Dabble Christmas said...

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Debbie

Thimbleanna said...

You are SO clever! I love the little flower with the bees!