Pinterest is such a blast. It is not so much addicting for me as it is a great place to store visual bookmarks. I have built a virtual encyclopedia of information and interests. And tutorials. A lot of them simple and easy that could lead to bigger ideas.

This year I would like to choose a tutorial a week and post my attempts and results. And if any should happen to show up in art work I am working on, I’ll post that too!

This week, I chose a very simple origami bookmark to make. I made two in less than fifteen minutes. I think book-loving folks would treasure one or two or a few of these.!

I started with a 6 inch square of paper.

The folding process is so simple to do, unlike some origami.

There is only one more step to go for the bookmark to be complete.

I worked on two bookmarks simultaneously. Doing so helps me to store it in my mental hard drive, so to speak.

Gold felt tip pin surface detail.

One of the Pinterest posts displayed examples of surface design using felt tip pins, and stamp pad ink. I thought that was a great idea to add my own ‘hand’ to the design.

It works #1!!

It works #2!!