Common Themes

I loved origami as a kid (and occasionally as an adult, when I feel like getting frustrated lol), and found these two via Google:

• Rocket ship (pictured top)
• Paper Star (pictured right)

The second one does involve glue; some folders-of-paper prefer to avoid modifications beyond folding, so I thought I’d give you fair warning.

Here’s some books and kits and things, as well, for your space origami-folding pleasure.

• Planet Origami — Sadly this book is out of print, but I have it, and it’s great fun.
• Fantasy Cosmo Chiyogami Origami Paper — Completely awesome space-themed origami paper. It’s just friggin’ awesome.
• Space World Origami — This turned up in my Amazon search; absolutely no idea about it lol.

An Etsy find for Friday — all I can say is that I’d use every piece of this stuff. Every. Piece.

This is a collection of 50 scraps inspired by science-fiction style space travel. Included in this bag are pieces of colored and patterned paper, tags, tabs, brads, labels, vintage book illustrations, stickers, die cuts, printed scrapbooking bits, chipboard embellishments, tracing paper and anything else that seemed to fit the theme.

Add some “good-old-fashioned” artistic inspiration to you sketchbook, alter an old book, make up some sweet cards, glue your way to a fabulous collage, or outfit a highly original scrapbook!

I bought this cross-stitch book in 2000 (and, as with most side hobbies, stopped in the middle of a project.) How often do you run into space-themed needlework? Not that often, I dare say. Fun layouts (if a little inaccurate), metallic thread and lots of detail! I do intend to make a few of these yet; especially since the chart of the planets still includes Pluto!

This is one of the most fantastic LEGO models I’ve seen. The Discovery is featured in the films 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact, and this model is rendered in meticulous LEGO detail. A real visual treat!