Where did I use it? Do you remember the now pretty “famous” autumn dinner? I made the cutlery holders I needed with Tiger origami paper. You only need a nice Christmas paper sheet matching your table to have a cutlery holder for your festive moments!

1 . Start with a sheet of square origami paper, place it on the table with the non-decorated facing you. Fold in half and unfold.

2 . Fold in half both the upper part and the lower one, in order to bring the edges towards the center, then unfold.

3 . Fold the bottom right corner towards the center, to meet the center fold.

4 . Fold the top right corner towards the first fold from top.

5 . Fold the first quarter downwards.

6 . Fold it again downwards.

7 . Fold the [...]]]> An idea for your table? Here is a small and simple tutorial for you.
A container for your cutlery or chopsticks, or… find out for yourself!

Where did I use it? Do you remember the now pretty “famous” autumn dinner? I made the cutlery holders I needed with Tiger origami paper.
You only need a nice Christmas paper sheet matching your table to have a cutlery holder for your festive moments!

1 . Start with a sheet of square origami paper, place it on the table with the non-decorated facing you. Fold in half and unfold.

2 . Fold in half both the upper part and the lower one, in order to bring the edges towards the center, then unfold.

3 . Fold the bottom right corner towards the center, to meet the center fold.

4 . Fold the top right corner towards the first fold from top.

5 . Fold the first quarter downwards.

6 . Fold it again downwards.

7 . Fold the bottom quarter over the parts previously folded.

8 . Create two folds on the back row of about 0.5 cm to seal the end.

Here is your origami cutlery holder.
And bon appétit!!!

Last week I prepared my advent calendar, which I’ll show you in the next post. Now, however, I would like to show you some photos from around the world to give you some ideas. Maybe you can take inspiration to build your own calendar. You only have a few days left, but you only need some imagination… you don’t need expensive materials, but only a bit of love!

What do you think? What’s your favorite one?

Link: 1. carnetsparisiens

2. pinterest

link: 3. andreadozier

link 4. amerrymishapblog

link 5. babble

link 6. pinterest

link 7. thelittleredhouse

link 8. nexttonicx

link 9. themarionhousebook

link 10. studiodiy

Take about 40 cm of string or bakers’ twine, pass it under the bottom of the apple then bring up both ends of equal length. Make a knot at the stalk of the apple and then bind the cinnamon stick next to the stalk ending with a simple bow. And here is your placeholder or centerpieces!

Do you remember this photos? They belong to the Autumn Set and I wanted to show in detail also the placeholders with autumn tags, full of leaves. What do you think? These tags, as well as other garlands, are now available on my e-shop, you can buy them or the full set with a discount.

Set design, styling, photography : Giovanna Rotundo

I’m delighted to announce that my e-shop is officially open! I’ve thought about it for a while, or maybe for a lot, actually I don’t remember when I had this idea, maybe when someone told me “Why do not you sell your drawings?” But then in time my tastes changed and my passions have taken other directions, for example  making decorations for the holidays, realize and take pictures of small sets, enriching them with details. Do you remember the previous posts, for example the Autumn Set ? Well now you can have it, from my online shop! You can buy individual parts like garlands, tags or confetti, or decide to replicate the entire set! Some Christmas products will be available soon, but for now you can have a preview. I’m waiting for you and if you have any question please feel free to email me.

http://daydreamland.bigcartel.com/

I’ve been shopping at Tiger in Meravigli 1, in Milan and of course I couldn’t avoid doing a rich booty of cute materials. This house-box is now a washitape container, but I also loved the decorating paper that I used as a background, for the flower origami and to build the 3D paper ball. What do you think? I’m completely caught!

If you want to come and see me, you know where I live

set design, photo: Giovanna [...]]]> Hello, I live at number 8, at Tiger house!
A few days ago on my Instagram profile (if you still do not follow me here is the link http://instagram.com/girotundo/#) I posted a picture titled “I got home”: it has red roof tiles, walls in pink and white stripes , a little flower on the window and a bird on the door. What do I want more? Ah, there’s also a cat!

I’ve been shopping at Tiger in Meravigli 1, in Milan and of course I couldn’t avoid doing a rich booty of cute materials.
This house-box is now a washitape container, but I also loved the decorating paper that I used as a background, for the flower origami and to build the 3D paper ball.
What do you think? I’m completely caught!

If you want to come and see me, you know where I live

set design, photo: Giovanna Rotundo

Let’s party!!!

What a perfect match! I fell in love with purple in all of its forms; I got a crush on the yellow that gave me joy, freshness and vitality. What happens if the two colors meet? It’s love at first sight!

What’s that these colors communicate to you?

Inspired by lemon yellow I create a scenic backdrop of origami referring to the theme of the buffet: a cool afternoon to spend with friends in a warm and sunny day in July drinking lemonade and eating a luscious slice of lemon cake.

What do you think of this layout for a fresh summer party?

set design, styling, photography : Giovanna Rotundo

I’m delighted to meet you on my new blog, and I welcome you with my biggest smile!

A new name, a new address, and a new image… do you like it? It’s a new place for new possibilities, how about you take a look around??

I felt for some time the need to change something, but I’ve thought a lot before starting to work.

For all the newcomers, I’m Giovanna (Giò for surfers and those waving from the dock) blogger since 2009 when I opened nelmioangolino, a blog that made ​​me grow up in the web world and learn so many things I’ve never even imagined. There is a whole world to explore and to tell, and being part of it is wonderful, but the best thing is to be part of that world with you! Because you are the engine of it all: you support me, comment on my posts, you make me discover new things and [...]]]>

I’m delighted to meet you on my new blog, and I welcome you with my biggest smile!

A new name, a new address, and a new image… do you like it? It’s a new place for new possibilities, how about you take a look around??

I felt for some time the need to change something, but I’ve thought a lot before starting to work.

For all the newcomers, I’m Giovanna (Giò for surfers and those waving from the dock) blogger since 2009 when I opened nelmioangolino, a blog that made ​​me grow up in the web world and learn so many things I’ve never even imagined. There is a whole world to explore and to tell, and being part of it is wonderful, but the best thing is to be part of that world with you! Because you are the engine of it all: you support me, comment on my posts, you make me discover new things and it’s great when I meet you in person! I know there are people who follow me even if they don’t comment, and knowing that you like my work on the blog is thrilling.

I’m the author and the editor of this blog, I write from Milan, and sometimes from the hills of my wonderful hometown.

I won’t disclose anything more right now, all the news on the next posts… I’m waiting for you!