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This is an original design of mine, but it seems fairly obvious so I would expect others to have come up with this design too. It is largely based on the Dragon Lily (some call it Iris) fold which beginners learn early on using normal square paper. This fold, however, uses hexagonal (6-sided) paper and we invert the base of the lily to become the “cup” of the daffodil. Sorry about the quality of the video, even though I rushed through this design, it still takes longer than the 10 minute YouTube time limit (the fold takes about 15-20 mins), so I had to edit some of the repetitive parts out.

Origami flower arrangement with one tulip in a little pot. Much more origami on www.joostlangeveldorigami.nl

Please go to www.newsheer.com for books and supplies Facebook: www.facebook.com If you want a hobby that is fun and rewarding, cheap and easy to start. Handmade nylon flower ( stocking flowers ) is an easy to learn craft, Do it yourself, you will be so impressed by the result. we also have more HowTo videos… Calla Lily, Water Lily, Daisy, Magnolia, Rose, Rose Brooch, Rose Choker, Peony and more… go to www.newsheer.com for supplies and books

Learn how to make a cool vase out of recycled light bulbs! Don’t throw them away

Tulips, which should start as nice, big bulbs, can bloom indoors and don’t need to wait until spring to have flowers blooming. Force tulip bulbs against the outside of the pot and use drainage with tips from an experienced gardener in this free video on flower bulb gardening. Expert: Jessica Smith Bio: Jessica Smith has worked in the gardening business for more than 22 years. She currently manages Blands Nursery in West Jordan, Utah. Filmmaker: Michael Burton

Learn how to create fun graffiti fashions with collage/mixed media artist Traci Bautista and Tulip Fashion Graffiti. For more projects and ideas go to our website at www.ilovetocreate.com

Please subscribe Visit My website www.tiffanybliss.com Tissue Paper flowers are so fun to make. The kids and I have made a ton of these through the years and they always look lovely. Best of all you only need a few very cheap items for an afternoon of fun: tissue paper, pipe cleaners, scissors and the free pattern you can print out from my website. Thanks for watching! Music: “Whiskey on the Mississippi” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″ creativecommons.org Link where the music was found: incompetech.com Video copyright 2011 Tiffany Mullins. All Rights Reserved.

SPRING IS IN THE AIR!!! Normally I am not a big fan of models folded from odd shape paper such as hexagons… but there must always be exceptions… like this magnificent daffodil by Ted Norminton (Classic Origami by Paul Jackson, available for less than 10US$, found diagram also online: www.flickr.com ). Not a real easy model to make but well worth the effort. The video also shows how to make the stem and a nice feature is that it can stand upright on its own! You can still make them from 12 cm squares but better use 15cm or bigger. I did not need the scissors myself of course … Enjoy! ; )

Daffodils have been really good this year and to me they seem to have flowered for a long time. They were early coming into flower because of the mild winter, but then the colder weather in March and early April seemed to slow them down again and the flowers lasted longer than normal. At least that’s what I think has happened in our garden! As the flowers of daffodils finish, the bulbs start to build up their food reserves for next year and you should always allow the bulbs to die down naturally. This means no chopping off of leaves or tying the foliage in knots as this reduces the amount of leaf area that is exposed to the sun which slows down the plants natural food making process. The general rule is to leave the foliage for around six weeks after flowering or until the leaves are turning yellow. Left to die down naturally daffodils should be fine, although there are a few more things that you can do to keep the clump healthy and flowering.

Folding an origami hyacinth designed by Joost Langeveld. On www.joostlangeveldorigami.nl are printable patterns for this hyacinth, so you can make exactly the same as in this video