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Lephantome92 · Post by **Lephantome92** » June 10th, 2008, 2:29 am

My grandparents are having their 50th anniversary party, and I have been elected to decorate the tables with origami. Any suggestions? I have already decided on Brian Chan's rose already.

P.s. I would like it if there was minimal costs.

eric_son · Post by **eric_son** » June 10th, 2008, 2:37 am

How about some butterflies to go with those Brian Chan roses?

Also... why not take it one step further:

Buy some wonton wrappers. Moisten them a bit. Fold some cranes (carefully). Deep fry them. They'll make a really attractive crunchy appetizers.

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » June 10th, 2008, 4:44 am

How big is the party going to be? Be careful about how many roses you make, because I don't know about you but it takes me 40+minutes of good-focus.

As for other ideas, I don't really have any, sorry. I don't usually fold things other than animals unless there's some obvious connection your grandparents have with animals, I won't be much more help, sorry!

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » June 10th, 2008, 4:52 am

i agree... lots of chan roses for a 50th anniversary may be more than you can chew. if your heart is set on it, just make sure your grandparents have one. if you're in a time crunch, i think otherwise traditional origami is the way to go. if it's in your budget, you can do it with some nice high grade yuzen chiyogami prints.

also, for your grandparents' table, if you can find some nice paper, i highly recommend elias' last waltz.

Lephantome92 · Post by **Lephantome92** » June 10th, 2008, 6:31 am

is last waltz diagrammed or cp'ed anywhere?
i had an idea. i am working on a model of a bouquet of 6 carnations. if i can finish it, i will use it. maybe, i can even later photodiagram it, since, as i said, it is my design.

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » June 10th, 2008, 2:06 pm

Neal Elias' Last Waltz was diagrammed in a British Origami Society Booklet http://www.britishorigami.info/supplies/data/bos010.htm
But I'm not sure if it's still available as it's been superceded by two further Elias booklets (BOS34 & BOS35), neither of which seem to have it in.
Elias' "Nureyev and Fonteyn" in BOS35 is similar in idea and subject.

Depending on how many tables you need to decorate and how much time you have, how about "conversation pieces" for some tables.

Simple, freely available examples are: Rocking Horse by Ronald Koh from website http://www.welcome.to/origami_ronkoh
or "Reading the paper" by Herman Van Goubergen from http://www.papierfalten.de/documents/fa ... _paper.pdf

Similar things to these, as with 50 being the Golden anniversary, a lump, or bar of gold seems a bit dull!

Let us know what you decide upon.

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » June 10th, 2008, 2:11 pm

the last waltz is available in a few places:

http://db.origami.com/picksearch.asp?Mo ... last+waltz

your best bet probably being the OUSA 1998 collection, if it's still around.

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » June 10th, 2008, 10:42 pm

I purchased BOS10 with The Last Waltz last year. Although, I didn't see it on the Web Site, I suggest that you contact them directly and ask about it.

http://www.britishorigami.info/society/contact.htm -> Ian Harrison

- Hank Simon

paperz · Post by **paperz** » June 11th, 2008, 12:11 am

You can get more info. with most diagrams here that can be used for an anniversary too

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/wedding.html

Just scroll down to the end of the page to find the diagrams.

Best of luck!

paper_crane28 · Post by **paper_crane28** » June 11th, 2008, 12:23 am

If you know thw names of everyoe coming, you could try some of Hans Birkeland's tablecards: http://home.no.net/origami/tablecards.htm. The Indian Bird Card is my favorite.

Lephantome92 · Post by **Lephantome92** » June 12th, 2008, 12:35 am

i just realized how stupid i was. i could have used one of the several different origami databases to see if The Last Walz was diagramed or cp'd.