Folding Bright Star Valentine Origami Puzzle Purses - Envelopes

Visit my blog: http://www.GaveThat.com ~ If you loved the Old Valentine poet John Keats gave to Fanny Brawne in the movie Bright Star, here is how they are actually folded. Origami like these Valentines, called puzzle purses during the envelope-less Regency period, were popular with the Jane Austen set and later the Victorians. Tricky to fold thanks to reverse folds, using thin paper that is bi-color helps a great deal (my origami paper used in the demo was a little too thick and made it hard to form a precise box shape... lessened learned!). For more pictures be sure to watch the end of this video and find, information and diagram links visit the puzzle purse blog post here:

http://www.gavethat.com/2010/02/diy-old-valentine-inspiration-bright.html

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