This little Santa is so cute! I am already picturing him on a white wrapped Christmas gift...esp to mail...bows rarely make it. Probably should start practicing now as sometimes origami isn't that easy. Thanks for posting him now.

Jasmine, this rose facinated me as well so I also did a bit of research. In addition to your picture which is under http://meilland.com/en/catalogue/origami-meimozahiq/ Meilland is offering it for sale on their Website; http://www.meillandrichardier.eu/rose-origami.html Looks like it is only being sold in France and Australia http://www.wagnersrosenursery.com.au/products/origami (OP photo from here) HFM has a reference - Gold medal in 2010 at the National Rose Trial Garden of Australia. Sharlene

I have bronchitis, so am on 'light duty'. I'm sharing a pic from last year which shows the wreaths I made for my doors and windows from clearance wreaths from Joann Fabric, brass (real brass) clearance horns, ribbon that I ordered online, white pine cones from my yard, local grapevine that I wove in among the faux greenery, and I cut some faux white pine greenery from a garland and wired that in, to fill them out a bit more. Peeking out the door is Rooney on the left, and Ginger on the right; two of My3Dogs.

I have a northeast facing dining room that was wallpapered in blue damask for many years. That combined with cherry and mahogany furniture made the room seem very dark. So what to do, since I also did not want to replace all the furniture? 1. I painted the room--walls and trim--in B. Moore's Linen White. This is a very creamy warm white, in the yellow hue family. It's amazing how just that color brightens the space. 2. I replaced the dull formal Oriental rug with a light herringbone casual one. It's made of PET, which is recycled plastic. It's amazing how soft and pretty it is, it feels like cotton, but PET is easy to clean. You can find a lot of them on Annie Selke's website. 3. I selected a beautiful flowing floral pattern fabric for curtains and shades. This happy fabric in robin's egg blue, greens and reds brightens up the room and the style adds a lively dash of color without blocking any of the natural light. 4. I painted one of the wood pieces with chalk paint. This adds a bit of whimsy and lessens the formality of the brown furniture. Hope that helps!