Thank you, Zakia! These will also work for summer parties, as well as Valentine’s Day! So you didn’t completely miss out ;)

He only stayed with us for a summer, but the amount of paper folding that went down in those 3 months was ridiculous! Ha. He brought over hundreds of awesome paper, and to this day, I still remember how to do a lot of the folds. We were able to stay in touch for a few years & we still send holiday cards every Christmas, but haven’t heard back for a few years. But it was a fun experience & we learned a lot!

Feel free to steal it – definitely! :)

Huh – I’ve never thought about the origami connection before. I used to love it. How long did your exchange student say with you? Still in contact with them?

I’m loving your blog since designing and baking are my main passions too. :) Perfect combo in my mind.

So glad to hear these will come in handy for your month of giving! That’s such a fun idea to make the whole month full of little surprises. I might have to steal that idea sometime. And as for the 3D, I attribute the beginnings of my folding paper skills to a foreign exchange student we had when I was younger! Origami has always been fun for me & I realized it actually helped with those packaging classes in college! Who would have thought? :)

Love that you are fascinated by packaging. I had a bear of a time folding paper for packaging in college. I like desinging flat printed materials so much more. You must have the brain logic for flat to 3D. :)

Thanks, Paige! I got the candy at my local grocery store! The hearts are Willy Wonka gobstoppers & the store just so happened to have pink/red candy corn. I was in heaven!

Thanks for sharing the video!