Create a time-line / checklist: This week copying and laminating - Next week: buy or beg materials - Two weeks: covering display boxes with matching paper - Three weeks: collect books matching the display....
Be careful with your fingers (blow - blow) the glue is very hot and you easily get blisters
Each object needs its own space. Think of a shop window that is more than full with appliances, you can’t distinguish one object from the other, while carefully placed objects attract the attention.
Spring Into A Book – Origami Spring Display
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Spring is in the air 
The days are longer, the light is brighter and trees around the country are bursting with life, showing white, pink and ruby blossoms.
Helen Muxlow, Library Manager of Te Awa o Tupu, Karori West Normal School, created this fantastic Tree full of Origami blossoms using pages of culled books. She kindly gave me permission to put it on this website. Thanks a million Helen, I love the display and it fully resonates with my philosophy that you don't need a large budget to create the most beautiful displays……
You've done an outstanding job using discarded materials, a lot of labour and a great vision to come up with this idea.
Here is Helen's description of how she did it:
'I used library books which had been retired from circulation (no usable books were injured in the creation of these flowers).
The pages where then trimmed into various sized square sheets and folded into the petal shapes.
I found using a hot glue gun was the most successful means of connecting the petals.
Attaching a partially undone paper clip with a hot glue gun gave me a firm means of positioning and attaching them to the wall with a wall stapler.
Origami Flowers – how to make them: 
The flowers are called Origami Kusudama Flowers
Here is a Youtube video which shows you how to make them
And here is a series of images showing you how to make them:-
What a fantastic way to display your collection!
Filed under: Celebrations, Flora and Fauna, Literature, Nature
And.....Keep an open mind for unusual, funny or cartoon-like images in magazines, books and daily papers like the image above that was featured on the front page of Canvas magazine, Cut them out or copy them and store them for when you need inspiration. One unusual image can be the base for an imaginative display. You don't need to do all the hard work yourself.
You can hang little objects like birds, light bulbs, little books, art objects etc from the frame. Voile fabric draped over the frame will give it an extra elegance.... let your imagination run wild and try it out!