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Hot chocolate for this Tuesday

I had this vision of gathering some branches and hanging some origami shapes from them and placing them on the mantle, so I invited C to make some origami with me. The only trouble is I wanted to use some old music sheets for this, but boy is that paper tough to fold.

We decided to try for some simple rabbits.

Epic fail bunnies…lol! πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€

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We decided that what we needed was some hot chocolate.

Now there is a Barista in my kitchen, a wonderful gift years ago from my children, and that Barista rarely gets used as I really don’t drink coffee. But it’s a dynamite way to steam milk! So I took it apart and cleaned out the dust, the dead moth and the spider’s web, filled the chamber with fresh water and steamed up some lovely hot chocolate; Sbux peppermint hot chocolate for C and Maxim’s for me.

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We poured our hot chocolate into my French Cafe au Lait bowls. These poor bowls don’t get much service since I bought them in Paris years ago, and it’s lovely to get them out once in a while.

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I threw a small handwoven cloth on the ground and we reevaluated our bunnies.

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Chloe ran to the studio and brought down some real origami paper and folded the sweetest little fox! See? Everything’s better with chocolate!

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Next she used the epic fail bunny note paper and folded a larger fox. (And look who found a lap)

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Maybe my vision of lovely origami shapes hanging from branches might come true…stay tuned. πŸ™‚

Sharing with Terri and Martha and Sandi and Bernideen, Β and wishing all my American friends a happy Thanksgiving. πŸ™‚

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Comments: 24

  • Christie

    November 26, 2013
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    Ah, how fun…I tried origami a while back and it is much more difficult for me than I thought it would be. Perhaps I just needed some awesome hot chocolate and a kitty in my lap!

  • November 26, 2013
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    Oh, that hot chocolate looks divine! πŸ™‚
    Susan

  • November 26, 2013
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    Hello Veronica,
    Lovely time with your daughter, failed origami attempts or not. I have tried it too, with some results with repeated effort. The fox looks pretty good to me. The hot chocolate sounds very yummy! I could use some hot chocolate inspiration right about now too : )
    Hugs,
    Terri

  • November 26, 2013
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    There is that cute daughter again – a perfect model for your posts! Darling!

  • November 26, 2013
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    A cozy day with someone special, creating whatever you desire, oh my favorite kind of day. Obviously your cat loves days like this too, well, probably any day there is a friendly lap is a good day for kitty..

  • November 27, 2013
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    wonderful .. i am sure your mantle will abound with charming origami critters

  • November 27, 2013
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    I love your bowls! and your Tibetan singing bowl as well~lovely
    Hot chocolate is a great mood changer, that is for sure and how marvelous to have such a great Barista in your kitchen, whether it gets a lot of use or not.
    That fox is great!! I drew a little fox in my sketch journal yesterday. Man, we are on a roll here, lol
    As a side note, I haven’t seen a phone with a rotary dial in forever!!
    Thanks for the Thanksgiving day wishes, I hope you have a great rest of the week
    ~Dawn

  • November 27, 2013
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    Delightful moment with chocolate, paper craft and great company. πŸ™‚

      • November 27, 2013
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        My son is studying for his Uni entry exam. heΒ΄d be happy to have an interlude right now. πŸ˜‰ I donΒ΄t think heΒ΄d take up origami but we can find something else. Thanks for the inspiration!

  • November 27, 2013
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    What a fun time! Hot chocolate, origami and a sweet kitty who is supervising! πŸ˜‰ Love this post.

  • November 27, 2013
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    Hi Veronica,
    Those cups are so lovely and perfect for your hot chocolate. I love seeing photos of your dear daughter. I must take some of my daughter having tea with me. The origami is very difficult to do but you did a perfect job and I love it with music paper. Thank you for visiting me and have a wonderful week! Karen

  • November 27, 2013
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    Hello Veronica,
    Your hot chocolate looks delicious in those cute Parisian bowls! Sounds like another lovely mom & daughter time. Wonderful job with the origami. Thank you for sharing at Tea Time and have a marvelous day.

    Blessings,
    Sandi

  • November 27, 2013
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    What a great idea to fold origami critters for the mantle! I’ll have to drag out my origami paper and fold a few. πŸ™‚

  • November 27, 2013
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    I love hot chocolate and polka dot foxes!! So cute πŸ™‚ Thank you for the happy wishes–we’ll be stuffing a turkey and ourselves tomorrow πŸ˜‰

  • November 16, 2014
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