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Cute and Original Origami Elephants for the Nursery

 
Using Origami for decoration is relatively new to me.  I've played with Origami, I made a swan once and I was impressed by the origami balloons (a cube made out of paper where a gentle blow puffs it up into a balloon), and I even fold my plastic bags using an Origami technique, but never really though of it as a decorating alternative.  That is until my mom started trying Origami last summer.  She made boxes, stars, and some animals.  She even made a whole bunch of Christmas ornaments in beautiful pastel colors using paper with intricate designs.  The combinations were really gorgeous.  I have another post on that coming up.

origami elephants

Well back to my first Origami for decoration experience...when she showed me the things she had made I was really impressed.  At the time I was looking into original ways of decorating my new baby's nursery following the jungle theme of the bedding set I had bought for him.  So naturally my first Origami trials were animals.  I tried a giraffe and the elephant and even a butterfly.  The giraffe was not so easy and I did not have enough patience to finish it so after about an hour of trying, I gave up.  The butterfly wasn't so bad, I was able to finish it, but I was having a boy so that was not going to cut it.  I looked into lions, but couldn't find anything that seemed easy enough for a beginner.  However I was able to find a youtube tutorial for an elephant which was easy enough for me to repeat and make more than one.  (My mom actually made the other two for me).  Here is the link to Leyla Torres elephant blog and video tutorial.
 http://www.origamispirit.com/2013/04/how-to-make-an-origami-elephant/
 

I think this ended up looking really cute and I think it adds a lot of color and personality to the nursery.  I love the way it sits with the rest of the room.

Wonderfully Golden Crunchy & Crispy Homemade French Fries (from scratch)

I love french fries! and when I was living in Belgium I was able to get fries often in the many Friteries all around town. But since moving back, getting fries means going to Mc Donalds, Burger King or buying oven fries at one of the grocery stores.  I am not a really picky eater so I can eat all this fries, but there is nothing better than actual fries made from scratch.  

So, I ventured to make my own fries after calling my mom as she used to make them for us when I was growing up.   After a very simple few steps, I ended up with these amazing fries! seriously they were really delicious. 

Ingredients:                                                          

-Potatoes (I like gold potatoes)         

-Vegetable oil                                                         

-Salt                       

-Water

-Mayonaise, Ketchup, any other sauce

Ingredients

How to:
1. Pour oil in a small pan (fill about about half the pan) and heat in medium high heat.
2. Cut all potatoes into long strips
3. Submerge them in water with lots of salt for 20 minutes
3.  Dry the potatoes with kitchen paper towels.  (very important, because otherwise the fries will absorb the oil and end up soggy instead of crispy and crunchy.)
4.  Lay small batches of potatoes in oil and fry until golden, about 10 minutes each batch.

5.  Add salt to the fries as soon as you take them out of the pan so that the oil help the salt to stick to them.

6.  Enjoy the fries with mayonaise

Submerge potatoes slices in salted water

Dry potatoes thorougly

I love to eat them with Mayo instead of ketchup!