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Sep
Origami paper help!!?
Hiya everyone, I got an origami flower kit for Christmas with some beautiful floral paper. I've attempted it a few times, I'm not very good at it, but I really feel like I could get better and I do enjoy it. I've been practicing on some thick paper that my dad has, because I don't want to waste the nice paper.
I've been looking around and I've seen some printable origami paper, my printer isn't very good, but I guess it comes out ok. Is it ok to use these papers? I'm wondering if it would be better to glue 2 pieces of printer paper together?
I also have two packs of Scrapbook Paper, which I'm thinking of cutting down to size, would this be ok? I wish I could just buy some origami paper, it seems that in Australia you can't buy it anywhere, my sister could get some for me in England, but it would probably get lost in the post or something lol.
So, any answers are really appreciated, thanks 
I think for practicing, just use what we call here in the States, copy paper or typewrite paper. Origami paper is very thin and makes a nice crease. And you will be making a lot of creases over one another.
Seems like printing your own paper would use up a lot of ink and seems like it would be cheaper to practice on plain paper. The scrapbook paper is nice, if it is thin enough, but having done origami for years, the thinner the better, but the scrapbook paper may not withstand the creasing, it may show the white center at each crease. To glue two pieces of paper together would make it much too thick and heavy and may mess up your creases.
Instead of printing, take the plain paper and make your own designs, perhaps with ink pads and/or rubber stamps.
Dick Blick has Origami paper and I am sure they ship International.
http://www.dickblick.com/categories/origami/
Or you might check out Kaiser Craft out of Australia. They have many locations in your country and might have Origami paper.
http://www.kaisercraft.net/
Good Luck, I hope this helps.
Lynne from http://www.scrapbook-advice.com
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