![The Creative Process Behind The Asian Jungle Mobile](http://www.thetimelesscrane.com/cdn/shop/articles/Jungle_1_{width}.jpg?v=1532539670)
The Creative Process Behind The Asian Jungle Mobile
Pandas, bamboo, tigers, monkeys, and elephants – these were requested for a custom Asian Jungle Themed Mobile. This was going to be a challenge – the only models I knew how to fold were the monkey and elephant. I had folded one panda before, but didn’t like the final model, so this time I needed to find a diagram for a different style of panda. Finding the Right Origami Panda When starting a custom project where I need to fold something new, I like to fold the biggest and most important models first. If good diagrams can be found...
![The Creative Process Behind The Woodland Camping Mobile](http://www.thetimelesscrane.com/cdn/shop/articles/Camping_Mobile_{width}.jpg?v=1532539309)
The Creative Process Behind The Woodland Camping Mobile
When potential customers reach out to me with questions about what I could put in a mobile, I always tell them, “whatever you want.” I know that sometimes people tell you that but they don’t really mean it – well I do mean it. If I can find an instructional diagram or video of the creature or thing you want, I can fold it and include it in your mobile. If what you want doesn’t exist, then I can change a model to suit my needs and create what you want. I am not an origami master by any means, but...
![The Creative Process Behind The Giant Dinosaur Mobile](http://www.thetimelesscrane.com/cdn/shop/articles/Green_Dinos_1_{width}.jpg?v=1532540235)
The Creative Process Behind The Giant Dinosaur Mobile
About nine years ago I used some birthday money to buy several instructional origami books – one of those books was about origami dinosaurs. I had plans to make a mobile with dinosaurs one day and I thought having a book like this might come in handy. Well, it only took nine years but I finally got a request for a dinosaur mobile last month. I was super excited because now I had the chance to use the book I bought! A recent customer asked if I could make her another giant mobile, but this time with dinosaurs...
![The Value of Custom Orders to a Handmade Seller](http://www.thetimelesscrane.com/cdn/shop/articles/Elena_s_Mobile_1_{width}.png?v=1532540381)
The Value of Custom Orders to a Handmade Seller
As a handmade seller, I tend to be reluctant when I get a request for a custom order. Custom work tends to take more time than anyone likes, and it takes away time I could be using towards increasing my inventory of best selling items. My most popular mobile size and style is a Large Paper Crane Mobile which can take up to 3 1/2 hours to make from start to finish, 1 hour and 15 minutes of that is taken up by folding the paper cranes. Another popular mobile I sell, the Under the Sea Mobile in the same...