Origami Parasol Made with Winston Cigarette Packs mid-century pottery vase No flaws in coiling

No flaws in coiling

My mother is a master estate sale navigator and treasure finder

Use it as a little vase (I would love it filled with lily of the valley)

and raise a glass high to its creative

The deep hatbox style lid fits snugly over the high-sided container

Origami Parasol Made with Winston Cigarette Packs mid-century pottery vase No flaws in coilingWhen I found this little parasol at a recent estate sale small but quite heavy for its size I added to my pile just because I liked it. Not until I got home did I give it a close look and realize that its canopy is made entirely of painstakingly folded Winton cigarette packs. With a little research I learned that these origami parasols were once a common craft among Japanese American women, who would save up cigarette packs and then complete them with