CALCULATE AND PRODUCE FASHION ACCESSORY MATERIAL

Have you ever experienced going to the market and about to finish buying your stuff when suddenly
struck by the thoughts if you buy all your needs or forgetting something? And finally, when you
arrived home, you check the items you bought with enthusiasm only to find out that there’s missing
and forgot one important item to buy! This is one of the common mistakes one can experience if
there was no proper planning before the action is performed. However, the good news is you can
prevent such unwanted circumstances to happen by making your actions more organize. It is not an
innate talent but rather acquired through practicing even in doing simple tasks.

One of the simplest ways is to list down the items you will purchase before going to the market….

 you lessen the chance of impulse buying

 can easily point out the things you need down to the least priority

 avoid wasting of time, energy and money

Below is a sample format to systematize your items to buy. It aims to provide you meaningful and
practical inputs in developing yourself to be a wise consumer since varieties of fashion accessories
are offered and available in the market.

Project: ____________________ Date to purchase: _______________________

Item Quantity Unit Cost Total Amount

(What to buy?) (How many?) (How much per item?) (How much all?)

1. Beads (assorted) 4 packs ₱30.00 ₱120.00

2. Glue (big) 1 pc ₱25.00 ₱25.00

GRAND TOTAL ₱145.00

 ITEM - refers to the materials with brief specification such as the size of the item, the color
and other description for you to easily find what you are looking for.

 QUANTITY - quantity serves as the indicator how many of the specific items are to buy.
However, be sure that the number of items to be listed is only enough for the project.
Provide some allowance but not too much.

 UNIT COST - cost or amount per piece of an item. If you have enough time, you may also
canvass to different stores and compare the price to save money but never comprise the
quality of the products.

 TOTAL AMOUNT - total amount of the specific item.

(QUANTITY)(UNIT COST)=TOTAL AMOUNT

 GRAND TOTAL - After filing in the tables, add the total amount to come up with the total.
 CHARACTERISTICS, ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF A QUALITY FASHION ACCESSORY
PROJECTS/PRODUCTS

Design - updated fashion pieces that offer the latest styles with everyday functionality. It
coordinates the principles of the arts and design.

Price - affordable that suits any budget

Availability - the supplies of the materials are abundant and can suffice the demand of the
consumers

Value - in terms of catering to one’s essence of individuality or satisfaction of the product regardless
of the price.

When making the accessories, we should apply the elements of the arts and principles of
design. It is important to develop a product that can give customers appreciation.
 PACKAGING OF FINISHED PROJECTS/PRODUCTS

How to Package your Fashion Accessories?

Packaging can be practical as well as memorable, and if a customer is impressed,

they are more likely to return to your shop. This makes packaging an extremely important
marketing tool; one which is often unfortunately overlooked as most people strive to keep
the packaging as cheap and as minimal as possible.

How to package your product?

1. Figure out who your customer is,

2. How much you can afford to spend on packaging, and

3. Whether you want to use handmade packaging or outsource the making of it.

Why is it important to spend the extra time & money on beautiful packaging?

First impressions are everything. The way you package your product is a way of
putting your best ―face‖ forward to a potential customer.

What are 3 tips you’d give to someone trying to figure out how to package their product?

1) Figure out what works and what won’t work:

2) Try different things out.

3) Spend some time researching, looking for ideas, and gathering inspiration

Packaging Procedure for Finished Products

1. Sort of products according to:

• Style
• Color
• Size
2. Put labels and price tags.

3. Fold finished product.

4. Pack finished products in cellophane/box

5. Seal the packed products in cellophane/box

 HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, MATERIALS, DESIGN, AND PATTERN OF
ORIGAMI

HISTORY OF ORIGAMI
The technique of paper making introduced into Japan by China during the early seventh
century, underwent considerable changes in its manufacturing process in Japan, giving rise to a type
of ―washi‖ paper possessing dual qualities of resilient sturdiness and softness which prevents
tearing when it is handled, Washi, a unique and distinct type of Japanese paper kindled many forms
of cultural creativity, among them origami.

Unfortunately, it is not clear when origami in Japan first originated. However, a well-
regulated lifestyle came with the advent of samurai society which gave rise to the art of paper
folding for practical and formal purposes. From the onset of the Showa period (1926-1989), the art
has rapidly passed into oblivion, but a vestige of its former use can still be seen in the noshi, a
decoration of folded red and white paper attached to a gift.

Origami made to assume concrete shapes of, for example, a crane or boat is regarded as
origami for pure enjoyment. It began to be made sometime around the beginning of the Edo period
(1600-1868) which coincided with an age in which mass-produced, low-priced paper came to be
widely used by the people.

During the Genroku era (1688-1704), origami of the crane and several varieties of boats used
as designs on clothing became fashionable, and it was also reproduced with great frequency in
Ukiyoe prints. Origami rapidly came to have a wide following during this period.

About a hundred years later, books and printed matter devoted exclusively to origami were
published, creating a diverse and advanced form of origami. They were not only a form of children's
amusement but also a form intended for adults. Many of these origami were difficult to make
because they incorporated many complicated steps.

The technique of papermaking was introduced into Europe in the twelfth century producing
a distinct form of origami. However, origami was not taken up by a large number of people as it was
in Japan.

The Japanese word "origami" itself is a compound of two smaller Japanese words: "ori",
meaning to fold, and "kami", meaning paper. Until recently, all forms of paper folding were not
grouped under the word origami, namely "Tsutsumi", a kind of wrapper used for formal occasions.
Before that, paperfolding for play was known by a variety of names, including "orikata", "orisue",
"orimono", "tatamigami" and others. Exactly why "origami" became the common name is not
known; it has been suggested that the word was adopted in the kindergartens because the written
characters were easier for young children to write. Another theory is that the word "origami" was a
direct translation of the German word "Papierfalten", brought into Japan with the Kindergarten
Movement around 1880.

Initially, due to the fact that paper was expensive, origami became an art form practiced
only by the elite and was used for practical purposes such as folding letters. Samurai would give each
other little paper good luck charms known as noshi and Shinto weddings folded paper butterflies.
 TOOLS AND MATERIALS USED IN MAKING ORIGAMI

There are simple tools used in Origami since most of the technique is folding except for some
complicated design. There are different kinds of paper used in Origami but the sturdy paper will just
do. We can use colored paper for the magazines and catalog and paper we want to recycle.

MATERIAL TOOLS

Paper- is the main

Knives- are to slash paper Scissors- are used for
material in making
on the desired size. cutting paper on the
origami, it can be used
desired design and size.
paper or colored paper.
It depends on your
design.

Glue- Is applied to one or both surfaces of two

separate items that binds them together
Ruler- Is use if you want to resize your
Origami paper, draw lines or even
use it to score lines.

DESIGN AND PATTERN OF ORIGAMI

Planning a design and pattern in Origami is very crucial. You have to make a plan on
what kind of Origami object you want to create. Does it have to be creative? Functional?
Durable? Or to what purpose do you create with.

The diagram below is an example of a base on the Origami vase in 3D design. It

indicated the number of pieces of Origami fold we need to make. Plan the measurement of
the proposed Origami in terms of height, circumference, and the diameter of the base of your
object.
 You can use graphing paper and a crayon or coloring pen in marking the rows and
columns and do the counting. Then we can estimate the number of Origami paper we are
going to fold.

After folding, you can now divide the number of folds based on the form or color of
the vase you want to create. You can start assembling them.

METHOD AND PROCEDURES IN MAKING ORIGAMI

Steps in Folding the Paper

1. Check that the paper you are folding is exactly a square.

2. Do not fold against a soft surface, such as a carpet, your lap, or bed sheets. Fold against a
hard surface such as a large hardback book or a table.
3. Fold slowly, firmly, and accurately. Form the early folds with particular care – if they are
incorrect place, all the later, smaller folds will be difficult to place accurately and will look
messy.
4. Read the instruction and follow the symbol on each step. Many mistakes are made by
ignoring written instructions or by not following all the written instructions on a step,
particularly during complex maneuvers.
5. The instruction and symbols on one step will create a shape that looks like the next step but
stripped of its symbols. So, you must always look ahead to the next step to see what shape
you are trying to make. Never look at steps in isolation, but see them as being
interconnected, like links in a chain.