11/24/09

Snowflakes!

To appease my current obsession with a silver and gold Christmas, I decided to make some handcrafted snowflakes in Silver, White, & Gold.


This project is sooo easy, you won't believe it!

I began with Silver and Gold paper.  I purchased some heavier-than-normal 12"x12" paper from the scrapbooking store in silver and gold.  I also purchased a white vellum paper with delicate stars embossed on it.


You must cut the paper into 6 equal squares.  I chose to vary the sizes of my snowflakes, so I began with squares from 4" up to 6",  as long as each snowflake begins with 6 equal size sqaures.


This is where I give credit where credit is due.  I followed the fabulous tutorial from Attempting To Be Domestic.  For specific instructions, follow her easy tutorial and you will have your own snowflakes in no time.

Through a series of easy folds and cuts, each square will end up looking like this:


You then follow the rest of the tutorial, and you end up with intricate, exquisite snowflakes.




My family couldn't believe that I made them myself!  I first made a test one with computer paper and scotch tape.  I then switched to the scrapbooking paper and hot glue for the others.  It is a bit more time consuming with the glue gun, but it kept my hands busy while catching up on my favorite tv shows like How I Met Your Mother and The Office.

Next, I will hang my snowflakes with some clear fishing line.  I'll be back soon to show you where they find a home.

Let me know if you try this.  It really is "amazingly easy".  Check out the step-by-step tutorial.  Seeing is believing!

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I am linking this post to Kimba's DIY Day.
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7 comments:

  1. i just bought blue, silver and shiny white paper to do some too! I LOVE these - so pretty and simple!

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  2. These are beautiful, Stephanie! I love the way they turned out. I'm going to try and do it, but I've got to get through the rest of the things I put on "the list"!

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  3. These are really pretty...I may try this!

    Sue

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  4. Beautiful. I am trying to decide which color to decorate with this year and leaning toward white and silver. This is very pretty.

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  5. BEAUTIFUL!!! How nice would these look hanging from the tree and in the windows..........great job.

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  6. Those look wonderful, and am really tempted to get my glue gun out now!

    Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Very pretty! I think I'd like to try these!

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