So...I'm sharing with you an item of decor that is sure to last well beyond your traditional Christmas tinsel. It's a star. Or snowflake. Whichever you prefer. I first discovered it last summer on April's blog. It's decidedly non-Christmas-ish. I wanted to try making it but, in all honesy, I was intimidated. Don't they look complicated?
Fast forward a few months to December and a GIANT empty wall above my mother's front door. This massive empty space has always irked me. My parents were out of town & I wanted to surprise them with something beautiful when they returned. My plan was to hang a giant 4-foot wreath over the front door with 3 smaller wreathes hung horizontally on one side. It would have been beautiful....but I couldn't find a giant wreath (fake or live) for under ...$45!! Sorry...not paying that. Then one morning I checked out my friend Angela's blog and found THIS. She, too, had been wowed by the paper starburst/snowflake! I had completely forgotten about the project from last summer...and by now my mind was in brainstorming mode. I had only seen those folded paper stars made with regular 8 1/2" x 11" paper...which makes about and 18"-20" star. Never one to do things in a small way (my personal motto = GO BIG OR GO HOME!) I decided to make my first ever folded paper star/snowflake thing out of.....poster board. It's huge and it's awesome...wanna see?
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| This thing's as tall as me. Here's my husband holding it before we put it up... |
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| And there it is over the front door. I love...and I want more around it. But I am NOT climbing that ladder again...and I'm not even scared of heights...but those are 20' ceilings, y'all, and that was one tall ladder!
This is one decoration that's not coming down...it'll make it at least until Spring. Wanna try one yourself? Check out this tutorial from April....my 5 year old can do it. So can you!
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