She used doilies instead of paper to make the snowflakes. That way each one had a intricate lace design at the edge. Beautiful and pretty darn clever!
You can see the tutorial on how to cut these doily snowflakes at Hello Naomi.
12/17/2010
Doily Snowflakes
I have spent the past couple days making paper snowflakes. For my son's school party there will be a ton of paper snowflakes hanging from the ceiling. Some I have cut with my Silhouette, others using this tutorial, and some I have even let my kids cut. But after all that I had the biggest "Why didn't I think of that moment?" when I saw this beautiful garland that Naomi made:
She used doilies instead of paper to make the snowflakes. That way each one had a intricate lace design at the edge. Beautiful and pretty darn clever!
You can see the tutorial on how to cut these doily snowflakes at Hello Naomi.
She used doilies instead of paper to make the snowflakes. That way each one had a intricate lace design at the edge. Beautiful and pretty darn clever!
You can see the tutorial on how to cut these doily snowflakes at Hello Naomi.
I'm a teacher and my kids went crazy for the snowflakes!! I used them to decorate my door and hung them from the ceiling. We also ended up with them on every desk and the wall!! I like the doily idea thanks for sharing!
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that's just genius!
ReplyDeleteI use coffee filters because they are a good shape to start with and so light weight (and cheap) but I may have to do doilies next year.
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