Paper Snowflakes
December 16th, 2010
Seeing teeny-tiny snowflakes dancing through the air this week has made me want to make my own paper snowflakes. I don't think I've made them since I was a kid!
I pulled out some fun paper I had laying around, and spent some time cutting away tonight. Later, I strung them all onto dental floss using tape and hung them from a shelf in the family room. I think my favorite part about them is the cool shadows they make on the wall!
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I’d keep those up year round, Leah. Love how the shadows play on the wall, too. Great idea.
Posted by: Lille Diane | Dec 16, 2010 at 1:19 am |
Those are fun and look great!
Posted by: Karen | Dec 16, 2010 at 10:12 am |
they’re so pretty….my Maddie (grandaughter) was making them here the other night too! =) ’tis the season!
Posted by: Maron | Dec 16, 2010 at 10:32 am |
Now you’re talking! I made snowflakes for Christmas once, when we didn’t have any snow. I wanted the kids to have a “white” Christmas, so paper snowflakes had to do. They were fun to make and looked lovely. (Brightly colored wrapping paper makes great snowflakes.)
Since I had so many laying around after the holidays, I started using them in my art, and have since added other shapes (fish, flowers, birds). They’re wonderful fun and so cheerful.
http://aceooftheday.blogspot.com/search?q=snowflakes
Posted by: Karen Koch | Dec 16, 2010 at 11:13 am |
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Brings back childhood:-)
Posted by: Sandy Coleman | Dec 16, 2010 at 5:15 pm |
ooooo those shadows were the first thing I noticed in the picture! Like minds…ha ha
these are great, love the colors.
Posted by: Jaime Haney | Dec 16, 2010 at 7:23 pm |
These are lovely! I love the colors!
Posted by: Natasha | Dec 17, 2010 at 12:23 am |
Such fun paper cut snowflakes. Can’t believe you used dental floss !
Posted by: Sandy Ang | Dec 17, 2010 at 6:41 am |
Haven’t made these is a few years! I love the shadows too! Reminds me of the shadows twinkle lights on the tree cast on the ceiling in the dark. I could watch for hours. Not this year tho – when the tree went over it took out the twinkle lights. I know what’s on my after holiday shopping list!
Posted by: Tammy Vitale | Dec 17, 2010 at 10:08 am |
I’ve been experimenting with different poem forms. I particularly like haiku and the modified lune (five words in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third).
Here’s one that I came up with for this month’s theme of ‘air’:
Winter
Breathe in the biting air.
It filters down, and touches the marrow.
A new day has begun.
Posted by: Hudson | Dec 17, 2010 at 11:46 am |
I like the shadows, too!
Posted by: mlissabeth | Dec 17, 2010 at 5:08 pm |
I love your paper snowflakes! It’s wonderful to create such connections with Winter, and I love the way you did so. The shadows are really neat.
Hope you are well.
Posted by: Ana Goncalves | Dec 17, 2010 at 5:27 pm |
Those are cool shadows. I love that you used color paper. You are such an artist. {wink}
Posted by: Kathryn – Collage Diva | Dec 18, 2010 at 6:06 pm |
So fun!!!
Posted by: aimee | Dec 19, 2010 at 11:48 am |
I’ve also been inspired by the weather to try and draw and cut out snowflakes. It is such fun and connects me to childhood. My children are now on their school hols so I can see us all making snowflake decorations together this week.
These look very pretty and like you I think I like the cool shadows they make the best!
Kat X
Posted by: Katina Wright | Dec 19, 2010 at 8:10 pm |
Fabulous shadows. And what fun!
Have a Merry Christmas Leah, and all the best for the new year!
Posted by: Evelyn | Dec 20, 2010 at 3:51 am |
Love your snowflakes and the shadows they make.
this would be perfect for Shadow Shot Sunday! (with Hey Harriet!)
Posted by: Bev | Dec 20, 2010 at 4:06 pm |
Just ran across your blog today – after making snowflakes with my grandchildren to decorate our window this weekend! Fun times!
http://www.jmbbnv.com/wordpress/?p=3312
Posted by: Janet | Dec 21, 2010 at 10:49 pm |
Just ran across your blog today – after making snowflakes with my grandchildren to decorate our window this weekend! Fun times! http://www.jmbbnv.com/wordpress/?p=3312
Posted by: Madeline Petty | Dec 23, 2010 at 5:20 pm |
Fabulous shadows. And what fun! Have a Merry Christmas Leah, and all the best for the new year!
Posted by: Amelia Maddox | Dec 24, 2010 at 2:20 am |