December 5th, 2009 Winter Wonderland
When it snows you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels!
It’s supposed to snow tonight here in Connecticut. The child in me is excited! Have you ever noticed how quite it is as the snow falls? I love the way light reflects off the fresh snow making it look like a sea of crystals jumping alive. Yeah, then I realize I have to drive in this beautiful blanket, shovel the front walk or worst of all deal with the mess of wet boots, hats and mittens in my mudroom.
I really do love snow, and all the creative different interpretations of snow. I arrived home
from the showroom Thursday of this week to a wonderful surprise, my daughter had hand cut 25 beautiful snowflakes and scattered them across our 9 foot French doors. I loved them so much I asked for more to adorn the other French doors in the house.
Now, making snowflakes is an art, its important to make sure you are using sharp scissors, thin paper and make your fold crisp and sharp. Fold, snip and let your creativity shine! Some of us may need patterns to follow here’s one pattern I found, although use it only as a guide. Once you’ve used a pattern a couple times try mixing it up for some really unique flakes!
Besides the doors of our house, paper snowflakes have beautified many other spaces and had other uses! Try some of these inventive ways to use snowflakes!
- Mini snowflakes to dress a powder room mirror.
- String snowflakes into garlands and draped them over artwork or door frames.
- Paper snowflakes make great gift tags when they are mounted on a solid colored piece of paper.
- Gifting a frame? Use a snowflake in the center mounted on black paper
- Use them as ‘doilies’ on your cookie platters
- Wrap colorful paper napkins for a holiday buffet
Making snowflakes is a great way to celebrate this season. Pop in your favorite holiday movie classic and make some Hot Chocolate. Grab a stack of white paper, scissors along with the kids and let the clipping begin! ……….Ashley is brewing the cocoa, Joey is setting up ‘Elf’ and I’ve got the supplies in hand. Wonder if we will get that snow storm tonight, if not the Davenport house will have its own winter wonderland started inside!
