My mom responded to my call for Christmas cards, and tonight, she presented me with a box of them that most likely represents her entire mailing list from the past five years. Armed with fresh cards, I’m ready to construct.
I tried a paper ball ornament that I found on a blog, “More Time Moms Musings.” The ball is made out of strips of Christmas cards fastened together with a paper fastener at each end. I was skeptical about the simplicity of it until I unfurled the fan of strips. Voila! I had a beautiful little ornament. What I like most is that the strips make the same picture that was on the card, except now it is in the round. The photo here is from the blog site I found, but my ornament was equally pretty, with a blue-green forest of Christmas trees.
I demonstrated my craft to a co-worker, and when I fanned out the strips, I felt like a magician. She was appropriately impressed.
After this post, I’m going to get down to business making a dozen or so.
The Yule Log 365 