Homemade Christmas Part I: Snowflakes
While Scotland is wild, blustery, wet and cold, there is almost never snow*.
So, Homemade Christmas 2011 started with making our own.
The recipe: paper, scissors and some simple geometry (don’t cringe).
The most important thing in avoiding wonky flakes? Snowflakes naturally have 6 identical branches.
Start by origamiing (yes, it is a word. thank you.) your paper to cut all 6 prongs at once.
Easy peasy.
How do you do that? I hear you ask.
Well, I could try and explain it (awkwardly at best), but may I suggest you use Vintage Junky’s lovely template until you get the hang of the proportions?
There are also more patterns here but I figure, once you’ve got the method down, why not freestyle like a pro?
Who knows what awesomeness you will create?
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* Yes, almost never with the snow in Edinburgh. We’ll maybe get a couple inches a year.
Except last year.
Last year we had a week of really strong snowfall( like a metre deep).
Everyone FREAKED out. The world literally stopped turning in these parts.
And the government ran out of road salt and had to have a literal boat load shipped from Peru.
As in an actual boat came into harbor with it one day.
It was intense.
Those look beautiful!
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