How I decorated my home with the folded paper stars
I showed them to you on my tree this week in my structured Christmas decorating home tour. You may want to check out the rest of the tour in case you missed it.
I made the larger star on my mantel from regular printer paper.
Also check out my two-tone DIY honeycomb ornaments hanging on the mantel with the stars.
And here are some stars I made from wrapping paper I found…
I thought it would be a nice idea to decorate my great-grandmother’s portrait frame with these folded stars too. I only got as far as making one, but I’ll update this post as I make more. Isn’t this a nice way to decorate artwork for the holidays?
I don’t know why, but I love decorating her portrait with different things. Remember, for Halloween I added the macrame ghost.
I found the blue glitter wrapping paper in the basement. I used it years ago when I decorated everything with denim accessories. Yes, you heard me right! Let me give you a sneak peek and you can read the rest about how I made a DIY denim ribbon that adds the perfect handmade element to this blue glitter wrapping paper. I still love the look.
Here is a close up of the same paper used for a folded paper star. I also added my favorite terracotta velvet ribbon again. And I also used the same ribbon for my DIY mushroom ornaments and my embossed tin ornaments.
One more thing: I wrote a tutorial last year on how to make a bow out of thin ribbon, and this red velvet ribbon ornament looks stunning with the white stars.
As I showed you in my last post, I kept my fairy lights branches instead of putting a tree in that corner of the living room. And these branches are the main reason I want to make today’s folded paper stars.
I know I already asked when I toured the house, but… Do you get sad when you take down all the Christmas decorations after New Year’s Eve? I definitely do, and keeping the lit branches in the warm glow of the fairy lights will make the transition easier afterwards. After Christmas I plan to incorporate the branches into the winter decorations by keeping the icicles but without the stars.
I plan on making more of these to add to the branches. They are the perfect craft activity while watching a show.
