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December 30, 2010

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Pomander!  I made some tissue paper poms today for Greta’s room.  Five to be exact, and they turned out pretty good for my first time EVER making them.  They are super cheap and added so much depth and color to her room.  Now, I know I am not the first one to do this–I may even be the last, but just in case I’m not the last–here’s a quick tutorial:
 

1.  Lay your tissue paper flat.  I used two packs of the $1 stuff from walmart.  There are 9 sheets in each, but I wanted my poms really full, so I used a total of 18 sheets–stacked

2.  Accordion fold it back and forth, back and forth, just like those paper fans you made in grade school–or the witch’s hair on halloween–or….an accordion.  This was my first one and I held the center together with scotch tape while I tied some fishing line around it.  DON’T DO THAT.  It creates a huge gap on your pom.  Instead, just tie it with the fishing line (keeping it long enough to hang) and skip the tape.  You’ll be happy you did.  (I later took off the tape and started over on this one.)

3.  Trim the edges into a point, a rounded edge, a wavy pattern, whatever you want–I did all of those, on different pomanders, of course.  I really like the variety I ended up with.

4.  Fold 9 sheets up on each side and 9 sheets down.  Get as close to the center as you can in the beginning and straight out near the ninth sheet so that you get a circle and not and hourglass.

 
5.  I tied a little knot in the fishing line at the length I wanted to hang them and secured it to the ceiling with a thumb tac.

Wow.  I love it.  I just took these pictures, so it is pretty dark in her room, but her nursery is becoming so playful and colorful really.  And if you’re wondering how I chose the color–it was Chris that suggested pinks, because “Isn’t it the color of the year?”  I died!  And then gave him lots of kisses for making such a perfect suggestion.

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  1. Andi says:

    your wonderful ideas just seem to flow effortlessly

  2. love it! i did these in tulle for K’s bday and they work out super de duper cute too!! love her nursery, cute lil mama :)

  3. Andi says:

    your wonderful ideas just seem to flow effortlessly

  4. Jules. I hope we have a girl one day. These are incredible. I may sound dumb… but I didn’t know you could MAKE these!

  5. love it! i did these in tulle for K’s bday and they work out super de duper cute too!! love her nursery, cute lil mama :)

  6. OH MY GOSH CHRISSSSSSSSSSSS! You’re killing me.

    I have had those poms on my LIST for MONTHSSSSSSSSS. I just haven’t gotten the supplies to do it. so THANK YOU for the tutorial AND the push in the bum to get it done. Especially that we can’t paint our walls, I think those poms will look adorable in Brin’s room.

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