Stars and Tags

Thanks to my friend Adam, I've been folding paper stars from strips of paper for years and years....and back in 2019 I taught Ellen how to make them after she saw them on the blog. I made her a video and she was off and running...then she taught her niece spreading the joy even further.

This past year I taught Jane how to make them. Her granddaughter plays with them in her toddler kitchen making star soup. 

When Ellen saw the skinny strips I posted a few days ago I cut with the wool cutter she wondered if they were wide enough to fold into a stars. The strips are only 3/8 of an inch....so I didn't think so.

But I took it as a challenge and gave it a try. 

It's tedious...but it can be done. The 3/8 inch strip folded into a 1/4 of an inch star! 

Question asked...and answered! 

I was pretty tickled to see one of my little tags attached to card Dotty sent to a friend on some of her handmade paper.

I saw it in a lovely post on her blog about the inflow and outflow of her art in her community of friends.

And just today I got these photos from Tracie.  I made her this small wall hanging many many years ago and it hung on her front door until it nearly faded away. I can't even remember what color it was but I'm guessing it was colorful and I think the colors formed a peace sign. 

Tracie repurposed the backside as a backdrop for the tags I sent her.