Continuing our love of snowflakes, we started something this year that we hope becomes a christmas tradition in our family: the making of paper snowflakes to decorate our window. Each year, we'll start cutting and folding to create new designs and hopefully bring a white christmas. We've made about 30 so far, and still have some free space on the window. It's so relaxing to just stare at them and imagine what cuts to make next. We'll put up some pictures soon. It's good not to be shy about how much you cut; the more holes you make the better the image will look when unfolded. Also, if you want six clear points, you need to cut one of the sides away totally.

We found some simple instructions on-line for folding the paper. By dividing a standard sheet of paper in quarters first, you can get many more snowflakes, although it makes delicate cuts more tricky. Also, check out the instructions for Moravian 3D stars. My family has some of these for our tree, made my a friend when we lived in Pennsylvania, and I've always wondered how to make them. Now I know; this is definately something to try and make.

If you can't find some paper and scissors quickly enough, you can make a snowflake online using your mouse. You can email these to friends and also save them to either a JPG or EPS file (notice the pictures in this entry). How nifty is that?