A Look at My (DIY) Weekend
This past weekend I finally had the chance to try out some projects that have been buzzing around inside my head. One of them was to take some honeycomb blind samples that my daughter recently brought home from my Mom's house, and make them into these sweet little snowflake/flower ornaments for our tree. A tutorial seems a little out of place since it's unlikely that every one of you would have blind samples laying around your house (do you). But here's the quick rundown just in case:
My samples had an annoying sticker on the top so I carefully pulled that off (I forgot to do it on the first one and it was tricker to pull off the small portions than it was on the second one). Then I cut each sample in half using a pair of sharp scissors. I then cut the two smaller portions in half, and then those in half again (you should end up with 8 pieces). Using a hot glue gun (and caution) I applied a tiny spot of glue to one side of the blind portion and then sandwiched another piece on top of it (pinching it tightly for a second to make sure it was in place). I then fanned opened one side so that it formed half a snowflake, dabbed a bit of glue on the remaining end and opened the other side to meet it (again pinching it for a second until it felt solid). There were a few little extra tabs of blind that I trimmed off to make sure it looked right before stringing on a bead and piece of twine for a hanger.
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| by Ez Wednesday, November 17, 2010 
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Oh gosh, now I feel like I need to find some blind samples. You transformed them into something so pretty and elegant!
oh my goodness! love them!!
Thanks sweet ladies! I was nervous that they wouldn't translate well on screen. In person the light shines through them in such a pretty way. xo Ez
ok is there anything you can't transform?? you craftin' machine! OH this could be a fun(ny) series... suggest a random household item and Ez will transform it into something amazing! You can call it "From Blah to Bling" :)
Just followed the link from Centsational Girl- how cute! How would these look as earrings? Too big?
Thanks guys! Sheila - these would make awfully large earrings (they are about 2" across), but I suppose that on the right girl they could look really cute!
That is such a pretty product for such a ho-hum material. Great idea!
I love these! I may go get blind samples...haha
Oh I love them! Great was to re-purpose the blinds! I wish I had some around the house I could use!
What a great idea for Christmas - I love these little guys..!
FJM
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where can i get those blind samples?
Genius!
-J
How clever are YOU?!? I adore how delicate they look...so lovely : )
So lovely! Great idea~ I want them in clusters next to my window!
so inspiring! delicate and pure and christmas perfect! I gotta try DTM (do-them-myself;) ) !
these are really beautiful! I just love how you took something so ordinary and made it special!
Very clever, now just wait and see if the blind designers chuck blind making and start a snowflake business instead. Or they may contact you and want their samples back...:o kidding
I would have never even thought. I love all your ideas for the holidays. Loving your blog this time of year and all year of course.
Lovely! Would look really great and gracious on a green tree. I would definitely try to make them too if I had the material. Nevertheless, I've something quite similar looking on my diy list to make next. Some pasta Christmas ornaments. I'll keep you posted on how it'll go.
Thanks again for sharing, they do look adorable! Good job!
So so GOOD! Simple and clever and beautiful! Nice one.
what a darling and ingenious idea! way to go EZ.
these are actually the most beautiful things i've ever seen! i love them so much, i blogged about them!
heres the link, if you want to see!
http://theperfectpearpair.blogspot.com/2010/12/dreamy-christmas-diy-roundup.html
xoxo
Lauren
Thank you so much everyone! And thank you Lauren for your kind post! xo Ez
this is so pretty
What a beautiful way to reuse samples that most people throw away! We'll be sharing this with our followers on Facebook soon!