Christmas Tree- Paper

Save money and have fun making your very own attractive, chic and unique Christmas decorations. 
I have already made a Paper wreath, you will find it here- (http://shalmalipatkar.blogspot.com/2011/12/wreath-for-season.html).
There are lots of attractive recycled papers and materials available at crafts shops or you can use any nice patterned papers or magazines you come across too.
http://www.recyclenow.com/
Here I will be showing you how I made our Christmas tree.
Enjoy!!!
Things you will need-

(missed the scissors :P)
Then cut the baking/wax paper as well as green tissue/crap paper into circles of 16, 13, 10, 7 & 4 cms diameters (I wanted a small tree, you could increase the sizes as per your choice).

(you will notice my pair of scissors now ;))

And stick them together like so..

Now fold them into halves (X4)

Cut the tip off (not very big)

And then form the concertina fold using the already made folds as guidance

Do this for all the circles and stack them one above the other on the pencil (starting the largest first upward), I have supported the pencil using a thread reel.

Finally decorate the tree as per choice!!

Mine looks like this :)

I even liked this Christmas tree, maybe will try it next year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxZQZcm4XTQ

Wreath for the season

Most people may think of wreaths around the holidays, but I have always loved them all year long. And wanted to make one this time round. Here is a simple, inexpensive way to make a wreath from PAPER!!! (adapted from Living with Lindsey's blog & http://youtu.be/HnfjBxNIfcY ). I loved the way it looked, almost like something out of a Pottery Barn catalog.

This one is made from Local (yellow pages). I started with a 12" cardboard, loads of rolled cones of yellow pages and glue (fevicol)!

This picture above is the half way point.... 

(There's more than one way to roll a cone and my favorite way was discovered through trial and error. Plus, I liked folding the cones the same way throughout the wreath)

Finally after filling the complete wreath with these cones, I spray painted it with gold and left it to dry. Meanwhile, I cut a cardboard in a shape of a donut and covered it tightly with a yarn to form the center piece of the wreath. Lastly, I decorated it with a pieces of a birdie!!!

All that’s left to do now is to find a spot to hang my new creation!

There you go! Perfectly fits with our black shelf in our lounge! I hope you can try this easy project.
Merry Christmas & Happy New year to all of you!!


PS: Maybe a good place for ideas.. http://www.shelterness.com/cheap-diy-spring-wreath-of-butcher-paper/