Snowflake Monday

Creativity abounds! Just look what Jo made with lids and what I think might be vitamins! Isn't this adorable?

Jo's #reflake2017july

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Jo wins her choice of hand-dyed yarn or Spoonflower fabric.

Not entered in the contest but worthy of mention is Lizard's bicycle parts and tools flake from a few years back. He reminded me of his sporty creation while I was composing this post.


Making snowflakes from non-traditional items has been a ton of fun for me. I hope you enjoyed the challenges, too, and I hope the creativity keeps surging and inspiring.

I'm contemplating starting a snowflake quiltalong next Monday, so dig out your snowflake fabric! Time to put the stash to good use!

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Snowflake Monday

I have wanted to try making snowflake ornaments from CLEAN cotton swabs (NOT used!!!) for years, but I'm glad I didn't try it until now. I would have used every kind of bottled glue in my house, probably unsuccessfully. Thanks to the lid flake process a couple of weeks ago, I started this new process with a glue gun, and my cotton swab snowflake ornament stayed intact the first time!


I used a clean yogurt lid as the foundation, and I cut several cotton swabs into pieces. Because snowflakes have six sides, I worked in groups of six... 12, 18 or 24. I played around with embellishment options when done, and for the final touch, I added a ribbon hanger.








Do you have ideas for cotton swab snowflake ornaments or other snowflakes fashioned from things that might otherwise be thrown away? I might have a couple more prizes up my sleeve for the best idea submissions...


If you'd like to join the challenge, post tasteful photos to Instagram using the hashtag #reflake2017july by midnight Mountain Time on Friday, July 14. I'm doing a shorter contest period this time around in the hopes participants won't forget.

If you don't have an Instagram account, you may post photos to Sisters of the Snowflake or send them to me at snowcatcher at att dot net.






Winners will be announced next Monday.

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