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How To Fold Origami 5-Pointed Stars
After making a few of these stars you will be able to make them easily without my instructions. To get you started I have provided detailed step-by-step instructions with a few tips as well. First of all, we need to begin with a base shape of a pentagon. To learn how to make the […]
Posted in Christmas, Craft, Paper Crafts
Pepparkakor (Gingerbread Biscuits) Decorated with Royal Icing
Pepparkakor is a traditional Swedish recipe. These Scandinavian spicy biscuits are traditionally served on St Lucia Day, which is a celebration of light on the longest night of the year. St Lucia Day is one of the biggest Christmas-time celebrations in Sweden and is held on the 13th December. This date was unknown […]
Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Festive and Celebrations, Icings and Fillings
5-Pointed Origami Star Gift-Tags or Decorations with Christmas Washi Tape
I love working with washi tape and found a great use for my Christmas-themed tapes by adding them to plain white paper origami stars. I decorated the stars with a variety of bold patterns and in a colour theme of red, green, and white. I played around with this idea for washi tape […]
Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Craft, Festive and Celebrations, Paper Crafts
Gluten-Free Shortbread Christmas Stars
This recipe uses only four ingredients and makes a very light shortbread that melts-in-the-mouth. The mixture has a beautiful soft and fluffy texture, and as I was hand-mixing the flours, I imagined this is what mixing white, soft, fluffy, clouds would be like! These biscuits make great Christmas gifts for those who are […]
Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Festive and Celebrations
Christmas-Themed 5-Pointed Origami Stars
I really love the look of the 5-pointed origami star and I have made these so many times I can make these with no instructions at all. The base shape to start with is a pentagon, which is folded and unfolded many times to create the final star – follow the links for […]
Posted in Christmas, Craft, Festive and Celebrations, Paper Crafts
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