The other day I went to an estate sale in a $2.2 million, 5000 sq. ft. house. Wowza! High-rent district of town, to be sure. I hadn't planned to go to that sale (I prefer the dinky little 1950s houses packed with JUNK) but we drove past so I decided to stop. As you can imagine, most of the sale was pretty pricey, but I did buy one thing for $1:
It makes me smile every time I look at it! I've always been a sucker for tissue paper honeycomb shapes and the rainbow colors make me happy.
As a coincidence, in the past week I've found two Pins that show how to make your own honeycomb balls. This how-to video by Mark Montano uses magazine pages
and this beautiful orb by Donna from Under the Red Roof uses coffee filters! She shares a very in-depth and nicely photographed tutorial to make this:
Please visit the original source to rePin! http://undertheredroof.typepad.com/under_the_red_roof/2012/06/coffee-filter-honeycomb-balls-tutorial.html
What a cool idea--I know I've seen instructions for dyeing white coffee filters, so you could conceivably make a ball in any color. Donna also says that you could use cupcake papers. That would probably be seriously fiddly because of the small size, but I'm intrigued nonetheless.
I won't have time to try either of these crafts for a little while, but if I do I'll be sure to report back and let you know if they work!
**PS--If you'd rather buy your tissue balls pre-made, today through June 18 you can get free shipping with no minimum order from Oriental Trading Company using code WCE3284 at checkout!**
My Dad worked in grocery stores his whole life. Once a month they would send in big boxes full of honeycomb balls and honeycomb garland to decorate the store. I remember all the holiday colors and the bright rainbow ones like yours that would come for the summer. When they put the new stuff up, they threw away the old stuff. Wish I had all that "old" stuff now.
PS I love going to Estate Sales in high dollar houses. I know I won't be able to buy much, but it sure is fun to look! Speaking of that, I am off to a sale in the Historic District in a million dollar home.
My Dad worked in grocery stores his whole life. Once a month they would send in big boxes full of honeycomb balls and honeycomb garland to decorate the store. I remember all the holiday colors and the bright rainbow ones like yours that would come for the summer. When they put the new stuff up, they threw away the old stuff. Wish I had all that "old" stuff now.
ReplyDeletePS I love going to Estate Sales in high dollar houses. I know I won't be able to buy much, but it sure is fun to look! Speaking of that, I am off to a sale in the Historic District in a million dollar home.
That looks like a really fun project. Please post pictures if you try it.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun!! Love the honeycomb balls!!
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Thanks for posting this - great project I'd like to try making sometime, too!
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