I had intended to post this much sooner, put we had a doozy of a snow storm here which I was writing about below just before the power went out. So here it is, I hope it gives you a little break from the winter doldrums, and perhaps an idea to cheer the inside of your home bit:)

Here in the Pacific Northwest we don’t often get a snowy winter, and when we do it’s either a light dusting or doesn’t last more than a day or two. But this time we got well over a foot, and to top things off an ice storm and the Governor declaring a state of emergency. So what better time than now to share these spring windows with you. When I was rummaging through my photos and came across these I felt like I could breath a little.

These windows came about after we had gotten a shipment of paper bags that were glued shut, not very useful, or so I thought. I’m one of those people who have a hard time throwing things away, (although I have gotten much better, thanks to all the times I’ve moved!) I know, or I think I know that somehow there is a use for things,sometime down the road. This time I’m so glad I didn’t throw them out! I patterned these garlands from inexpensive silk flower leis. I used a flower cookie cutter as my pattern and traced them onto the unusable bags and bright colored tissue paper. Then I cut up some straws and strung them onto fishing line, and hung them at different intervals in the windows.

After looking at them again I thought they would be a fun project to decorate for a shower or kids birthday party. They would be very pretty in all one color too. Oh, and of course you don’t have to use paper bags. Any paper would do, light weight paper will give a more delicate effect, but heavy weight paper would also be nice.

Have fun, and remember spring is almost here!!!