Thank you a million times over! I tried 3 times to make these this Christmas with 2 different instructors. I failed but couldn't give up, especially when one instructor said 9 years old learned how to make them when she was growing up. Your video was just what I needed. PERFECT instructions. And, you were the only one to tell me how to get 24" long strips when my paper was only 12" !!! Bless you, and here is to a health, prosperous 2024!
This is the best tutorial on these stars!! Maymay asked who thought this up. From what I've read, Bavarian carpenters who had long, even, curling strips of paper-thin wood from planing the edges of their boards smooth invented the stars in the 1800s. A German teacher named Froebel popularized it as a craft for children using paper in the 1900s and it spread quickly to the surrounding countries and across the pond to the US. The proportion is 1" by 24", so you can easily make smaller stars at 1/2" by 12". It's very easy to make these out of ribbon, also.
I agree with Page. I prefer this type of video rather than the live. This is a beautiful ornament. Like you, I have often wondered who sits around and figures out all of these oragami folds. I know some of them have been around for many decades. Thank you for the video,
I love your videos. Not just the craft, but every time you add a little something extra. Like the "needle" and the "threader". Those are very helpful as I truly have more craft tools than I can keep track of and being able to make the ones I need and also not worry about losing them because I can make more. Thank you for sharing.
I made these years and years ago . I used white paper and then I have a little itty bitty crock pot I put paraffin wax in with cinnamon oil and dipped it and then sprinkled micro opal glitter on the wet wax. Beautiful. It is a great idea using scrapbooking paper. I think I will teach my granddaughters how to make these. I love you instruction s they are always so clear to understand.
Thank you for these directions. They’re so clear. ...tho I must confess I’ve made 4 now and, far from remembering the steps, I still have to follow the helpful step-by-step for each one. I’m making mine from fabric which I’ve first folded to enclose the cut edges. This is. both harder and easier than paper because it’s far more bulky but also far stronger and more workable. I’ve made 2-color ones like yours and 4-color ones as well. They’re going to be gorgeous on my tree.
I am so impressed! I'll make some of these too. They remind me of old world times. When I researched the Froebel star I found out that traditionally they would be dipped into wax and sprinkled with glitter after all of the folding is done. I haven't been following you long but I already know how you feel about glitter. LOL. I may have to try some waxed and unwaxed. Thank you so very much!
I had a kit from Hearthsong that made them just like that! It was maybe 20 years ago? So now I'm making some new ones and found this video, but the technique is a little different! Cool!
I really liked this tutorial. Instructions were very clear and easy to see each step and perfect timing. The video did not drag and you provided great tips to fill the time. Looking forward to more videos. I love paper crafts so this was great. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Very clear instruction and i like your finishes at the end. Wonderful improvisation of the threader. Thanks for sharing your talent.
my first try it took me 3 trys, 4th time I got it, I was doing the first step wrong, I really had to look as you did it closely, I've made 2 so far, I love them! thank you.
I had a kit from Hearthsong that made them just like yours! It was maybe 20 years ago? So now I'm making some new ones and found this video, but the technique is a little different and they were dipped in wax then sprinkled with glitter. It's cool to see a different method and maybe you'd like to look into that one too. Comes out the same! Thank you for a well explained video.
This is a very clear tutorial. I make these and have taught classes. I make them as small as 1/16" wide strips for miniature trees and earrings. I like that you used scrapbook paper. I also liked that you used the tweezers. I of course need them for the miniature stars and I see how they are necessary when you are cheating the length with the scrapbook paper. If you have pre cut strips the supplies for many stars will fit easily in a shoebox. I made these during a hospital stay and had the best service you can imagine as nurses and attendants peeked in on me (of course leaving with a prize).
I learned these stars as an intern in a german kindergarten 35y ago! I have made thousands o them with all kind of ribbons and paper. Spray with glue and shimmer all sizes ,down to tweezers, and huge ones that had to be glued together. and after all these years still my favorite thing to make and give away....
years ago my mother and aunt made these stars. I always wished I remembered how they made them, I never knew what they were called so I couldn’t look for it on line. I was soooooo excited that I just happened to see it tonight while I was watching Your videos (as I do every night) and now can’t wait to start making them. My mother used some kind of waxed paper and then added glitter to them. I have one but never wanted to take it apart to see how it was made. Thank you for all of your videos and for the wonderful memories you brought back for me tonight.
I made these years and years ago when I was in grade school. An older cousin taught me. We just used plain paper and then dipped them in melted parafin and glittered them. I hope to make a few this year.
You do VERY GOOD at explaining all the steps nice and slow.I never get confused or lost. I understood each step. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. glad i found ur video!!!!!!!! ive been watching so many of them toady and tonight. been writing directions. i dont know which one to start with. i love origimi, just a lil slow at it.
This brings back lots of memories for me. My Uncle taught me to make these when I was a child. We used solid colored paper, dipped them in melted paraffin, and sprinkled them with glitter. My 5th grade teacher taught our class to make them also.
My Grandfather made these at Christmas time. He came to the United States from Germany as a young adult, he learned this from his family. When he was done making the star he would dip them into melted paraffin wax to seal them. So after he passed away (when I was 9 years old) my mother and I really wanted to make these, but my Grandmother couldn't remember how to make them and with the wax on the stars there was no way to take them apart. Thank you so much for this tutorial! My mother will be thrilled that I learned how to make these!
Thanks Maymay for the tutorial...My father-in-law was from Denmark and he used to decorate his Christmas tree with these. Maybe I'll try to make one and surprise my husband. This was very easy to follow..thanks so much for sharing...Wanda
+Debbie Lewis thank you Debbie, I honestly feel the same way. People often ask me why I say "we are gonna do something" it's cause in my mind all my crafty friends are in the room with me!
Great job of demonstrating how to make the ornament! I am a visual/hands-on learning and your videos are wonderful! Thanks so much for making these videos! God Bless.
a friend made my a whopping bag of these from pastel paper. She dipped the finished stay in melted wax/paraffin and sprinkled it with silver glitter while the wax was wet.
Love that you give the measurements at the beginning, making it easy to make a star while following your tutorial. Thank you for so many great tutorials.
It's a Danish star. I have made them since I was child. "All" danes can make them. My daughter and I sometimes made competitions, to make the smallest:
Maymay you are brilliant in the way you explain how you are making your projects, so clear, and make it look easy, thank you, I could watch you all day long x
Love that MayMay, red and green is really pretty. Love how you decorated it. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas , hope your trip goes very well and you have a great time and be safe. Have a great day
You were definitely right. This tutorial could not be done live with interruptions. You did a perfect job explaining the details. Really beautiful! TFS!❤️
Thank you for teaching us how to make these ornaments. You make it look so easy, but I know when I try, I will be scratching my head. Lol. You're an excellent teacher.
Maymay this tutorial is amazing. I loved folded paper art and I like to teach it to my boys. They like to do craft projects and I think this one could be a good one for any holiday just by changing the paper, charm, and washi tape colors. I'm already looking for something my boys that are still in elementary school, can do for the first day of school to give to their teachers. I appreciate your hard work and the inspiration.
As always, Maymay you've done it again! I have seen these before also, but I am so glad you did this video. I never seemed to be able to get the right results. You explain things in a way I think I can do it! . I also appreciate your tip on how to make the paper strips longer. Great video, and now is when a lot of people should start looking at what they want to craft for Christmas. Hope things are going well in Texas. Thanks again for another great video!
you prolly dont care at all but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my account password. I love any help you can offer me!
@Gregory Ace Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and im trying it out now. Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Great instructional video, as are all of yours. I'm going to go hunt up some 12x12 paper now. I'll take the first piece/s I see, even if they are Christmas. I JUST HAVE TO TRY IT!!!!!
I happened to notice that many folks have said they preferred you teaching, being taped. Do you think this could be a possibility, then go to the crafter after show live. Fans can ask any questions about the project then, and you guys can do the across the miles segment or whatever else you have going on for us. I know your prbly having a blast at Crafters Warehouse, but you are truly missed at home.
Wow, this was a brilliant tutorial Maymay, I love your needle threader, (necessity is the mother of all invention ) I'm definitely going to make a few of them and keep for when they're needed. Beautiful decoration, I will give it a go, fingers crossed
I have always wanted to make these German stars buy my written instructions are very confusing. You demo is excellent. Thanks or taking a complicated star and making it easy. I'm wondering if I could use fabric to make these stars. I'd need to put a stiffener on the back or bind 2 fabrics together using an iron on adhesive. What are your ideas on this?
Wow you must have put some time into this one, teaching yourself how to do this and then teaching US how to do it. They both turned out very very cute. Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday in Arlington. (It's crazy hot here today!)
+cheryl meredith see you Saturday! It is hot here but the air is nice. At home it's so humid. Amanda is really loving the dry air, she says it feels coastal.
Finally! Fifth time was the charm! I kept messing up on the top triangles at the end. Great instruction... It wasn't you...it was me! I can finally go to bed. #notaquitter
I prefer your tutorials like this, with no confusion and "ha ha ha" and people's other conversations! this is a very intricate craft so it need you need to concentrate on it but I like it! I really don't care for the live shows not just you other people's as well but especially craft shows and tutorials, better off intimate! I actually preferred your show before you went all big when it was just you and your home on the table!
+Paige Pappas Bednarsky I want to let you know I agree with some of what your saying. I also want to explain my earlier comment of "big time? Lol". I am very aware that God has blessed me beyond measure. I am in awe everyday that he allowed me to take my passion of teaching and crafting and turn them into a full time living. Everyday when I get in my car with my family to head to work I am thankful. I can't tell you happy it makes me feels to be able to work with my children everyday. To watch them grow and speak with customers. Not to mention the relationships we have built with viewers. I have never been a person that was ever happy with their career. I bounced from job to job, a lot. I did my best in every job I was blessed with but it was never a fulfilling career. I have never considered what we have big time though. We have a little store in the middle of a tiny town and we work so hard to bring content that our viewers want. I actually started the store because of viewers requests. Asking for ways to purchase the products I used. It became increasingly frustrating when I wouldn't be able to find links to products or stores wouldn't carry something I loved anymore. Now with the store we can be the ones bringing in the products I want to play with and making sure we can have them for you guys. I don't miss those days of me at home at my table because behind those videos I was struggling. Financially, emotionally and physically. If you've followed my journey you know that though, I tend to not hide anything! Lol Ok, on to where I agree with you, I too think there needs to be a healthy mix of live vs recorded. I am always tweaking my processes and will take your suggestions to heart. I appreciate you and you allowing me this opportunity to explain how blessed I know I am and how gracious I am to have you guys as viewers. I'd love an opportunity to talk about this subject in a different forum. There is so much to say to that person that, just like me, 5 years ago, was struggling to just make ends meet and be a present parent. First I say all the cliches are true! Lol. Don't give up! Push to live your dream (even if like me you didn't know what the dream was or that it even existed!). Today is the first step in your journey, make it count. It is all correct! Pursue your dreams, and most importantly, with God all things are possible.
As a fellow you tuber doing craft videos I know how hard it is to get one video up a week, and I don’t have 4 boys and a husband. I for one love the fact that maymay’s hard work had paid of and I think we should all be happy for others success. Who cares if she’s “gone big” maymay still does superb videos and she and Vince makes me giggle on the live shows.
Paige Pappas Bednarsky I just discovered MayMay a few months ago. Her videos and instructions are so wonderful and easy to follow. I have watched some of her older videos too and love the content in all of them. I can see the advancements in her recording techniques, sound, content. I love it all!
Would it be possible to make this out of fabric strips? Maybe use some fusion backing to stiffen the strips? Just wondering. Or maybe some satin ribbon?
Thanks for taking the time to learn and then teach us this craft! Although I probably won't make this one because of the conditions of my hands I enjoyed watching you make it... I love the Christmas in July projects! We need the spirit of Christmas all year round.... I am sure there will be those that don't care for Christmas even in the month of December, BUT they have the option of not watching!!!! That is what the on and off switch is made for!!! Thank you Maymay !!! God bless!!!
I've made these for years, slightly different, but yours is a very clear tutorial. Also can be used as a bow on packages if you leave out the last step on the other side, if that makes sense.👍🏼👍🏼
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Thank you a million times over! I tried 3 times to make these this Christmas with 2 different instructors. I failed but couldn't give up, especially when one instructor said 9 years old learned how to make them when she was growing up. Your video was just what I needed. PERFECT instructions. And, you were the only one to tell me how to get 24" long strips when my paper was only 12" !!! Bless you, and here is to a health, prosperous 2024!
This is the best tutorial on these stars!! Maymay asked who thought this up. From what I've read, Bavarian carpenters who had long, even, curling strips of paper-thin wood from planing the edges of their boards smooth invented the stars in the 1800s. A German teacher named Froebel popularized it as a craft for children using paper in the 1900s and it spread quickly to the surrounding countries and across the pond to the US. The proportion is 1" by 24", so you can easily make smaller stars at 1/2" by 12". It's very easy to make these out of ribbon, also.
I agree with Page. I prefer this type of video rather than the live. This is a beautiful ornament. Like you, I have often wondered who sits around and figures out all of these oragami folds. I know some of them have been around for many decades. Thank you for the video,
I love your videos. Not just the craft, but every time you add a little something extra. Like the "needle" and the "threader". Those are very helpful as I truly have more craft tools than I can keep track of and being able to make the ones I need and also not worry about losing them because I can make more. Thank you for sharing.
I made these years and years ago . I used white paper and then I have a little itty bitty crock pot I put paraffin wax in with cinnamon oil and dipped it and then sprinkled micro opal glitter on the wet wax. Beautiful. It is a great idea using scrapbooking paper. I think I will teach my granddaughters how to make these. I love you instruction s they are always so clear to understand.
Thank you for these directions. They’re so clear. ...tho I must confess I’ve made 4 now and, far from remembering the steps, I still have to follow the helpful step-by-step for each one.
I’m making mine from fabric which I’ve first folded to enclose the cut edges. This is. both harder and easier than paper because it’s far more bulky but also far stronger and more workable. I’ve made 2-color ones like yours and 4-color ones as well. They’re going to be gorgeous on my tree.
I am so impressed! I'll make some of these too. They remind me of old world times. When I researched the Froebel star I found out that traditionally they would be dipped into wax and sprinkled with glitter after all of the folding is done. I haven't been following you long but I already know how you feel about glitter. LOL. I may have to try some waxed and unwaxed. Thank you so very much!
I had a kit from Hearthsong that made them just like that! It was maybe 20 years ago? So now I'm making some new ones and found this video, but the technique is a little different! Cool!
I really liked this tutorial. Instructions were very clear and easy to see each step and perfect timing. The video did not drag and you provided great tips to fill the time. Looking forward to more videos. I love paper crafts so this was great. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Very clear instruction and i like your finishes at the end. Wonderful improvisation of the threader. Thanks for sharing your talent.
my first try it took me 3 trys, 4th time I got it, I was doing the first step wrong, I really had to look as you did it closely, I've made 2 so far, I love them! thank you.
I had a kit from Hearthsong that made them just like yours! It was maybe 20 years ago? So now I'm making some new ones and found this video, but the technique is a little different and they were dipped in wax then sprinkled with glitter. It's cool to see a different method and maybe you'd like to look into that one too. Comes out the same! Thank you for a well explained video.
This is a very clear tutorial. I make these and have taught classes. I make them as small as 1/16" wide strips for miniature trees and earrings.
I like that you used scrapbook paper. I also liked that you used the tweezers. I of course need them for the miniature stars and I see how they are necessary when you are cheating the length with the scrapbook paper.
If you have pre cut strips the supplies for many stars will fit easily in a shoebox. I made these during a hospital stay and had the best service you can imagine as nurses and attendants peeked in on me (of course leaving with a prize).
I learned these stars as an intern in a german kindergarten 35y ago! I have made thousands o them with all kind of ribbons and paper. Spray with glue and shimmer all sizes ,down to tweezers, and huge ones that had to be glued together. and after all these years still my favorite thing to make and give away....
years ago my mother and aunt made these stars. I always wished I remembered how they made them, I never knew what they were called so I couldn’t look for it on line. I was soooooo excited that I just happened to see it tonight while I was watching Your videos (as I do every night) and now can’t wait to start making them. My mother used some kind of waxed paper and then added glitter to them. I have one but never wanted to take it apart to see how it was made. Thank you for all of your videos and for the wonderful memories you brought back for me tonight.
I love your red,white and blue one. Thank you for the video.
I made these years and years ago when I was in grade school. An older cousin taught me. We just used plain paper and then dipped them in melted parafin and glittered them. I hope to make a few this year.
Waxing them is a great idea, thanks!
Very pretty, your instructions were very clear, I made these from a gingham ribbon and they turned out fab!! Thank you very much!.,🌹🤗
This is the best tutorial I have seen for these. Thank you so much for sharing xx
OMG...this is the star ornament from when I was little...I have been waiting 60 years for these instructions!!!
You do VERY GOOD at explaining all the steps nice and slow.I never get confused or lost. I understood each step. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. glad i found ur video!!!!!!!! ive been watching so many of them toady and tonight. been writing directions. i dont know which one to start with. i love origimi, just a lil slow at it.
I love Christmas and I love that we crafters have Christmas in July! Between your Christmas videos and hallmark movies I'm in heaven!😍🤶🎅🏼
This brings back lots of memories for me. My Uncle taught me to make these when I was a child. We used solid colored paper, dipped them in melted paraffin, and sprinkled them with glitter. My 5th grade teacher taught our class to make them also.
These are very pretty!!! Im Going to give these a try !!!
My Grandfather made these at Christmas time. He came to the United States from Germany as a young adult, he learned this from his family. When he was done making the star he would dip them into melted paraffin wax to seal them. So after he passed away (when I was 9 years old) my mother and I really wanted to make these, but my Grandmother couldn't remember how to make them and with the wax on the stars there was no way to take them apart. Thank you so much for this tutorial! My mother will be thrilled that I learned how to make these!
Thanks Maymay for the tutorial...My father-in-law was from Denmark and he used to decorate his Christmas tree with these. Maybe I'll try to make one and surprise my husband. This was very easy to follow..thanks so much for sharing...Wanda
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your videos! I feel like I have a friend talking to me and teaching me! Have a blessed day
+Debbie Lewis thank you Debbie, I honestly feel the same way. People often ask me why I say "we are gonna do something" it's cause in my mind all my crafty friends are in the room with me!
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Great job of demonstrating how to make the ornament! I am a visual/hands-on learning and your videos are wonderful! Thanks so much for making these videos! God Bless.
a friend made my a whopping bag of these from pastel paper. She dipped the finished stay in melted wax/paraffin and sprinkled it with silver glitter while the wax was wet.
Suzanne Cooke That is exactly how my German grandma made them.
My brother made them that way in boy scouts in the early 60s. I am an avid crafter and it took years for me to find the instructions.
31 Aug 23 - needed some new ideas / thanks for sharing!
you are such a good teacher!!! love this!
Love that you give the measurements at the beginning, making it easy to make a star while following your tutorial. Thank you for so many great tutorials.
I will have to watch this again, and maybe again, and one more time in order to get it right. Thanks for sharing!
Also called Moravian stars. Made these when I was in high school back in the 70s. I have so many of them made with white paper strips
This star is gorgeous and you make so easy to follow!! Can't wait to make a tons of these !!!! Thanks for all you do!
I have watched this made for years. You have shown me the secrets to making them. Going to start again tomorrow
Thank you for being so easy to understand!
This is beautiful! I'm going to have to work up the courage to try this.
This is a Scandinavian Star ornament. Love them, sooo cute.
It's a Danish star. I have made them since I was child. "All" danes can make them. My daughter and I sometimes made competitions, to make the smallest:
Dagny Manstrup Too funy. I used to do that too.
Maymay you are brilliant in the way you explain how you are making your projects, so clear, and make it look easy, thank you, I could watch you all day long x
Beautiful stars!
I taught a class this month where I used acetate ribbon to make them. The ribbon slides through really easy.
Sabrina Soltanis I might have to try it that way. I bet it was really beautiful.
Elisha Brumley if you only do one side with points you can use them as gift bows.
Sabrina Soltanis that's a great idea. Thank you for that. 😁
Love that MayMay, red and green is really pretty. Love how you decorated it. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas , hope your trip goes very well and you have a great time and be safe. Have a great day
You were definitely right. This tutorial could not be done live with interruptions. You did a perfect job explaining the details. Really beautiful! TFS!❤️
Love your homemade threader brilliant idea 😄
Thank you for teaching us how to make these ornaments. You make it look so easy, but I know when I try, I will be scratching my head. Lol. You're an excellent teacher.
Beautiful !!! Great tutorial !! Have fun in Texas .....Praying for safe travels ! xo
Beautiful ornaments!You did a great job explaining how to make this!tyfs.Hugs, Vickie
+Vickie Murray thanks!
Maymay this tutorial is amazing. I loved folded paper art and I like to teach it to my boys. They like to do craft projects and I think this one could be a good one for any holiday just by changing the paper, charm, and washi tape colors. I'm already looking for something my boys that are still in elementary school, can do for the first day of school to give to their teachers. I appreciate your hard work and the inspiration.
I Love the Red and Green one they are Beautiful!! I can't wait to make some for my family.
Thank you and God Bless ✂️📂🖌🖍✏️📝✒️🖋📝✏️🖍🖌📂✂️😊
I love these May May! Thanks for sharing!
Can't just run out and get supplies! Lol you must live where I do in Cleveland, Georgia
Merry Christmas!
This is a lovely project tfs xx
As always, Maymay you've done it again! I have seen these before also, but I am so glad you did this video. I never seemed to be able to get the right results. You explain things in a way I think I can do it! . I also appreciate your tip on how to make the paper strips longer. Great video, and now is when a lot of people should start looking at what they want to craft for Christmas. Hope things are going well in Texas. Thanks again for another great video!
you prolly dont care at all but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
I stupidly forgot my account password. I love any help you can offer me!
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@Gregory Ace Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and im trying it out now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Gregory Ace it worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thanks so much you saved my account !
@Anthony Edison Glad I could help xD
So so cute.I love this ornament!
Amazing! How many times can I love this? ❤️❤️❤️
Great instructional video, as are all of yours. I'm going to go hunt up some 12x12 paper now. I'll take the first piece/s I see, even if they are Christmas. I JUST HAVE TO TRY IT!!!!!
So cool....live the folding....going g to try this!!! TFS!!!!
I happened to notice that many folks have said they preferred you teaching, being taped. Do you think this could be a possibility, then go to the crafter after show live. Fans can ask any questions about the project then, and you guys can do the across the miles segment or whatever else you have going on for us.
I know your prbly having a blast at Crafters Warehouse, but you are truly missed at home.
Love it! Thanks for all your GREAT videos!
The make your own threader is genius!
Thank you Maymay. I've been wanting to make this star for several years now. And now I will!! Merry Christmas!!
Your video s the BEST of the many I've watched!
Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏🥰🥰
Wow, this was a brilliant tutorial Maymay, I love your needle threader, (necessity is the mother of all invention ) I'm definitely going to make a few of them and keep for when they're needed. Beautiful decoration, I will give it a go, fingers crossed
Beautiful ornaments, can't wait to make mine.
I love that ornament. I am going to try it
You make it look so easy love 💕 love your Chanel xx
I watched these being made on carol dovall years ago
Sorry Carol Duvall
I love this!! Can't wait to give it a try, thanks Maymay!!!!
I have always wanted to make these German stars buy my written instructions are very confusing. You demo is excellent. Thanks or taking a complicated star and making it easy. I'm wondering if I could use fabric to make these stars. I'd need to put a stiffener on the back or bind 2 fabrics together using an iron on adhesive. What are your ideas on this?
Wow you must have put some time into this one, teaching yourself how to do this and then teaching US how to do it. They both turned out very very cute. Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday in Arlington. (It's crazy hot here today!)
+cheryl meredith see you Saturday! It is hot here but the air is nice. At home it's so humid. Amanda is really loving the dry air, she says it feels coastal.
These are really nice I love them x
I am loving that threafder.
Thank you so much for showing this!
Finally! Fifth time was the charm! I kept messing up on the top triangles at the end. Great instruction... It wasn't you...it was me! I can finally go to bed. #notaquitter
Your instructions are awesome
I prefer your tutorials like this, with no confusion and "ha ha ha" and people's other conversations! this is a very intricate craft so it need you need to concentrate on it but I like it! I really don't care for the live shows not just you other people's as well but especially craft shows and tutorials, better off intimate! I actually preferred your show before you went all big when it was just you and your home on the table!
+Paige Pappas Bednarsky all big time? Lol
+Paige Pappas Bednarsky I want to let you know I agree with some of what your saying. I also want to explain my earlier comment of "big time? Lol". I am very aware that God has blessed me beyond measure. I am in awe everyday that he allowed me to take my passion of teaching and crafting and turn them into a full time living. Everyday when I get in my car with my family to head to work I am thankful. I can't tell you happy it makes me feels to be able to work with my children everyday. To watch them grow and speak with customers. Not to mention the relationships we have built with viewers. I have never been a person that was ever happy with their career. I bounced from job to job, a lot. I did my best in every job I was blessed with but it was never a fulfilling career. I have never considered what we have big time though. We have a little store in the middle of a tiny town and we work so hard to bring content that our viewers want. I actually started the store because of viewers requests. Asking for ways to purchase the products I used. It became increasingly frustrating when I wouldn't be able to find links to products or stores wouldn't carry something I loved anymore. Now with the store we can be the ones bringing in the products I want to play with and making sure we can have them for you guys. I don't miss those days of me at home at my table because behind those videos I was struggling. Financially, emotionally and physically. If you've followed my journey you know that though, I tend to not hide anything! Lol Ok, on to where I agree with you, I too think there needs to be a healthy mix of live vs recorded. I am always tweaking my processes and will take your suggestions to heart. I appreciate you and you allowing me this opportunity to explain how blessed I know I am and how gracious I am to have you guys as viewers. I'd love an opportunity to talk about this subject in a different forum. There is so much to say to that person that, just like me, 5 years ago, was struggling to just make ends meet and be a present parent. First I say all the cliches are true! Lol. Don't give up! Push to live your dream (even if like me you didn't know what the dream was or that it even existed!). Today is the first step in your journey, make it count. It is all correct! Pursue your dreams, and most importantly, with God all things are possible.
As a fellow you tuber doing craft videos I know how hard it is to get one video up a week, and I don’t have 4 boys and a husband. I for one love the fact that maymay’s hard work had paid of and I think we should all be happy for others success. Who cares if she’s “gone big” maymay still does superb videos and she and Vince makes me giggle on the live shows.
Paige Pappas Bednarsky I just discovered MayMay a few months ago. Her videos and instructions are so wonderful and easy to follow. I have watched some of her older videos too and love the content in all of them. I can see the advancements in her recording techniques, sound, content. I love it all!
My Mother taught me to make these when I was in 5th grade. Over the years I have taught others to make them. .
Would it be possible to make this out of fabric strips? Maybe use some fusion backing to stiffen the strips? Just wondering. Or maybe some satin ribbon?
These are beautiful ornaments, you make it look so easy! Thanks for sharing.
These are so cute! ❤
Such a great demo!
Thanks for taking the time to learn and then teach us this craft! Although I probably won't make this one because of the conditions of my hands I enjoyed watching you make it... I love the Christmas in July projects! We need the spirit of Christmas all year round.... I am sure there will be those that don't care for Christmas even in the month of December, BUT they have the option of not watching!!!! That is what the on and off switch is made for!!! Thank you Maymay !!! God bless!!!
+Nyoka Smith thanks dear!
I made these in 7th grade I am now 73 yo. I Still make them. We dipped them in hot wax and sprinkled with glutter5
I've made these for years, slightly different, but yours is a very clear tutorial. Also can be used as a bow on packages if you leave out the last step on the other side, if that makes sense.👍🏼👍🏼
LOVE THIS~~~~~
Great explanation! Thank you.
Best tutorial ever.
So pretty!
Excellent.
Could this be done with fabric?
@trodgers -- I bet fabric could be used / with a light starching to give it some structure -- and it would be beautiful!
oh my, I have picked out paper and making one 🤗now
Thank you very much
Amazing video
If you cut the strips 3/4" wide, you will have a nice sized star and not have as hard a time at the last step.
Love them!!
I like them. I want to see the pinterest board you have
Really very nice. ❤️
Have you tried this with fabric?
bet fabric could be used / with a light starching to give it some structure -- and it would be beautiful!