I thought it seemed like a good idea to add a pop of color
to our newly painted fireplace with some handmade pinwheels !!
So excited about the painted part, you don’t even know!!
It has taken Foorrrreeevvveeerrrr.
(Did you watch the movie SandLot?) Anyway, it has taken a
really long time.
I bought some shipping paper at Hobby Lobby and a few colored pieces
of paper on sale to make the pinwheels.
The large pieces of colored paper are to the left of the
framing area…against the wall at HL. I didn’t even know
that large selection of colored paper even existed in their store.
I thought that area only had mat boards.
I just cut the shipping paper and folded it back and forth.
You guys know how to make these…
I drew a little example in case you forgot 🙂
I made them the two different ways in the photo above.
The top two drawings go together and the bottom two.
I just fastened them together with staples.
The plan is to make more….. especially since I have
the paper. Are these actually called pinwheels?
Aren’t pinwheels the things on a stick that you blow and they spin?
Does anyone know what these are called? 🙂
That looks AWESOME! The colors you chose just pop against your gorgeous fireplace!
These are my two favorite colors together -What a great project -I’ll have to go check this paper at HL. Thnaks for sharing your great creativity 🙂
“You’re killin’ me Smalls.”
—-Ham Porter
The Sandlot
wow those super pinwheels are amazing, what a great color splash it adds to your mantel. Love love love it! I never thought to make them larger than 2 inches or so, this is a great idea.
Carol…. I love the one with the life guard: Squints stood a little taller that day……..
WOW they look great! I really like the colors all together. And I’m luvvin’ those big chunky candlesticks too! 🙂
um GENIUS! And yes I would call them pinwheels OR fan blades or whatever…either way we know what you’re talking about. Anyway LOVE THIS. And might I add that the little ditty that you scribbled down to show how you did it…that even looked profresh.
“first you roast the mallow then you take the mallow and place it on the graham…”
thats’ how I’d describe your color scheme on the fire place in Sandlot quotes …
Wow these are really cool. I’m going to look for some bright colors for my dorm room
Sarah…so cute for a for a dorm room!!