These star urchin ornaments, table decorations, and tree toppers are a contemporary take on the traditional Christmas star. In sizes from mini to 8", they're handmade of paper using a secret family technique:
From Kissa Design: "My family has been making them for over half a century and my many years of practice produces a very neat ornament."
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The ones from Kissa Design are very pretty! It looks like she uses good paper and you can tell she has experience making them. :)
These are pretty easy to make. They just take some time to complete and it takes patience to get perfect points.
Here's a DIY (just search online for polish porcupine):
http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2010/12/diy-modern-paper-ornament.html
thanks for posting the DIY. i thought that the post would provide instructions.
Nice - could easily be made from old cards.
Phlora, if you copy and paste the link, it does give step-by-step instructions with pictures.
I think I'll try one tomorrow on my second snow day!