I have a bunch of the super cheep plastic glitter snowflakes from Target.  They are no where as cool as the hand made snowflake ornaments my Mom and Grandmother crochet me, but I still like them.  These plastic wonders have graced our family tree for a number of years.  You know the ones that come in a bunch of different colors and are around $2 for a pack.

This year I decided that they were a bit too uniform.  No two snowflakes are the same in nature, yet my tree was covered in a bunch of clone snowflake ornaments.  So I tried altering them a bit, and I am so glad I did.  I love the new look! 

Since they are cheap plastic, it was simple to snap off any of the bits that I did not want.  I did not bother to cover the raw end of my white snowflakes, but if you were trying this with a colored one, you may need to use paint to hide the raw area.

You can create many interesting shapes, depending where you snap the snowflake.  I chose to keep each of my snowflake ornaments symmetrical.  I also changed all the silver string, to simple twine which fit my decor much better.

I love my new snowflake ornaments.  Why I did not do this sooner is beyond me, but I’m glad I did it now.  I kept a few of them the original shape and altered the rest.  SO much better!

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Tammy