[Tuesday Tutes] Hep Hep Hooray! DIY pompoms

Hello friends!

Our church's volleyball team is preparing for the play-offs this Saturday.  

This tournament is sponsored by Katy Pinoy Sports, "a Volunteer-run, not-for-profit organization based in Katy, Texas."  There were 16 teams composed of Filipinos with
"at least 25% Filipino blood or a legal spouse of a person with at least 25% Filipino blood"
(as stated in the KPS Eligibility criteria).  

The league started on July 13, 2013 and has been going on every Saturday, with 3 games per team.

Our team is #1 in the standings.  Yay!

The players have been working hard and they are

 "playing for an eternal crown - 1 Corinthians 9:25."  

They have been a blessing to us spectators and fellow players.

In preparation, I made pom-poms.  Here's how:

Materials:

     Empty roll of tissue (or any cardboard will do)

     Tissue paper - i used 10 sheets of 20' x 20" in BLUE

     Stapler and staples

     Tape - small and packaging tape

Tools:

     Scissors

     Cutter

Instructions:

1.  Stack tissue paper and fold in half so it could fit your cutting board and easier to handle.  I used a Fiskar rotating cutter.

2.  Measure 0.5 inches and cut.  I made 40 strips of stacked paper

3.  Since the tissue paper was folded in half before cutting, take the folded end and staple together.

4.  Get an adequate length of tape and wrap around the stapled bunch one at a time until you have taped 3 or 4 bunches together.  This secures the bigger bunch.  Add another tape and adhere it to the inner part of the tissue roll or cardboard.  This ensures that it will not fall off when you get wild when doing the happy dance.

4.  Wrap the cardboard around the bunch and secure with packaging tape.  The empty roll of tissue is large enough to fit perfectly in one hand.

Instructions:
1.  Stack tissue paper and fold in half so it could fit your cutting board and easier to handle.  I used a Fiskars rotating cutter which makes crafting so much easier!
2.  Measure 0.5 inches and cut.  I was able to make 40 strips of stacked paper.
3.  Since the tissue paper was folded in half before cutting, take the folded end and staple together.
4.  Get an adequate length of tape and wrap around the stapled bunch one at a time until you have taped 3 or 4 bunches together.  This secures the bigger bunch.  Add another tape and adhere it to the inner part of the tissue roll or cardboard.  This ensures that it will not fall off when you get wild when doing the happy dance.
4.  Wrap the cardboard around the bunch and secure with packaging tape.  The empty roll of tissue is large enough to fit perfectly in one hand.

There you go!

Rah-rah-rah!  Go team, Go!

Have a wonderful day!

♥  michelle  ♥

[Focus on Life] Week 24: Green

Welcome back!  It's Week 24 over at Ms. Sally Russick's Focus on Life and this weeks' prompt is GREEN.  Sally described the prompt as follows:  

GREEN:  the color of balance, growth and harmony.

GREEN:  evokes the feeling of calm and symbolizes self-respect and well-being.

I totally agree with her!  To me, it means life - natural and organic.

This is the photo that I want to share with you.  Can you guess what these are?

Doesn't it resemble a bamboo tree?  

Well, these are tissue rolls that I have been saving for whatever.  My husband would laugh at me when I ask him not to discard odd stuff for me especially when I tell him that I will be using them one day - I think he hasn't realized that I am just recycling and trying to save the environment.  Hahaha!

Well, the day has come for these rolls.  I mixed green and black acrylic then painted them to look like the bamboo trunk.  For added interest, I added a white paper quilled white flower matted on a textured yellow cardstock.  I like how it stands out, looks very fresh.

Now, let's head over to Sally's blog and check out the other "green stuff."

Have a wonderful weekend!

♥  michelle  ♥