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Originally Posted by kazbates
Those are fabulous (please share the directions)
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well... okay, since it's you...
i kid. i love making these stars, and i love the idea that the art of folding them is still alive and well from generation to generation ; the more people folding them, the better, so they're not forgetten. and you're lucky, i could never have explained it to you, but when i was searching for a photo, i found some instructions (the site claims they are german. pay no attention, they are polish.
). that site actually proposes to sell you pre-cut paper strips, but down that road lies ikea with their 6 stars for 2.99€ !!! just cut them yourself ! it's not hard.
http://highhopes.com/3dstar.html
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and you are absolutly correct. We are trying to make everything way too easy. Instead of making something with our own hands, we have to buy it.  Of course, I'm a huge crafter and love to make things myself. Having said all that, I just bought Ryleigh a Halloween costume when every other year I've made her one. 
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my grandparents made everything themselves (and i mean EVERYTHING, including wine and honey, and my grandfather had a box with scraps of leather for resoling his shoes...). partly because at the time they were growing up, that's how things were done, and partly i suspect because during the war you had to be very resourceful and self-reliant. so i learned the value of knowing various skills from them. i always feel a lot of respect for people who know how to make or do things themselves. i admit that i am somewhat lazy, so sometimes i buy frozen meals or pre-cooked soupe instead of doing all my cooking myself, and i take my shoes to the cobbler if i need new soles, but still, most things, if i *need* to do them, i can. and i get a lot of pleasure from wearing clothes that i made myself, for instance, knowing they are completely unique.