tissue paper pom

two are pom poms...one is a POM...what tv show?

whooa..i just wrote too many poms and my mind is so saying that looks like the weirdest word EVER.

alrighty..this tissue paper pom isn't technically a lantern..
but since we are bloggers and not the rules police we are going to let it slide.

it's super fast..not so easy. i know..you can go to pinterest and see twenty million different arrangements of them...

but i had a few problems with my pom..i'll show you the how-tos and then i'll discuss the problems!

(i got the basic instructions from miss martha herself)

tissue paper was $1....

 i unfolded it....

 and cut it in half....

and then made a perfect square..

(aka..perfect in agaagg life is not really perfect...but if you squint a little it looks okay)

fold it up

accordian style

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after its all folded..you round off the edges...

(you know this is a REAAALL professional blog when the camera strap is hanging right in the picture)

 i took a wire...wrapped it around the middle..and i left a bunch of extra to hang it with...

 then you start pulling...carefully..cause it rips...

okay....

so i made a few poms...my first one the tissue paper wasn't big enough...so the pom just looked like strips....it didn't even go up the top or bottom....

 the second one..i had WAAAY too many tissue paper...and by the time i got about 10 sheets in i could barely pull it out...

(but...don't go to skimpy on the sheets cause then it won't look full enough!!!!)

Here's a picture from martha:

thoughts that ran through my head while i made my pom:

i bet martha made her staff steam the tissue paper to get the wrinkles out.

i'm sure a ruler was involved in making those creases

I loved making fans in grade school

bull crap she cut the scallops with scissors..

I bet what is taking me 10 min takes martha a good hour...(thus her looks better than mine)

I could never work for martha.

i wonder if she would make me wear a button up shirt.