Washi Feathers

I saw this idea today while looking for things to do with washi tape - it's a very easy quick craft and turned out so cute. What a fun gift topper or decoration!

All you need is a piece of thin wire about 7" long and some washi tape. Lay out a strip of tape (I just randomly tore pieces off approx 7" long) adhesive side up and put the wire down the center, then top with another piece of tape. I added a row of tape on either side of the wired middle one (make sure you also put tape on the reverse side so the adhesive is all covered). Cut this rectangle into a feather shape, then make little thin slits up and down both sides.

supplies are wire, washi tape, and scissors

put the wire on top of the sticky side of tape then put another
piece sticky side down on top of it

I put another row of (double sided) tape on
either side of the wired middle piece. Trim into
a feather shape - being careful not to cut your
knuckle like I did! You'd think I'd know better...

 make slits up and down both sides

I really liked the zig zap feather until I made the gold
one - I LOVE the gold one! This is 3 rows of tape for the
top side, turn the whole thing over and repeat for the
under side. 

If you don't already have washi tape on
hand you can find it lots of places, I got a bunch of it at the dollar store.

Click here to see where I found this project.

Washi Tape Lamp Shade

I have recently noticed that if something stands still long enough in my house it will get decorated...this time the lamp shades in my bedroom caught my attention and I decided to jazz them up with some leftover washi tape I have from making Christmas cards. You can find washi tape lots of places now - not just at the craft store. It's sort of like the duct tape phenomenon, all of the sudden there are tons of patterns and it's everywhere.

The lamp shades I prettied up are large white drum shades, I simply used two different patterns and sizes and taped them around the bottom edge of the shade.

Put the washi tape anywhere on the shade you'd like - whatever looks good to you. Maybe next time I'll try making a pattern, plaid or overlapping stripes would look cool. The tape is repositionable and easy to remove, won't hurt the shade at all and it's not much of a commitment - when you're tired of it or what to change it, it just peels right off.  Well, I should clarify that I've only done this to my shades and it doesn't harm them at all - maybe test yours out on the backside just to make sure it works on yours!