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I came across these lovely little things on the wedding section of the Martha Stewart website tonight. After reading through the instructions, I realized that it would be a pretty quick project- just grab some white tissue paper from under my art desk, and grab some 24-gauge wire, which just I happen to have handy. Craft nerd!

In less than 5 minutes, I had a rudimentary 10-inch white pom-pom created. It wasn't perfect, but I felt proud nonetheless and hung it from the ceiling fan cord dangling above our bed so I could snap some pictures of my handiwork. With school over these past few months, moments of creative completion have been far too few!

Koda stood on the bed, peering at the pom-pom with a huge smile on his face. I asked him to stay in my nicest voice, because I wanted to get the perfect photo of my first attempt at handmade wedding decor. I grabbed my camera from the living room, sprinted back into the bedroom, and snapped this photo of Koda peering up at my creation.

After two failed attempts which left him with tissue paper scraps flying about, he finally managed pulled the Martha Stewart tissue paper pom-pom down from the ceiling fan and promptly ran by me and into the living room.

About 20 seconds later, the ball of tissue paper had been shredded into a hundred pieces. Luckily, we gather amusement from the amusement he gets from such endeavors. And I have at least 360 more days to practice making tissue paper balls.