As I’ve said, I’m not crafty. My coworkers, though? They’re so gifted they turn out what you see above in the space of a lunch hour. I was so dazzled by these goings-on that I asked them to share their sources.

Beautiful paper snowflake: This one comes from Cut Out and Keep, where a gallery of reader images proves that this project is not just beautiful, but very do-able. Coworker 1 came over to my desk with a big, beautiful snowflake (in yellow it’s more like a giant star) that she had just made. Her time-saving tip is to use invisible tape instead of glue — you don’t really see it and that’s doubly true if you’ll be hanging these from the ceiling.

Kusudama: Coworker 2 found her inspiration at Folding Trees, where a two-part tutorial on Kusudama shares an easy way to make paper flowers that you then glue together into ball-shaped ornaments. She was putting these together at her desk, and I have to say that the flowers look amazing on their own as well, particularly in white. This would be a really cute spin on wedding flowers too, I think.

Readers, if you have more impressive paper crafts, please share in comments! — Mary T.