Pinwheels

 Pinwheels are quite popular right now and with good reason.  They capitalize on two sided coordinated papers, they can move and they are happy.  Pinwheels can be feminine, but with a little thought can be completely gender neutral, or even be made for boys specifically.  Spring might be the traditional time for pinwheels, but with a little imagination the readily available templates can be adapted for a variety of themes.  The fall leaves pinwheel is one such example.  Imagine three of these in a fall centrepiece at Thanksgiving.

 Because the standard pinwheel is simply a square cut in at the corners and folded in, they can be made quite small.  They then make fun accents on cards or scrapbook pages.  You can be literal with them accenting a day at the fair, or pictures with pinwheels.  You can also use them as generic embellishments similar to flowers.  The card uses a Stampotique stamp and 6x6 paper from Sei.  This paper is only one sided, so I used Distress ink and a template to create a coordinating colour on the back.

This layout with its soft background papers by Prima (Ledger paper pack), Glitz, and Graphic 45 were perfect to set off the fun bright colours of the pinwheels.  The fact that the glitter dot paper matches the little pink polka dotted bathing suit was just too perfect.

Give pinwheels a try.

Templates:
Basic Square Pinwheel
Classic Pinwheel Pattern