House Beautiful meets cutter and stapler

It was almost bedtime for the little guys when I suddenly felt it - the undeniable allure of a new project!  I held off long enough to tuck them in, just barely. It only took me a few moments to gather my supplies and literally less than 10 minutes to make the first one - the second one took more like 5 minutes! 

I used the tutorial linked below to make these.  They're super simple, adorable, infinitely changeable (different colors, textures, widths, etc...) and free, if you've got a couple of basic tools on  hand.

I used a paper cutter to make cutting the strips easier, though you could use scissors if you're patient and good at cutting straight lines, but it'll take much longer.  A few staples to hold the twists together and then double sided photo squares, like the kind for scrapbooking, to put the twists together and you're done!

I think these are so cute and simple and they're a great way to use up old magazine or catalog pages!  I happened to have an old issue of House Beautiful laying around that fit the bill perfectly!  The only thing to consider, really, is that smaller pages will make smaller bows.

http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2009/10/make-gift-bow-from-magazine-page.html

There's the link for the tutorial - I'd love to see pictures of any bows you make!

EDIT:
9/29/10 - I did several more of these yesterday, trying some other widths and materials.  When I used 1 inch wide strips, the bow felt a little fuller, but I had to use a piece from another page for the center, because I didn't have enough width to make 9 strips.
I also tried with scrapbook paper (not card stock) and it worked out beautifully, except that the paper is slightly heavier and the double sided tape squares weren't quite sticky enough to hold it together - it kept wanting to pop apart.  Next time I'll try using glue dots or another strong adhesive.