So I'm a geek. I had to know the origin of the creepy photo. And I found it, via our friend, Snopes: link that explains the creepy photo (the creepy photo is included, so don't say I didn't warn you!)

Paper Bows - take two

Apparently I'm a techno-dork, as the link didn't work in my previous post.

Rather than fixing it there, and trying to hide my incompetence, I thought I'd up my post count and give you the link in a new post :p

Paper Bows - the link!

I also forgot to mention - I used staples to hold the "petals" together, rather than brads.

If you don't have double-sided patterned paper, you can glue two single-sided papers together.

For my next bow, I'm going to try stamping plain paper, rather than using patterned. And maybe some glitter. Yeah, you can never go wrong with glitter! Bwah-ha-ha! (that's my version of a maniacal laugh - if you know me, you'll know it's pretty sad).

ps. Don't use Google to search for an image representing maniacal. It's kinda creepy. By the way, this is what you get when you search for an image representing creepy. Don't click this link if you've got a weak stomach (it's not gory, just um...well...creepy).