These snowflake ornaments are fun to give as gifts, or hang on your Christmas tree, ceiling or windows for the holidays.  You can make them all year long though, and since the holidays usually get too busy for arts and crafts, it's not a bad rainy day summer project.

This page shows the first paper filigree snowflake ornaments I quilled.  Hopefully they'll give you some ideas if you plant to make some of your own.

Part way through the flakes on this page I felt as though I was running out of ideas.  Then I figured out that looping the paper added oceans of new possibilities. I'm looking forward to getting the same out of new stuff to try feeling, and wondering what I'll come up with next. I never thought a simple six pointed shape could yield so many variations; they do say that no two snowflakes are alike though...

After I made these snowflakes, I switched over to acid free paper and glue, added more shades of paper including silver and off white, and figured out some more interesting paper looping techniques. Have a look at them on this quilling page.

Then, if you want to give quilling a try, this might help: How to quill paper snowflakes page.