Home Decor Balls How-to

I always like those balls in the home decor aisles at the store, but have never been able to justify buying them, knowing they will be a) lost b) broken or c) both within 5 minutes of putting them on my coffee table. Here is a tutorial for making some of them yourself. Since they are so dang cheap to make I wouldn't feel quite so bad if they didn't last a long time.

image from That's So Cuegly

Here is another tutorial for some other styles of decorative balls. Need.to.make.some!!