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Kissa Design Handmade the original Polish paper stars on Etsy, based on a cherished family tradition! As seen in The Pioneer Woman Magazine Holiday 2023 issue, and more. Please note current production times and shipping speeds before purchasing. Kissa Design is celebrating 14 years of Christmas on Etsy this year! This holiday season is dedicated to my mom, who first taught me this craft when I was a child (rest in peace, Momma). Thank you for visiting www.kissadesign.etsy.com and for your tremendous support of my small business throughout the years. You help me put my heart into my handmade. ✸Kathleen. Kissa Design
Kissa Design Handmade Star Urchins™ are an exclusive brand of modern paper Christmas ornaments and home décor, based on a traditional form of Polish folk art decoration, called jeżyki, meaning "little hedgehog", and now also called Polish stars, for entertaining, Christmas tree and holiday decorating, gift giving and year-round decorative use. Each piece is independent-artisan handmade and signed by Kathleen in her Michigan, USA studio, and reflects, in a modern presentation, her family's heritage and many crafting traditions.
From the artist:
A heartfelt thank you for your interest in my craft! Star Urchins are my modern presentation of a cherished family holiday tradition that I first learned to make from my mother when I was a child. She learned to make them from a dear Polish friend as a teenager and, after recruiting a couple of her younger sisters into the production process, sold and gifted their creations to friends and family in the 1950s. This entrepreneurial spirit lives on in Kissa Design today.
Welcome to my vivid, one-of-a-kind collection of meticulously handmade three-dimensional paper ornaments, magnets, stemmed stars, wall urchins, tree toppers and more of my original creations, gallery-quality gifts for the holiday season and beyond.
I am proud to continue this traditional style of ornament making with a unique assortment materials, colors, forms and techniques, offering creations for everyday decorative use beyond the Christmas tree. Shop by ornament color by using my store's sections. Here you will see a variety of ornament and tree topper sizes, wall urchins, magnets, stemmed bouquets and more of my original ideas, transformed into modern creations based on this traditional Polish art form that has been a part of my family's crafting tradition for nearly seventy years! ✸Kathleen. Kissa Design
Kissa Design Star Urchins have been featured here:
✸The Pioneer Woman Magazine Holiday 2023 issue (page 38)
✸HGTV Magazine The Christmas Idea Book 2022 (Contents page and page 2)
✸HGTV Magazine (December 2019 issue, cover and page 14)
✸Southern Living Special Collector's Edition 2019: Christmas at Home (Blue Christmas)
✸BuzzFeed.com (28 Gifts For People Who Love Words)
✸Coastal Living magazine (December 2016 issue)
✸CoastalLiving.com (9 Dazzling Tree Toppers with Serious Wow-Factor)
✸Food52.com
✸Fox 2 Detroit (one of my magnets was on TV!)
✸Country Living Christmas Joys (Hearst Books, "Deck Your Halls: Trees, Garlands, Wreaths & Mantels" section, page 41)
✸The Wall Street Journal (The 14 Best Modern Christmas Ornaments, Vol. CCLXII No. 141)
✸Book Riot (7 Literary Hostess Gifts for the Holidays)
✸BUST Magazine (December/January 2014 issue, Good Stuff for the holiday season)
✸Better Homes and Gardens Magazine (December 2013 issue, one of the 10 things to love about Christmas in the holiday decorating section)
✸BHG Christmas Ideas Magazine (2014)
✸HGTV's blog, Design Happens (Color of the Month: Copper; December 2013)
✸Design*Sponge (gold, silver, copper ornament roundup 2013)
✸Cool Mom Picks (Loveliest Handmade Ornaments, Holiday Gift Guide 2013)
✸Outblush (top tree topper picks, 2013)
✸Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Crafts Magazine (2012 issue)
✸Country Living Magazine (December/January 2012 issue)
✸Apartment Therapy ( http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/put-a-star-on-it-christmas-tree-toppers-180900 )
✸Re-Nest (10 Holiday Ornaments To Keep Up After the Holidays)
✸The Storque, Etsy's handmade blog
✸The HGTV online marketplace
✸Time Out New York
And more, including dozens of amazing blogs and Etsy treasuries!
See more about what inspires me, as well as a growing retrospective of my work, on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kissadesign
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julie on Mar 10, 2024
5 out of 5 starsExcellent packaging which is super important for a delicate item. Super gorg!
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Beth on Jan 29, 2024
5 out of 5 starsCan't wait to use my tree topper next Christmas. Beautiful item. I am tempted to buy another in a different color!
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Michael on Dec 29, 2023
5 out of 5 starsThe craftsmanship is stunning. Everyone is wondering how it was done!
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natalinha on Dec 17, 2023
5 out of 5 starsThis star is MAGICAL!! There is no describing how beautiful it really is. It is will be without a doubt a family heirloom!
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Louise on Dec 12, 2023
5 out of 5 starsThe quality of the stars were incredible. The stars look exactly as pictured. These stars more than met my expectations. If you want a star tree top, then I would recommend these stars.
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Louise on Dec 11, 2023
5 out of 5 starsIncredibly beautiful stars. Just like an old German one we have had for 50 years.
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About kissadesign
Hundreds of Thousands of Points: About Kissa Design and her "Star Urchins," from the Artist
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Kathleen
Owner, Maker, Designer, Artisan
✸This shop is the result of my experimentation with a cherished family tradition, handmade Polish folk art paper ornaments called jeżyki, or little hedgehogs, due to their spiky form. This is also the place to find some fabulous vintage goodies!✸
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