Home Interior: How To Make Your Own Christmas Ornaments (Part 3)

I late made my ain crystal ornaments to seat all over the tree. And I fifty-fifty gave a few away equally gifts. I used some uncomplicated supplies from the dollar store, as well as the entire procedure was slowly as well as fun!

So, today I'm sharing a brusk as well as sweetness tutorial most how to brand these niggling fellas!

The best affair most these ornaments is how slowly they were to make.

I went to my local Dollar Tree as well as institute giant crystal vase filler. It had never occurred to me before to purpose these until before inward the year. I had bought some crystal vase filler from Target for but about $10 a few months agone as well as I noticed that all of the crystals had niggling holes inward them similar beads.

So, needless to say, the lightbulb went off when I institute these packages of vase filler (with the holes) at the Dollar Tree for $1 per bag. There were tons of unlike colors, too.

I chose uncomplicated clear 'crystals'. They're but plastic, but they hold back real. (I fifty-fifty had a few left over REAL crystal droplets left over from a chandelier install. I used the existent crystals intermittently throughout some of the ornaments, as well as they hold back almost identical to the plastic ones.)

I also needed smaller crystal clear beads, a few pearls, as well as some sparse jewelry wire.

I attached swirly metallic hooks to the tops of the ornaments.

I ended upwards making a bunch of unlike ornaments.

So, here's how you lot brand these.

Cut a 12'' slice of jewelry wire. (Or decide how long you lot wishing your ornament to live as well as multiply past times 2. For example: for a iii inch long ornament, cutting a half dozen inch slice of wire.)

Pick a large bead amongst the hole on the top. Thread the wire through the hole, pulling it fifty-fifty on both sides. Then, add together a few small-scale beads to each side of the wire.

Once you lot experience you lot convey plenty small-scale beads, twist the wire together a few times, securing those beads inward place.

Continue that procedure a few times.

When your ornament is at the desired length, bend ane side of the wire downwards into a hoop.

Wrap the other side of the wire but about the hoop until it's used up. Leave a small-scale department of the hoop exposed for the ornament claw to instruct through.