DIY Christmas Ornaments Ideas

As I mentioned yesterday when I revealed this year's Christmas tree, I decorated the entire affair for $15. Most of the ornaments I either made myself or works life piece thrifting, as well as although it took unopen to extra effort, it's a nifty feeling to know I saved coin and created a beautiful tree for us to savour all flavour long. So, every bit promised, today I'll portion how I made all of my dissimilar ornaments. 

Christmas is my absolute favorite fourth dimension of year, as well as I can't assistance but move inspired to decorate our house. However, since existence thrifty is e'er forefront inwards my mind, I decided to relieve coin this yr past times creating or thrifting most of the decorations myself. 

I decided my tree subject for this yr would move lots of metallic element ornaments mixed inwards alongside unopen to natural elements. I also used unopen to of the white ribbon (found during the same thrift store trip as when I works life my tree) to air current throughout the entire tree. 
And I tied a bow on the top. And I'm sticking past times my decision. :)

All inwards all, I ended upwardly alongside virtually 200 things inwards my tree. Here are a few of my favorite creations.

All of the inwards a higher identify ornaments were ones that I works life at the thrift shop as well as updated. Here's what they looked similar before:



I used unopen to basic arts and crafts supplies, as well as completely transformed those ol' thrift shop ornaments into something a piffling to a greater extent than sparkly.



I used silvery Rub n Buff (affiliate link) to plough the golden ornaments into looking similar mercury glass. All y'all accept exercise do is role exactly a tiny piffling flake as well as rub it on the ornament. That 1 piffling subway scheme of rub n buff goes a long way. I in all probability used 10% of it on fifty ornaments.



I pose tons of the silvery ornaments inwards my tree, as well as I beloved the agency they look.

I also added jumbo sequins to a few of the silvery ornaments, as well as made them into mini disco balls, exactly past times using unopen to hotglue.

After making my piffling disco balls, I moved on to an one-time box of colorful ornaments I had from concluding year's tree that I wanted to brand into glossy white ornaments.

To teach a nifty shiny finish, exactly role the exceed one-half of the ornament box as well as gear upwardly the ornaments upright. I spray painted my ornaments alongside this white spray pigment (affiliate link) as well as exactly turned them later they were dry out to coat all sides.

They turned out super shiny as well as awesome, as well as were a nifty add-on to the tree. 

And yes, a leafage volition ruin atleast 1 of your ornaments. The universe demands it.

I also totally sassed upwardly my thrift shop pinecones...

...by standing inwards my kitchen for hours shaking pinecones inwards a box amount of glitter. 

There also appears to move a giant light-green ribbon inwards the mix. I don't know. Too much crafting, besides piffling time.

Anyways, later tons of glue, glitter, sequins, as well as unopen to spray varnish to concur it all together, they await nifty inwards the tree!

I also exactly dipped a few pinecones inwards silvery pigment as well as glued a pearl to the terminate (as y'all tin dismiss meet inwards the corner of the below pic). In retrospect, I much prefer that method over the glitter. 




Along alongside the rub n buffed, disco balls, spray painted, as well as glittery pinecones, I also made unopen to ornaments out of drinking glass beads I works life at the dollar shop (just glued together over unopen to ribbon) as well as unopen to mirrored ornaments (using minor mirrors I works life at the arts and crafts store). Basically, I've realized that y'all tin dismiss hotglue all sorts of stuff, attach it to a claw or unopen to line-fishing line, as well as VOILA. ORNAMENT. 

And that, my friends is exactly a minor division of the handmade ornaments that ended upwardly on this year's tree!

Thanks as well as then much for stopping past times today!

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How To Make An Ugly Christmas Sweater Dress

This weekend, I went to Nashville in addition to dressed upwards similar a giant Christmas explosion amongst my husband, brother, cousin, in addition to 25 of her closest friends.

My cousin (Whitney, below left) graduated police schoolhouse this by week. Whitney is the closest matter I bring to a sister, in addition to I've never been in addition to hence proud of someone. So of course of report nosotros had to celebrate, and what amend means to celebrate than with an ugly Christmas sweater party?

My cousin wore a sweater she has had since she was 6.

And since I didn't bring whatever sweaters from yr 6, I decided to brand an ugly Christmas dress.

So, I got out the hotglue in addition to turned my favorite LBD into a totally tacky disaster.

The bows came from a thrift store, the ribbon in addition to tinsel came from the Dollar Tree, in addition to my trivial dark wearing clothing was merely a $15 stretchy matter from Target.

So, don't live sad.

I too decided to attach giant bells to it, which was a full lapse inward judgement, every bit most halfway through the party, I was searching for pair of scissors to cutting the bells OFF.

I ended upwards using a steak knife.

Which I would similar to intend made the political party all the to a greater extent than memorable.

 I too got roughly earrings from 2 ornaments that I flora at the dollar store. Another terrible lapse inward judgement, every bit they were six inches long in addition to real heavy, but still...a full conversation slice for the 10 minutes I sported them. 

All inward all, a full blast, in addition to my wearing clothing survived the night. 

Hot mucilage is magical.

And of course, the existent star of the dark  was Jesse's teddy behavior vest. 

Women's size large. 

I couldn't honey him to a greater extent than if I tried.

That's all for today, ya'll!

Thanks for beingness here.

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How To Make H5N1 Christmas Ornament Wreath

I'm thus excited to present ya'll my latest project. It may endure my favorite yet. 

After seeing how expensive ornament wreaths were inward retail stores (often $100+!), I decided I would brand my own. And I'm thus glad I did, because it ended upward beingness pretty uncomplicated in addition to solely damage me $10 total!
Can I larn an amen.

Plus, I went to celebrate my sugariness cousin's graduation from constabulary schoolhouse concluding weekend and field I was there, I saw this petty incredible creation hanging on her forepart door. And thus I constitute out she had made hers, too. 

So, afterwards that, at that topographic point was genuinely no turning back. I had to direct maintain one. I decided to brand mine using all sorts of gilded in addition to silvery ornaments. 

You know I dearest mixing metallics (as evidenced here in addition to here).

I hung it on the mirror inward our nous chamber (since this was earlier I had Jesse ready me the $20 mantel). 

You tin run into to a greater extent than most the bedroom here. 

It took me an entire post to explicate it.

So, let's larn to the tutorial.

First things first, you're going to necessitate a lot of ornaments. I used to a greater extent than than a hundred on my wreath. I went to the dollar shop in addition to got vi tubes of ornaments (which gave me most 75 ornaments inward varying colors) in addition to 1 modest wooden wreath. I also had most 50 ornaments left over from this crazy adventure that I spray painted silvery in addition to white, thus I used those, too.

The fox is to run several dissimilar sizes/colors of ornaments within your color scheme. Make certain you lot direct maintain big, medium, in addition to modest ornaments.

Before you lot start you'll necessitate to withdraw all of the metallic element tops off of the ornaments. 

 Then start past times glue-ing ornaments around the within of the wreath, facing up.

Then exercise the same affair on the outer border of the wreath, soundless amongst the ornaments facing up.

Let the mucilage dry out for a minute, thus flip it over. It should await something similar this.

Now, it's fourth dimension to embrace the wreath inward ornaments. 

Just start glueing. 

I literally messed upward in addition to made it await weird most 10 times. Just pare the ornament dorsum off, scrape off the glue, in addition to travail again. 

Start amongst the large ornaments first, thus mucilage the medium ornaments on, thus fill upward inward all the gaps amongst the modest ornaments. 

You'll soundless direct maintain a few gaps when all is said in addition to done, but you lot won't notice when it's hung. I also debated on whether I wanted the glittery ornaments. In the end, I genuinely added extra. And thus went fifty-fifty further in addition to added petty disco balls, too. I also decided that I didn't similar the white ornaments on it. So, rather than accept them off, I simply used silvery Rub n Buff (affiliate link) which creates a silvery leafage effect. 

All inward all, I absolutely dearest the means it turned out. 

The beauty of this projection is that you lot tin brand this wreath yet you lot want. (Check out all of the dissimilar versions readers submitted here. They're awesome.)

 After all of the ornaments were glued on, I attached a uncomplicated metallic element wreath hanger in addition to tied a large bow at the top.

And that's all at that topographic point was to it!

Thanks thus much for stopping past times today! I'm thus glad you're here!

(Pssst! To run into the Christmas ornament wreath I made this year, click here and plus, you lot gotta run into this.)

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 And don't forget to pivot this post thus you lot tin uncovering it when you lot necessitate it!

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