Holiday card paper ornaments {easy DIY ornaments} Amy of Maker Mama whipped up another awesome up-cycled craft for us this month… easy DIY ornaments!
(Remember her needle and thread Halloween costume out of lampshades and cookie tin garland?) These sweet little ornaments can be made with any kind of patterned paper. Although, I love that she used vintage cards! I found the cutest set of vintage Christmas cards years ago, but they’ve been hidden away because I didn’t want to use them up! I’ve done this with more thrift store finds than I’d like to admit, but pretty vintage items are so hard to resist. The main tool you need is a circle punch . Fold all the circles in half and then glue the back pieces together alternating the white and colored circles (I think they kind of look like peppermints that way, don’t you?). Make sure and add your string before gluing the final pieces and then tie off and trim the bottom. How easy was that?
Mini conifer wreath. While visiting a friend recently, I handpicked some conifer branches from the trees growing around her estate.
I thought how cute they will be as little wreaths. Here’s a quick look at how quickly each wreath was made: My wreath is secured with tape (I used floral tape) before tying a bright red bow. DIY vintage inspired baubles. Last week I showed you the vintage Christmas tree decorations that I bought from Sunbury antiques market and on Sunday I showed you the gorgeous vintage Christmas tree decorations from Citrus and Orange and Loretoidas.
Inspired by all these vintage baubles I decided to paint cheap plastic silver baubles with nail polish and dust them in vintage glitter to match my Vintage Christmas theme. I love how the polish gives them a worn look but still gives them a little shimmer and is a great way to use up old nail polish! I was also lucky enough to find some old metal glitter in my craft boxes which adds to their vintage look. If you can't find metal glitter try using a course glitter instead. Here's how... DIY vintage inspired baubles Tools and Materials Plastic silver baublesNail polishPVA glueCourse silver glitterSmall paint brush. Project Zakka: Instacubes. From Martha Stewart to the fun critters at Photojojo, photo cubes are a prolific project with lots of tried and tested approaches.
But just because someone else has done it before, doesn’t mean that I can’t put my own spin on it – introducing my Instacubes for my Zakka this week! Admittedly, you could take the easy way out and just print your photos onto a cube template then stick it together. But that would be a bit unsatisfying… you know I get a kick from gluing, cutting and sticking! I used string to create hanging cubes but of course, you can stack them if you wish. With less than five steps and my easy to use template for this project (6cm Cube Template) – hope you enjoy making them! What you need: 3 x cube template sheets - this will measure 6cm x 6cm (2¼” x 2¼”) when printed on A4 sized paper9 x square photo 5cm x 5cm (2” x 2”) printouts – Tip: Instagram photos work perfectly for this! Instructions: Like this: Like Loading... Candy Cane Marbled Monogram Ornaments. I recently saw a marbleized nail technique on Pinterest and was so inspired to try it.
After several attempts I finally got the nail technique down and decided to do something more unique with it. Taking the glass ornaments that I purchased from Michaels, I created a water marble ornament. You can check out my video tutorials on how to marbleize an ornament and how to water marble nails. I also created a monogrammed marbleized image by cutting out the letter A from a sticker (you could user painters tape, I just had this sticker on hand) with an Exacto knife. I used the negative part of the sticker (negative part meaning outline) and stuck it onto the ornament. Check out my latest post on making a heart shaped marble pattern: Ornament Video Tutorial Water Marble Nail Video Tutorial. Christmas cube / Adorno navideño. A simple and fast idea to decorate the Christmas tree, making cubes with wood sticks and painting them in gold.
Una idea sencilla y rápida para decorar el árbol de Navidad, haciendo cubos con palillos de madera y pintar los color oro. I like the geometric shape, it gives a modern touch to Christmas.Me gusta la forma geométrica, le da un toque moderno a la Navidad. Did you already started to put the Christmas decorations? ¿Han empezado a poner los adornos de Navidad? How to Make Christmas Tree from Poplar Twigs. How to Make Christmas Tree from Poplar Twigs How to Make Twig Christmas Tree Craftuts Maine Coon Helper Twig Christmas Tree DIY Difficulty Level:
