A Home for Christmas

My scrappy friend Diana and her husband purchased their first house a couple months ago. In honor of her first Christmas in her new home, I made a little ornament for her tree. I started with a chipboard house shape, then covered it in patterned paper. Then I got busy decorating. I made shingles for the roof by cutting old sheet music with a border punch, then inking the edges.

I added a border of Liquid Pearls and a door that opens to reveal a vintage Christmas tree seal. A bleached and glittered tiny bottle brush tree and some pearlized holly leaves decorate the front. I added a shiny Merry Christmas sign and draped it with tinsel. To top it off, I added a heart of smoke from the chimney.

Pillow Ornaments

I found some great vintage images online and wanted to use them for ornaments.

After printing the images on printable fabric, I cut out each image and embellished it with beads, sequins, buttons, tatting, charms...

Then I backed the fabric images with felt, added a seam binding hanger, stuffed, and closed.

I added an old rhinestone bead to this one and red beads to the holly berries.

This one turned out to be a favorite, but it was a lot of work. I added gold seed beads to the halo, lace trim to the top and bottom, and a rosary charm and old millinery.

I'm planning to use a few as gifts, but may need to make more so I don't miss them :)

Ornament Swap

I participated in Cassandra's An Artful Adventure ornament swap. I made three different ornaments for each of my three partners. I was in the creams/whites group.Here are the ornaments I made.

A tinsel and glitter bird nest.

I even gave him a little "chandelier" of crystals and fancy sequins.

Sparkly snowflake medallions.

 

And white tussie mussies.

I lined the inside of the cone with a vintage doily and added white pearl berries and glittery leaves.

My partners were Linda from Sew Sweet, who made the most stunning fabric stars with precious bead detailing.

JoAnne from Vintage Dragonfly made a trio of beautifully unique Victorian ornaments.

And Mercedes from All Things Pretty made a gorgeous set of sparkling and sweet ornaments.

All are stunning and have a special place on the tree. Please check out their blogs to see the pretties they created.

Crafty Christmas

This past weekend, I took a Christmas ornament class from the beyond talented Lisa Pace. In two hours, I completed the three ornaments. I can't wait to get my tree up (next week) and get these on it.

This ornament was the messiest - we painted an old jello mold with cranberry alcohol ink. My fingers were dark red all weekend.

I signed up for the class just to make this angel ornament. Lisa found two dozen vintage angel candle holders that we embellished and turned into ornaments.

This ornament was even prettier in person. All the glitter is really going to sparkle in the tree lights.

I've been busy with more Christmas projects! I'm anxious to start decorating. Patience.

Let It Snow (again)

I made another ornament using some old supplies I had laying around. I started with a snowflake ornament that I probably purchased at the dollar store. I painted on some Martha Stewart glitter paint to give it some sparkle.

Then I added an old light reflector and paper rosette to the middle.

I printed these cute Christmas images onto fabric and added one to the center of the star. Then I added a chandelier crystal to the bottom.

 

Holiday Magic

As soon as I put my Halloween craft supplies away, I started making Christmas decorations. I found a large Maya Road bottle cap in my stash, and decided it was perfect for an ornament. I traced and cut out the background paper from a sheet of Bo Bunny paper. After adhering it to the inside of the bottle cap, I added mica flakes and a border of gold Stickles.

Then I added the Webster's Pages trim around the perimeter. The Santa is cut from a piece of Graphic 45 paper. I added a bleached bottle brush tree and then embellished it with mica flakes, Stickles, pearls, rhinestones, and an old mercury glass bead at the top.



I added some snow for the deer to stand in and a chandelier drop and rhinestone bead to the bottom.