I can remember making ornaments as a child.
Gluing pieces of colored construction paper together.
Carefully using my Elmer’s glue to create lines where I could dump the plethora of shiny glitter onto it.
It was a proud moment in my little life.
Wow. Believe it or not, I actually have a little pink garbage can with mod-podged Christmas cards that I made when I was five that I should find and take a photo of (and then throw away ;) ). The seventies didn’t have much–we were simple crafters . . . especially at such a young age.
And while our sophistication and ideas galore have changed, some of the basics remain the same . . . it’s just even better!
Take a look at these very merry + bright ornaments that Robyn Werlich made!
Okay, if I had young kids I wanted to craft with, or was a newlywed, or wanted to make a crafty tree, or wanted to give special handmade ornaments out in my Christmas card or give to my children’s teachers. . . this would be the ticket!
What a fabulous set of ornaments!
Here’s what Robyn has to say . . . sounds like such a fun idea!
My friend found this really cute spiral metal tree from Ikea that we both have purchased and are making ornaments for this year. It has been so much fun to finally dig into my Christmas stash of supplies and create!
One thing I really love is typography…and the first thing I thought of…was the awesome typography in Kerri’s Kits. So, I picked some designs – HOHOHO, the Christmas tree saying, and the snowflake. I then cut each design three times with white paper and glued them on top of eachother to make a thicker embellishment.
I brushed a coat of Mod Podge on top of each and sprinkled a coat of silver glitter on top. I actually repeated this process twice to get a thick, good coat of glitter. I embellished some and hung them all with ribbon on the tree. I can’t wait to see the tree all put together with all the ornaments! I love this splash of glitter and fun typography all together – the perfect Christmas combo!
eta: must see what nichol has up today for the studioAE blog hop!
OK – your blog is going to be the reason I fork out a small fortune to buy the SCAL program for my Cricut….I am LOVING these ornaments and I DO have a little guy who would LOVE to make them with me and what great gifts they would make!! :)
THANK YOU!
You’re so cute Krystyn! One thing to consider…if you’re buying an older version of SCAL from someone and it’s costing you more than usual, you might want to consider buying a Silhouette. The price difference just may be worth it…not to mention the totally flexibility with your own fonts and free files out there. It would even offset the cost of a cartridge or two. And you wouldn’t regret having the machine either.
It’s just a thought. :)
I just bought the metal tree from IKEA. It will be great to see her finished product so i can “tree lift” since i have no originality at all. I agree on the SCAL because i don’t think you can buy it anymore. The new version 3 available does not work with Cricut at all. Can’t wait to try these for myself. Christmas is my favorite holiday. Thanks for helping!
Kerry – thanks for that info…actually yesterday I decided to go ahead and buy the Silhouette Cameo…I work @ a school and the teachers have been in “awe” of my bulletin boards (made w/Cricut) so my principal has agreed to buy my machine & cartridges from me (yay!) and then I can get the Silhouette. Woohoo!!! Now to find where they are selling them…
Wow! The stars sure aligned for you! You won’t regret having a Silhouette!
Woohoo is right! :)