It is hard to believe the holidays will be here in a couple of weeks. I am not even close to getting my shopping done yet, but have been trying to think of ways to create my own gifts and decorations this year. One of my favorite things about the Holidays is decorating the tree. For so many years I had a traditional tree and two years ago I actually ditched all the old ornaments that were breaking and falling apart and got some new ones. This year I thought it would be great to create some of my own ornaments.
This project is inexpensive and doesn't require a lot of time at all. I purchased some X-Large clear glass ornaments from Michaels at 50% off (they always seem to be on sale for the holidays) so four of them only cost me $1.39. I cut strips of paper from a couple of my favorite Rusty Pickle Collections (pirate princess, candy land and pop star), I also added some strands of ribbon. Once everything is cut, you crumble and curl each of the strands and place them inside the ornament. To complete it just add a ribbon so you can hang it from the tree. You can add glitter, charms and all sorts of things to customize it for your tree and keep in mind this would be a great project to do with your kids.


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57 comments:
WOW!!! How cool is that!! I love 'em!! I have some of those glass ornaments..from the old days when I painted on them....wink, I just gotta make some of these....Thanks Heidi..Love it!! Dawn
That is so cool! And both inexpensive and quick, that sure is a great bonus!
Thanks for the inspiration, and have a really nice weekend :)
I love the 2 colors you did
I would have never thought of using paper in the ornaments. The ornaments turned out cute.
thanks for the inspo, it's a great project to do with my kids!
These are really cute ornaments!
I have made ornaments silimar to these before---need to do it again
love the pink & grey one!!
oh this is a super idea and you could use your team colors to fill the globes. We used to make all of our decorations in the beginning, like when I was first married and didn't have a lot of money. It is good to get back to basics.
Great idea and they look gorgeous..I wish we had a Micheals here in Oz..
I love these ornaments! Pretty and colorful! Beautiful job!!
Kristi
loving all the ornaments I've been seeing!
What a great idea! I'm going to have to hop on over to Michaels!
What a brilliant idea! Love it :)
Hi Heidi, these baubles are simply divine, I would love to fill them with all sorts of wonderful treasure and a great way of using up all that spare paper too LOL. Wishing you a wonderful Chrissy and even better 2010, your Aussie friend, Tiff :):):):)
great ornies :D
Cute ornaments!!
What a great idea! I love how the ornaments come to life with the different colors! Thanks for the great idea! Mary
Great ornaments!
I'm loving how you can use scraps for these ornaments! Thanks for the inspiration!
Super cute idea!
Cute ornaments :) Have a Merry Christmas!!
Cute idea!
Lovely ornaments.
Hey...I just bought some of those too! Love your music :))
Cute ornaments & a geat way to use your scraps. Thanks for sharing! :)
Wow...these are so cool...great idea to use up some scraps and what a great new tradition to start...TFS
That's a great ornament for the tree or for gifts. TFS. Happy HOHOHOlidays!
Cute ornaments!
These are beautiful. The colors really pop out of the ornaments. Great job!
What fun are these. Love them Heidi. Let's scrap someday.
great job! mERRY CHRISTMAS!
So cute, Heidi! Love that these aren't the traditional holiday colors!
These are so cute!
Love your ornaments!!!
Love your ornaments Heidi!!! Great project to make with my 5yo, 6yo and 9yo :) Happy Saturday!!
Ornaments seem to be the theme of the weekend huh? Very nice!
I love making ornaments like these! fabulous!
Fun and cute ornaments! Great way to use scraps too!! Thanks for the fun blog hop!
Thanks for sharing your project!
these look great and another fab way of using up scraps of papers. (im always on the look out for ideas :) )
have a wonderful xmas
from vixen x
Am Loving all these cute ornaments, what great ideas you girls have...
TFS you blog...
Lovely ornaments!
Great Idea... easy way to do a color theme when you need a certain color for your tree!!! TFS
I always wondered how that was done. Thanks!
Smiles~
Marilyn
cute ornaments, I think I could even do them!
WOW>..those are totally awesome ornaments! Thanks for sharing those! Oh...and I scrolled down and your daughter is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Pretty ornaments. Quick and inexpensive.
Brillient idea Heidi, well done
love them!
Bing in a bottle, how cute.
awesome heidi...super cute:)
AWESOME girl! Love your creativity!
Miss ya HUGS!
Very sweet! And who doesn't love inexpensive!!! Thanks for the inspiration. :) Merry Christmas!
Great inspiration! Looks a project I could do easily.
I have a few of these ornaments in a box somewhere, I may dig the, out and try this.
I love those glass ornaments and am always looking for other ways to decorate them! Thanks for sharing!
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