lizzybennet | (no subject)

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Has anyone made/run across any super cute homemade ornaments this year?

yes... mine!! I take glass ball ornaments and I find sparkly tissue paper, tear it into pieces, and glue them on with watered-down glue. They are soooo pretty! The kids can make them, too.

I remember making reindeer out of candy canes when i was younger. I can't remember how to do it so i looked it up.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2363405_make-candy-cane-reindeer-ornaments.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art

while i was at that site there was a link to make angels out of tp rolls. I thought that was pretty neat so here's a link for that too.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2352561_make-toilet-paper-tube-angel.html

I hope this gives you some ideas.

Good question. Although I don't think Mike would be at all favorable. I went through this thing a few years ago when I would attempt these Martha Stewart oranament making projects. Total fail. Oh they were just awful *lol*!! I think if he knew that I was trying to make some more ornaments he'd run screaming from the house...

wait...I do have a project involving starfish and glitter. I'll let you know how it turns out.

we saved the metal tops of frozen juice cans. taped a small pic on it and then used a hammer and nail and pounded holes around the outline of the pic. like a tree or dove etc. and there you have round tin-punched ornaments. if you get a really thick nail you punch a hole at the top and run ribbon through it or you hot glue ribbon to the back as a hanger.

Ohh, I like this idea. It sounds pretty and easy which is perfect! I'm hoping for something the boys can make as gifts for the grandparents.

I can just see Petey's reaciton: You expect me to decorate a dead sea creature!? It reminds me of the spongebob movie, where they travel to a tourist shack filled with dead sea creatures (like porcupine fish) that have google eyes glued on or have been made into lamps.

That sounds easy and pretty!!

*lol* Well, it's not quite like that *lol*. Just don't tell Petey. Or maybe I should make one with googly eyes and send it to you so you can give it to Petey?

I have these two really pretty white long legged starfish. I want to brush this fine powder over them. I have to find the powder - it was something I had used back when I tried my hand at stamping. The powders were so pretty - all shiney and colorful. I wanted to do a blue starfish and a red starfish.

Is it the same sort of powder they use for embossing? That's what your description makes me think of. Beautiful stuff!

I thought it was when I bought it, but it's not for embossing. You still use a clear stamp pad and then put the powder on the ink. You just don't heat it up for embossing look. It is pretty.

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