If you are looking for a great way to personalize your Christmas this year you may want to consider making your own ornaments. While there are numerous ideas on countless websites and in magazines and books if you are looking …[Continue]
handmade Christmas ornaments
Beveled Glass Snowflake Ornaments
You can put the Jack Frost icing on your holiday decor with beveled-glass diamonds with metal-leafing and stickers. To make this ornament you apply metal leafing to create a burnished golden outline, surrounding a shimmering golden snowflake. What you will …[Continue]
Winter Wool Snowflake Ornament
This delightful snowflake ornament is easy to make and fun to have hanging on your Christmas tree. What you will need: •Tracing paper •Heavy-weight fusible webbing •Iron •Medium-weight white wool •Scissors •White paint pen (available at crafts stores) •1-inch crystal …[Continue]
Snowflake Ornament
Whether you live where its snowy at Christmas time or you are simply wishing for a white Christmas these ornaments will let you have a snowflake bedecked Christmas tree. You can make a few to highlight your tree or really …[Continue]
Sparkly Framed Christmas
This is different way to make an ornament frame to show off pictures of your nearest and dearest or holiday celebrations of yesteryear. What you will need: •Blank paper-mache ornaments (available at a local craft store)•Craft paints (the best ones …[Continue]
Clay Photo Frames
If you are like most people you take a ton of holiday photos. But the big question is-what do you do with all those photos once the holidays are over? Scrapbooks are great but how about turning some of those …[Continue]
Tinsel Stars
These shiny stars look expensive but are easy to make. What you will need: •Lametta (a bendable wire that holds it shape)•Glass beads•Hot-glue gun•Needle-nosed pliers•Scissors•28-gauge nickel wire Instructions for the project: Bend the Lametta seven times at 1 1/2-inch intervals. …[Continue]
Frosted Pear Ornaments
You can create a pear tree any partridge would be proud to perch upon. Keep in mind that a wide variety of artificial fruit is available at crafts stores. It works best to choose fruit that has a solid foam …[Continue]
Jute Twist
Crafting handmade Christmas ornaments can be great family fun or an exciting activity for friends of all ages to enjoy. By making your own ornaments you can truly personalize the season that many feel has become too commercialized. In addition …[Continue]
Handmade Victorian Christmas
While most people love the traditional look of red and green adorning their Christmas tree perhaps your taste run more toward the Victorian look. Do you love the romance, colors and lace that adorn Victorian Christmas ornaments? Even if you …[Continue]
