Christmas Ornaments

So this year for Christmas, I made ornaments for myself, and for friends and family. Took me awhile to not only track down supplies but to get everything done!

My Christmas tree looked absolutely beautiful, even though you cannot see each fine detail in this pic - there is a small snowflake midway up on the left that stands out, and I MADE IT!

I got mini cookie cutters and applied white craft glue on them, and with red or silver glitter in a huge ziploc bag i shook them right up! then with a hot glue gun i did an attempt of a bow. this was not my husband's favorite due to the amount of glitter!

Another glitter project was the pinecones that I got from my parents yard. I applied white craft glue with a foam brush and then sprinkled the glitter on. 

I got a wacky idea to paint my own bulbs. This one i called "marbel" others refer to as tye die. Some bulbs I painted were a single color with embellishments. The paint was slowly drizzled on the inside of the ornament, rotating the colors. then for several days while on its side, I rotated the bulbs. These took about 10 days to dry. If you attempt, drain the excess paint (not too early or the affect will go away) to speed up the drying process.

These snowflakes were made with crayola model magic and a snowflake cookie cutter. FYI - model magic does not get 100% hard but it is pure white!

I bought festive baskets and placed these handmade ornaments, with handmade tags, and some chocolate for the husbands, with a few other ornaments i either made or bought. and i think it came out to be quite cute! Shame i didnt get a pic! Another ornament that I think was the crowd favorite was a garland heart! It was two strips of 6x2 paper, one side the photo and the other cardstock, and i shaped it into a heart! This is what mine looks like:

 Finally, this ornament I actually made last year. Correct that, I made probably 20 of them. After getting fabric from a local store ("Pin Cushion"), I made a stencil with a heart cookie cutter and cut out tons of fabric, then the handsewing and stuffing. Took a long time, but they are my favorite. 

Now to figure out what to do next year...