Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Christmas Crafts: Letter Ornaments and An Inspiration!

I saw these letter ornaments on Pinterest the other day and decided I would give them a go to send off to my family. I of course changed them up, because I can’t leave well enough alone….

What you'll need:
  • Wooden Letters
  • A Drill (and if you're me, someone to drill the hole for you! Thanks Earl!)
  • Spray Paint
  • White acrylic Paint
  • Paint brushes (1 fine tip, one medium)
  • Newspaper for spraying and to catch the drips
  • Yarn or ribbon to hang them from

Spray your letters and let them dry completely (on both sides)

 Then it's a matter of painting what you want on them. I went with a snow and snowflake design on the front.

This was the point at which I decided I wanted to make more ornaments.... but I didn't really have a reason. So I texted and emailed a few friends with an idea I had for an ornament exchange! I'm super excited about it.... but you won't hear about it again until next year, when the exchange is actually going to happen.

and then I did a Candy Cane Stripe on the back.

Once they're totally dry, thread the yarn/ribbon through and you have adorable new ornaments!

2 comments:

  1. I love how these look. They seem so simple to make, but they're so cute!

    Including you I now have 3 people that are part of my ornament exchange next year :) Thanks for telling me about it!

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    1. I only wish I'd thought of it in time to do one this year! I have 8 people on my list. 9 if I can get Birdy on there too ;)

      I totally need to get some dolls in aerobics gear to make ornaments out of for you two :P (And now that I've written that, I think it might be too creepy to actually do.)

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