Hi everyone! I have something special to share with you today! I know it’s a little early to be sharing Christmas ideas, but Erlene at My Pinterventures is hosting a 2015 Ornament Exchange. She has partnered 80+ bloggers to exchange ornaments and we want to share our creations or special finds with you! So, if you’re looking for some holiday ornament craft tutorials or ornament inspiration, you’ve come to the right place!
Today is Day 10. If you want to go back and start at the beginning and see all the great ideas, click here. I was so excited to receive an email from Erlene about who my ornament exchange partner would be. I was even more excited to learn it would be Erlene herself! She wrote to me that this year her tree will be a deep rich red, gold, and white. There isn’t a theme, just a variety of ornaments in those colors and she likes unusual ornaments. Well, I love the white and gold idea, so I went with that. Lauren picked out the idea for the ornament and then I went shopping for the supplies. Here are the papers I chose: a gold glitter, golden stripes, clear vellum with gold hexagons, and I had white sparkly on hand.
I also bought the egg shaped styrofoam ball. I had the circle punch already and of course, my glue gun. I started out by punching out the circles from each of the papers. I needed quite a bit, more than I thought I would. I kept running out!
I started at the narrow end of the egg. I glued on each circle, overlapping them as I went around. Then I added the next layer, overlapping the first layer too.
Here it is about half way done. I love how it is turning out!
After all the circles were attached, I added gold twine to the top for hanging. I think this looks so pretty! It will look even better when the lights from the tree make it sparkle and shine!
I tried it out on white branches too.
Today, I’m excited to be kicking off day 10 of the Ornament Exchange, along with these other great ladies. Just click on their link to go see what they have made!
I’m so glad I was able to make this for Erlene! Thank you, Erlene, for the opportunity to join in with all these talented bloggers. I have really enjoyed being a part of this exchange.
This will be just the beginning of the Christmas posts you will be seeing! I’m so excited to share some of my decorating, crafts and tablescapes ideas with you!
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What a cute christmas craft, you did a great job!
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Thank you so much!
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I love this ornament as well. Lovely
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Thanks again!
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They look really festive and glam! So lovely with the greenery, great idea!!
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Thanks so much!
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Love this so much! And the papers you chose would work perfectly on my tree. Just beautiful! Thank you for sharing with us at #MerryBlogmas. I’m sharing this today!
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I liked it so much, I am going to make myself one too! Thanks for coming by!
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Hello I am a fellow ornament exchange participant popping by. Your ornament is so clever and cute!
Have a wonderful day.
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Thank you so much for coming by!
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I am part of the ornament exchange as well and I had to stop by to see yours, it’s so pretty!! I love glitter and everything sparkle, and I can imagine the ornament under the lights.
Thanks for sharing at Two Uses Tuesday
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I came by and checked yours out too. very nice! It was fun to be a part of the exchange! Thank you!
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it looks so realistic i love it.- Mamas Journey
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Thank you so much! Thank you too for coming by!
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This is so pretty and blingy. And your tutorial is easy to understand. I admire your patience to do this. Thanks for sharing the lovely shiny Christmas ornament.
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Thank you so much! I love how it turned out!
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Love that you used so many different patterns of paper! Turned out super cute!
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Thanks for stopping by!
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Love it! Totally matches my tree and I love the paper choices for this. Hope you like your ornament 🙂
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I’m so glad you like it! I liked it so much I’m thinking about making one for myself too! Can’t wait to see mine!
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Very pretty, I love this! I’ll have to try it this year. Pinning 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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These turned out fantastic and I love how they will go with any decor!
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Thank you so much! That was a big piece of why we did these colors.
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Yes I love that a few of you had the pinecone idea – yet each one was really different! Just out of curiosity how long did it take you from start to finish for your ornament! Love the paper patterns you chose. Glad to be sharing day 10 with you! 🙂
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I am not sure how long it took! Maybe 1-1 1/2 hours, not including the shopping. Just punching out the circles took awhile! The gluing went pretty fast since it was hot glue.I liked how you made yours so personal too! Thanks for coming by!
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This is so pretty. I love the shimmery look. Using the egg shaped ball was perfect for a pine cone.
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Thank you for stopping by!
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Ooo… Another cute pine cone ornament from the ornament exchange. Now I don’t know which one I should make. I guess I’ll just have to try both of them 🙂
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I looks like several of us had the same idea! Great minds, right?! Thanks for coming by!
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