Ornament – Page 3 – HOME ON THE CORNER

Did you all survive Black Friday? Did you go out and fight the crowds for all the deals? I did not. I just stayed in my comfy house and worked on blog stuff and getting ready for moving. I promise the move will happen soon! Next up is Cyber Monday! I can handle that much better. How about ordering Christmas cards? I have to get going on that one.

Today I rounded up some great personalized gifts! I’m always looking for something special for grandparents or just an extra-special gift.

*This is a sponsored post. If you click on the link to place an order, I get a little bit back to help support the blog. There is no extra expense for you! Thanks for your support!*

I started off with Christmas cards, just in case you haven’t ordered yet, like me. There are so many great designs! I love the ones with the gold foil! Just click on the link to go see all the great cards they have.

Celebrate the holidays with customized Christmas cards from Tiny Prints!

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How about some gifts for dad or grandpa or any other special guy! A personalized notebook, a cool marble iphone case or an acrylic frame to put on their desk or nightstand would make a great gift!

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For the ladies- I love this floral notebook! So pretty! There are lots of different frames, but this one with the easel back is very nice. I love having pictures on my phone case. It makes it easy to take it out and show off all you loved ones.

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Maybe an ornament? This is a great way to remember something special that happened this past year. A new baby, wedding, new pet? What a great addition to the tree!

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I found these few extra things for around the house. I love the colors of this stocking, but they do have more traditional ones to. There are personalized pillows to add to your decor and some magnets for your fridge. The magnets would make a great little gift to tie to the top of a package!

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Celebrate the holidays with customized Christmas cards from Tiny Prints!

*This is a sponsored post. If you click on the link to place an order, I get a little bit back to help support the blog. There is no extra expense for you! Thanks for your support!*

I hope this gave you some ideas! We have a few weeks left to shop! Have fun!

I will be back tomorrow with some more great ideas!

Here are some other posts you might want to look at!

Welcome to the 2016 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! I’m so excited to be joining this group of ladies again! Thank you to Erlene at My Pinterventures for putting this all together. This year, there are 11 pairs of partners or 22 talented ladies participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple – create a handmade ornament for under $15 to exchange with a partner and create a tutorial to share on the blog hop!

Erlene ⋅ My Pinterventures Kim · Made In A Day Amanda · The Kolb Corner

Shirley · Intelligent Domesticatons Michelle · Our Crafty Mom

Robin ·Redo It Yourself Inspirations Sherry · Olives-n-Okra

Nicki · Sweet Parrish Place Sherry · Savvy Apron Megan · C’mon Get Crafty

Jelica · A Pretty Fix Emily · Two Purple Couches Christene · Keys to Inspiration

Kati · Houseful of Handmade Beverly · Across the Blvd.

Jeanie · Create and Babble Erin · Suburban Simplicity

Terri · Christmas Tree Lane Maureen · Red Cottage Chronicles

Debra · Shoppe No. 5 Donna · Two Chicks and A Mom

Pamela · Home On The Corner

I love creating new ornaments for the holidays, and making one for someone else is even better! This year I was partnered with Kim, at Made in a Day. I have been following Kim for awhile now, so I was honored to make the ornament for her. I took a look at her tree from last year and saw that she liked anything rustic, gold and deer. I came up with something that incorporates all three elements.

I started out by looking for a deer silhouette on a Google search. Of course, there are hundreds to choose from, but I didn’t want my design to be too complicated since I was going to have to cut it out of felt. I found one I liked and printed it out. I also picked up supplies from Michaels- 2 sheets of felt, 3 small wooden plaques, small Christmas wreaths, and some ribbon. I also needed some cardstock to help the deer keep their form when they were mounted. I already had that on hand.

After printing out the deer silhouette, I cut it out. As you can see, I added a little extra to the neck so I would be able to mount it on the wood plaques.

I then traced with a pencil around the deer onto the felt.

To make sure all my pieces came out the same, I layered them before cutting. I placed the cardstock between 2 pieces of felt. I paper-clipped them together so they wouldn’t move while cutting, and cut all three pieces at the same time. The trickiest part was the antlers, but they came out okay in the end.

I added some tacky glue to the cardstock and attached the felt pieces on both sides. I trimmed up any pieces that needed it.

In order to attach the deer to the wood plaque, I took a little bit of one of the felt sides and separated it from the cardstock. Now I could glue those pieces onto the center of each of the wood plaques.

Embellishing each one was the fun part and is what helped them become more personal. I added a Christmas wreath to one, a red polka-dot ribbon to another and bakery twine with a bell to the last one.

I love how they turned out and hope Kim enjoys them on her tree!

I’m so glad you all came by for a visit today! Be sure to visit the other ladies too and check out all the great ornaments. There is also a link-up if you would like to link up your own creations. Have a Merry Christmas!

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