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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Wood Silhouette Ornaments

A few weeks ago, I asked my Facebook followers for ornament inspiration. In return, I promised a free ornament if inspiration struck. 'A Casarella quickly responded with the suggestion silhouettes.

And, inspiration struck.

Instead of raiding my felt supply, I raided the woodaholic's collection of wood....those wood coaster he lovingly sliced, specifically.

To make your own silhouette ornaments you'll need, 10 minutes of free time and...

A log slice, some black vinyl (or chalkboard contact paper) and a print out of a good profile picture.

Cut the profile picture out, taking care to cut with accuracy. Place the printed cutout profile onto the log slice to determine if you need to size up or down or if you have the perfect size already. When you get the size you want, trace the profile onto the back side of your vinyl and proceed to cut it out.

Peel the back off your vinyl.

Affix the vinyl silhouette to the center of your log slice.

Add an eyelet or drill a hole through the top of your log slice.

Attach ribbon or twine and hang.

These silhouette ornaments would also make adorable placecard holders. Attach them to a clipping of rosemary then place them onto a dinner plate.

These silhouette ornaments would also make great gifts for grandparents, friends and/or family.

Not only are these quick to make, whatever you decide to do with them, they will be a timeless and memorable ornament to treasure.

Thanks 'A Casarella for the inspiration (enjoy your ornaments)!

Friday, December 14, 2012

Barbie Ornament

In the ornament making sweat shop, I have admittedly been in this past month, I couldn't forget about making a special ornament for Grace.

While I make ornaments, I often multi-task by playing Barbies with Grace. It seemed only fitting, Grace's ornament be a Barbie ornament.

Supplies Needed:
Felt
Batting or extra layer of felt {to fill your ornament with}
Black Embroidery Thread and Needle
Ribbon {for the ornament loop}
Water Soluble pen
And, the Barbie pattern, which I had pinned from Frou Frou by Heathersue but no longer is up on her site, SO if you want to make one of your own, you can use the pattern I pinned.

Begin by tracing the Barbie pattern onto your felt.

Using a stem stitch, embroider along the outline.

On the back of this ornament, I decided to embroider Grace's name with a TM and the date. I wanted it to have a Barbie like feel to how I personalized it. This is optional, the ornament is just as cute without anything on the back.

When you have finished your embroidery, cut your Barbie out. I used a circle shape. Cut the back out in the same size and the batting or extra layer of felt out in a slightly smaller circle.

All that is left to do is assemble your ornament. Fold your ribbon over into a loop, apply a generous layer of glue above the ribbon loop and below it as well as around the perimeter of the circle.

Place the batting or extra layer of felt down in the center of the ornament, making sure there is still plenty of glue left around to attach the top layer.

Attach the top layer, let dry and then admire on your tree.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Bat Signal Ornament

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,, na, na, na, na, Batman!

When this bat signal goes up, this superhero {my nephew} will be ready to fight crime.

If you want to make the superhero in your life their own bat signal gather the following supplies:

Black Felt, Yellow Felt, Tacky Glue, Scissors, 2 1/2 inches of ribbon
* Optional: Black Embroidery Thread

Using this pattern:

Cut 2 ovals out of the yellow felt and cut the bat out of black felt.

Apply tacky glue around the perimeter of the bat and gently apply it to one of the yellow ovals.

*Optional: Embroider the name and date on the back of the ornament. By doing this, you also have the option of using it as a gift tag for the top of a present.

Fold your ribbon in half {I added a French knot to secure the ribbon to the back oval, though optional, this will provide another measure of guaranteeing the ribbon will stay affixed to the ornament}. Apply tacky glue around the perimeter of the back oval, under and over the ribbon and across the middle, gently attach the bat signal.

Pow! Bam! Zzzap! Done.

Holy felt ornament Batman!

And be sure to check out my other Christmas inspired posts:

Star Wars Ornaments

DIY Pottery Barn Candle

DIY Advent Calendar

DIY Santa Beard

Christmas Flower Boxes

Pine Needle Gift Tags

Pucker Up Ornament

Friday, November 30, 2012

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

Pucker up...

and meet me under the mistletoe.

To make your own 'meet me under the mistletoe' ornament...

Grab the following supplies:
Decorative trim {red sequin}
Cream Felt
Water Erasable Marking Pen
Black and Red Thread and Needle

Using your water erasable marking pen, write 'Meet me under the mistletoe' on the cream felt. Embroider with the black embroidery thread using a stem stitch. Cut out a lip shape after the embroidery is complete {this will allow you to cheat the shape, if needed, making it either bigger or smaller}.

Cut a second lip shape out of cream felt, using the back {meet me under the mistletoe side} as a pattern.

Using a needle and red thread, begin to stitch down your decorative trim around the edge of the lip shape {just the front side, the side without the embroidery}.

Your stitches will look like this from the back.

Continue to secure the sequins around the entire perimeter of the lip and then secure a straight line across.

Then work the sequins filling in the bottom half of the lip and finally the top half of the lip.

When both sides are complete you can either glue both sides together OR

hand sew around the perimeter of the lip shape. Regardless of sewing the sides together or gluing them, you will need to sandwich a ribbon loop in between.