Make your own Christmas Tree Decorations
November 29, 2014 |
Ok, so this is a really late post (better late than never;). I just felt i needed to get it up for all you craft lovers looking for ideas and inspiration on how to make your own Christmas Tree decorations. I would quite "happily" take the credit for making these decorations...........but it is in fact the work of my little not so lil sister.
Step 1;
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Open clay
packet, roll out some of the clay with your rolling pin on a clean flat surface. Now, because I wanted my ornaments to be
pretty both sides, rather than cookie print one side and plain other side, I
did something slightly different when rolling out clay.
Simply put crochet dolly underneath part of the
rolled out clay, then roll over the clay that is on top of the dolly. This will
help imprint the dolly pattern onto the clay.
Once you are happy with the thickness of the
clay,get your cookie cutters and begin to make your clay cookies:). You
should find you have a pretty picture on one side and crochet lace pattern
affect on the other side of your cookies.
Aside from cookie cutters, I also tried stamping
the clay with Christmas clear stamps. It worked really well. You can experiment
anyway you want. What I did was press stamp into the clay, then grab one of my
metal round cookie cutters, cut around the stamp print and there you have it, a
pretty picture with a pretty pattern around it and crochet pattern underneath.
The tree stamp took more skill and you do need a knife for this! Stamp the Christmas tree into the clay, then take the clay over to the chopping board and cut out the tree carefully by hand with a knife. Follow the tree shape. 
Step 2;
Once clay
is dry, check your ornaments over. If you are very particular like myself, I
sand down any edges of ornaments that are uneven. I used a sand sponge, as you
need a very light sandpaper that will be gentle and not chip away at the clay.
Now to
the exciting part…..you can start painting!! As these are Christmas tree
decorations and to keep within the Christmas theme, I used mostly metallic
paints to give it that pretty shine when light hits it. You can do as much
detail or as little detail as you want and it will be just as effective.
 
I let the paint dry for a good 2 hours or so
before glossing.
Step 3;
Once ornaments are all painted, glossed and
fully dry, I then start to pair up which ribbon goes with which ornament. Then
simply cut up bits of ribbon, put through the hole and either tie or sew the
ends together, you could even add a button if you wish and that is it!
I hope
you all feel a little inspired and hopefully this will help towards getting you
in to the Christmas spirit. Wishing you all a “Merry Christmas” & Happy New Year:) by Katrina
Padmore.
 If you are interested to see what my decorations will look like on my Christmas tree or would like to see what other fun things I have been working on, you can follow me on my Instagram page: @trinapaddy
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3 comments
what a lovely idea! nicely done!
ReplyDeletefollowing you on bloglovin' and twitter. hope you'll look for me too. see you around!
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a possible fantasy
Hi! thank you for your feedback, happy you liked it:) I have started following you on Twitter and Bloglovin and will definitely be checking out your posts, thanks for the support xx
DeleteI really want to make these! They're adorable, you're so creative!
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