Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

2012 Christmas Ornaments

We are less than a week away from Christmas, so I thought I would share some of the ornaments that I have made for 2012. The first is the time capsule Christmas ornament. I decided that this will be a yearly tradition for our new family. You write down significant things that happened that year on strips of paper, curl them and put them in a glass ornament for that year. I made one last year, so you can see pictures and a tutorial by clicking here.

 


I also made an ornament with our wedding invitation inside, which was inspired by Pinterest of course! I also made a few more of these for wedding gifts, but I can't find a picture of them! I think that it's a really cool way to keep and display your wedding invitation. One thing that fascinates me about Christmas is that ornaments will stick around in your family FOREVER! I love the nostalgia of opening the giant rubbermaid tote full of Christmas decorations and bringing back all the memories you have of years past. These ornaments are made in the same way as the time capsule ornaments, and again you can see the tutorial here.


Pinterest vs. Reality: Wedding Invitation Ornament

Monday, 9 January 2012

Christmas Crafts: Part 4 - Time Capsule Ornament

One last Christmas craft to share with you guys :) This one was inspired by Pinterest, but I can't remember exactly which link gave me the idea for this one. Since Jordan and I just got engaged this year, I figured this might be a nice family tradition for us to start. This craft is pretty easy, and a great way to reflect on the past year.


What You Need:
- glass ornament (found them at Michael's)
- cardstock
- pen
- scissors or cutting board
- ribbon
- glitter

Use your cutting board or scissors to cut thin strips of paper. I did thin red ones as filler, and thicker white ones.


Write significant events or memories from the past year on the paper strips. If you want to get creative, you could really write anything on the strips- names of family members, birthdays, Bible verses, quotes, special dates, etc.






Then you curl the strips of paper by wrapping them around a pencil or marker. you can loosen it a bit after you curl it, depending on your preference.


Put all of your strips into the ornament through the top opening (take off the metal part). Add some glitter using a funnel (I made one out of scrap wrapping paper) and give it a good shake!


Add a tag with the year written on it and tie it to the top with a ribbon. I cut one out with my cricut, but you could cut one with scissors or buy one.


This project turned out really well, I'm really happy with it! I hope that we'll be able to continue this tradition for years to come! :)