Comments on: Fill ‘Er Up

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:29:07 +0000

I love your diy ornaments!! I’m super tempted to stock up on sale items and make them for next year. :)

By: hello there! house

hello there! house — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:33:05 +0000

I love this idea. Thanks for sharing such a simple yet impressive tutorial on spicing up the Christmas tree. :) -JS

By: anne

anne — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:43:15 +0000

We use gold puff paint to make little dots and squiggles all over glass balls.

By: Allison Harris

Allison Harris — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:55:20 +0000

ok, so it’s a long time until christmas but i just had to share…

last year i made a custom ornament with
-clear glass ball ornament (just like you used)
-seemingly tacky silver sparkle alphabet stickers
-my random bead/sequin collection

using the stickers i put a monogram on the front and ’08 on the back and dumped all the beads/sequins i had that were any shade of blue or silver into the ornament. it didn’t fill it up (so it doesn’t compete with the text) but it has a nice sense of movement.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:49:43 +0000

The feather ornaments look amazing!

One year my mom and I went crazy making ornaments for everyone. We took the same clear ornaments and put a couple drops of rubbing alcohol in each, swished it around, and tapped out the excess to clean them. Then we would pick 2 or 3 colors that looked well together and squeeze about 2 lines of each paint color down the inside of the ornament (we used the simple craft paint you can get at Walmart or JoAnn’s for about $1/bottle).Place them back in the box/holder they came in, but on their sides, and every so often roll the ornament to swirl the paint. It takes some practice to figure out how to get that “perfect” swirl – but the results almost always turn out great. When you’ve got a swirl you’re happy with, you’ll need to get some paper towels and use them to tap out the excess paint in the ornament.

Our favorite thing was to make ornaments that had a person’s favorite sports teams’ colors in them, like blue & white for the Magic or purple & yellow for The Vikings.

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:18:39 +0000

I love this idea! Feathers are so in right now, but I never know how to use them. I’ll definitely be making these for our tree. Thanks for the wonderful idea!

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:39:46 +0000

So many ornament ideas, so little time!

Thanks so much for sharing your ornament decorating tips and tricks. We can’t wait to tackle some more in the near future.

xoxo,
Sherry

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:06:08 +0000

We were doing the exact same thing this past weekend! We mixed some PVA with water and then poured a small amount in an empty ornament, rolling it around to coat all sides. Then we poured some tiny red star sequins in the ornament and shook it around until the stars were stuck all over the inside. I love your glitter version- I might try that myself.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:52:54 +0000

So beautiful! I love them!

By: Debkb

Debkb — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:27:31 +0000

Another thing to do- get white pearlized paint, squirt it into the glass balls (take the top off first) swirl around and suspend upside down over a paper cup for about 24 hours to drain and dry. You have to use a good bit of paint if you want full coverage otherwise it looks a bit thin. You can also do another coat if it’s not heavy enough. The great thing about the pearl paint is you end up with streaks of pearl and white. It’s really pretty!