Creating Your Own Christmas Ornament

Do I dare mention the C word already, but do you realize that Christmas is less than 90 days away? Isn't that a scary thought!

The reason I brought it up is because I actually have a glass Christmas ornament to show you today. No, don't be impressed, I am not ahead of schedule, I have to admit I am behind. You see, this is part of a wedding gift for a young couple who got married in July. But I didn't know about the idea back then so I'm going to send it to them belatedly. Thank goodness I kept their wedding invitation.

I took the picture a little bit off center so that you could see the printing on the 

ribbon. I thought it would be fun for them to have a special ornament for their 

first Christmas as a married couple.

I cut up the invitation using a border punch and rolled each strip around a pencil, 

creating spirals. There were not enough pieces to fill the large ball, so I used

gift-wrapping ribbon as filler. A smaller ball might have been better!  

Printing on ribbon is a tutorial in itself that I will be featuring tomorrow.

So this is an easy gift idea that you can make for

an occasion for which you receive an invitation or announcement,

such as a graduation, baby shower or birth (you could put in both).

For a wedding you could include the Save the Date announcement.

Freebie Friday

Today I want to spotlight a great website, One Pretty Thing,

 featuring DIY Craft Tutorials, including 11 pages of free downables.

The website is categorized into roundups such as :

• April Fool's
• Bath and Beauty
• Charity--ways crafters are raising $$
• Gifts for co-workers
• Gifts for geeks
• Gifts for grandparents
• Gifts for pets and their people
• Winter decorating--(one article is "Warm up a winter room with these cozy ideas from BHG")

The list goes on and on and there are articles, not just tutorials. The site is easy to navigate, and I think you might like it. So check it out, and see if it doesn't take you some idea you can use. I hope so!