An Index Of Christmas Ornament Tutorials
[Mostly] Made With Cricut
[Mostly] Made With Cricut
How to Glitter Christmas Ornaments
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This is a tutorial from 2020, showing you, step by step, how to combine svgs.
If you wanted, you could easily omit the mask and change the date. :-)
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PRINTABLE ACETATE
Using Transparency Paper in Christmas Ornaments
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How To Make Printable Acetate - Or "Floating" Ornaments Using Transparency Paper
Transparency paper is a thick plastic, meant for using in overhead projectors. You can buy it in most office supply stores. I order it from Amazon - https://amzn.to/3ZZ3x59
It makes a great ornament insert because it's thick enough to not curl up over time, it stays flat inside the ornament, and the top "tab" holds in place in the neck of the ornament. You can print on it - but be sure to buy the correct kind for you printer. If you have an inkjet printer (that's what most of us use) you want transparency paper for inkjets. If you have a laser printer, you will need inkjet transparency paper.
But it's great for more than just printing photos - I often use vinyl on transparency paper, and insert it in the ornament. It's a nice look, AND it's often easier to apply vinyl to the flat insert, rather than on the outside of a curved ornament.
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Arabesque, Or Lantern Tile, Ornaments
These are made using tiles from Home Improvement stores such as Lowes or Home Depot
The size on the left is for the backing, if you want to cover the back in felt or paper. It is the full size of the ornament. The sizes on the right are for the inside of the front. There's a small "lip" around the ornament, the size on the right will fit inside of that.
These are specifically the Satori Arabesque tiles, 15 in a 12x12 sheet, for $5.98, from Lowes, found here: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Anatolia-Tile-Hudson-Brilliant-White-12-in-x-12-in-Glossy-Porcelain-Lantern-Mosaic-Wall-Tile/1001038754
Note - the marble version are 3x the price of the white version.
For those asking about weight, they are much lighter than the look - weighing roughly 3 ounces.
Ideas for covering the back:
Adhesive felt
Paper
Adhesive felt
Paper
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PAPER ORNAMENTS
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Find A long list of FREE svgs for making paper Christmas Ornaments here:
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Here's a closer look at our Military Tree - which honors all of our family members who have served.
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This is not a free file, but it is inexpensive, and it's still my favorite for "wrapping" ornaments as Christmas gifts
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Find my free printable Christmas Ornament Planner Page, and all the rest of my Printable Christmas Planner, here:
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NOT a cricut project
Do you remember these old "Squeeze My Cheeks" Ornaments?
Here are patterns and links to more patterns, for making them.
Mop & Glo Vs Polycrylic - A Comparison
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This is where I add random text, to balance out the "link intensiveness" of my posts. :-)
[Veggie Tales Fans, did that make any of you think of "And now it's time for Silly Songs With Larry, where Larry sings a silly song"? Oh where, is my hairbrush. Oh where, is my hairbrush... ]
The Popularization of Christmas Ornaments
Like the Christmas tree, Christmas ornaments originated in Germany. Hans Greiner began to make glass Christmas ornaments called baubles during the 1800s. These were the first manufactured Christmas ornaments, and they were a huge commercial success. As soon as local businesses saw how much potential commercial success Christmas ornaments had, that was that!
In the 1890s, Woolworth’s Department Store in the U.S. sold more than $25 million in German-imported ornaments made of lead and hand-blown glass each year. Soon, other countries wanted a piece of the pie. Japan and Eastern European countries were mass-producing glass Christmas ornaments to compete with Germany.
In 1973, Hallmark introduced a line of “Keepsake” ornaments that gave Christmas ornaments collectible value. Now, many people will use Christmas ornaments to mark time. For example, you may see ornaments for each year of marriage or a child’s first Christmas.
Today, Christmas ornaments may be woven, blown from glass or plastic, molded from porcelain or metal, or carved from wood or expanded polystyrene. They’re created to last and be used year after year. Most people’s collections contain a combination of commercially produced ornaments and items created by family members.
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In Memoriam, [Ring out, wild bells]
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1809 –1892
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
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