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Post by countmyblessings on May 10, 2007 3:07:47 GMT -5
....the season for making Christmas decorations!
Sure, I'm a little early! But I lost many of my ornaments in our last military move and I want to replace them with home-made ones. If I start now, I will have enough for our home.
Does anyone have a recipe for gingerbread man ornaments?
I am saving our burned-out lightbulbs for ornaments.
I am saving fabric scraps, ribbon, sequins, CD's, and anything I think coud make a tree decoration.
I would love to hear what you ladies have done with your trees in the past. We have a small tree, so we do not need much. But I do like our tree to symbolize the blessings bestowed on our family thoughout the years. I think this year, it should reflect the creativity we have been blessed with to make ends meet.
Sooooo....I wonder if you wonderful ladies will share with me your home-made ornament ideas?
Thank you!
Michell
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Post by lavenderlady on May 10, 2007 8:30:25 GMT -5
If you would like some of your ornaments to reflect your family I've heard about this one. Use a juice can lid and decopaugh (i know i spelled that wrong. lol ) to add family pictures to the lid. Decorate the other side with glitter or other shinny things that you have on hand. I would copy the pictures at the print shop or at home so as not to use the orginals. My other ornament ideas have come from library books. Lots of great free information. Sorry to hear that you lost your ornaments in the move. I hope that you and your family will have many happy moments making new ones. LL
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Post by joannaehughes on Oct 29, 2007 12:11:56 GMT -5
One wonderful ornament idea that is easy and festive - not to mention it smells great! Just DON'T eat them... are Cinnamon ornaments. You mix them up, roll them out, cut them out -making holes to hang through, and you bake them off. If you want to decorate them go for it!! I believe there is only three ingredients: cinnamon, applesauce, and glue! I will hunt my recipe and post it if you still want. P.S. did I say they smell great?!
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Post by kidsandcookies on Oct 29, 2007 16:49:24 GMT -5
Small apples covered in cloves make great decorations and they smell good. Just use whole cloves and stick them all over the apples.
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tbhas6
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Post by tbhas6 on Nov 8, 2007 23:06:11 GMT -5
Our tree has always been a hodge podge of orniments. I have several that my mother sewed when I was a girl and of course I have plenty that my children have made over the past two decades. The star that tops our tree is the same one my grandmother used on her tree when my dad was a boy ... tb
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Post by mustxstitch on Nov 9, 2007 18:31:28 GMT -5
I am making wind sock shaped ornaments this year. Mine are cross stitched with quilt block type designs and then I am using fusable interfacing to stiffen them a bit and sewing long ribbons along the bottom. I bet you could do the same with any fabric! Mine are about 3 inch long tube shaped.
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Post by jalynn on Nov 23, 2007 9:45:24 GMT -5
One year my MIL got me a set of cookie cutters ...the 12 days of Christmas...had two recipes with them...one dried like white china & one you baked...they little ones painted them so we had purple,yellow, black, green ....etc. ornaments...I've stored them away to return to them as a gift after they married...! I have a collection of cookie cutters & the girls "second family" love using them for their art work...the ones you get at Walmart, etc. they've used the craft foam & fabric..this year they'll master hand sewing hearts from fabric sraps & use left over batting from a mattress pad. I buy them at garage sales usually under a dollar & use them for lap blankets & crafts...great to work with. We also let them buy an ornament each year...something my dad did when I was small...I still have a few of them. TB, your tree sounds like beautiful memories! MY dad, passed now, was the memory maker in our house!
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