Holiday Ornaments

Recently, Pam Garrison posted on her blog some handmade ornaments made from a cardboard box - they were amazing! The idea stuck in the back of my mind, so when my daughter got a box in the mail printed with holiday graphics, I knew I had to try and make those ornaments. Pictured below is what I made!

Here's how it started. My daughter ordered some adorable dresses from modcloth.com. This is the box it came in...

I cut up the box into smaller pieces...

Then I cut the cardboard into ornament shapes...

Afterwards. I painted gesso onto the parts that were going to be colored...

Then using acrylic paint and a white pen, I decorated the ornaments!

Heads-up to my family - I might be bringing this to our Christmas celebration for us all to create some card board ornaments!

Speaking of holiday ornaments, I just thought I'd share some ornaments I made from RedLead's holiday products...

And then I made this fun necklace of brush bottle trees.

And on an exciting last note, I'm so proud of my daughter, Rachel and her YouTube success! She's a Junior in High School and recently got a deal with both DreamWorks and AwesomenessTV. Check out her recent YouTube videos...
DreamWorks: How to Make Jewel Box Cookies

DreamWorks: How to Make A Gingerbread House

AwesomenessTV: How To Make Android Cake Pops

Rachel will be having more YouTube videos to come on their channels too - we're so proud of her!

Happy Holidays!