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never kick your washing machine.

by ornamentgirl on January 17, 2012

It looks like I will be taking a few days off from ornament making, due to a washing machine mishap. Due to a sprained wrist, due to a washing machine mishap. Last week, my dinosaur of a washing machine stopped working. I was pretty positive that it was a goner, until I looked it up [...]

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regular styrofoam or smooth foam?

January 15, 2012
styrofoam for quilted ornaments

Here is a question I get several times a week: When making quilted ornaments, should you use the regular (rough) styrofoam, or the smooth foam balls? My answer is abso-posi-lutely use the rough styrofoam for quilted ornaments. Why? Well, there are several reasons. It is about a zillion times easier to push pins into than [...]

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glass heart ornament with paper roses diy

January 13, 2012
black and white heart ornament

I’m a little bit overdue for an ornament diy (especially since I fell 3 days short of my 12 Days of Christmas project…arggg) And SO, since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, I’ve got a really cute little heart ornament diy today. I actually came up with this idea last year using mini red [...]

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handmade barbie shoe christmas ornament | DIY

December 24, 2011
barbie shoe ornament

I’ve been collecting Barbies since I was about 16 years old. 18 years of Barbie dolls reside at my house. I don’t know how that’s possible, since I’m only 23 now…there are some things that are unexplainable…   I can’t help it; I just love Barbie. Most of my dolls are still in the boxes, [...]

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handmade ribbon wrapped Christmas ornament ball | DIY

December 23, 2011
ribbon wrapped christmas ornament ball

Today I am going to teach you a little known fact about Christmas that I’ll bet you’ve never heard before. The seven swans-a-swimming and the eight maids-a-milking were actually all given by my true love (and your true love, too) on the same day. It turns out that our true love liked to wait ’til [...]

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how to make a beaded wire ornament hook | DIY

December 23, 2011
beaded wire christmas ornament hooks

I stopped in at my parents’ house the other day and was looking at their Christmas ornaments, and noticed that some of them were hanging on some fancy schmancy beaded wire hangers.  And all I could think was, “WHY HAVEN’T I DONE THIS BEFORE?” So now I’ve made a couple, and it literally took me [...]

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refurbish an old Christmas ornament with decoupage

December 22, 2011
decoupage christmas ornament

Sooo…there are 4 days left until Christmas, and I’ve got 7 more days of Christmas ornament DIY’s to write. I think it’s going to work. (and I’m really good at math, so don’t worry.) Onward! I have some old ornaments that I’ve never been able to bring myself to get rid of, that I usually [...]

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How to make glass popcorn ball ornaments | DIY

December 16, 2011
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Today’s ornament idea is really quick and easy, but super nifty…popcorn inside clear glass ornaments. I can’t take credit for this idea…I saw it on make-stuff.com (and there are a few other cute ideas for clear glass ornaments on that page, too, so check it out) and I’ve been wanting to try it for myself and [...]

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how to make rag ball christmas ornaments | DIY

December 15, 2011
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  I could barely wait to write a tutorial about the ornaments I just made today. I’ve seen rag ball bowl fillers before, but I’ve never tried making one into an ornament until now. I finally gave it a shot today, and I am so excited about how they turned out THATICANBARELYSTANDIT. I think it’s because [...]

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shabby button and pearl Christmas ornament

December 14, 2011
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Okay, well, I’ll admit that it isn’t looking so good for my 12 Days of Christmas ornaments project. It’s beginning to look more like a “6 Days before, and another 6 Days after, Christmas…maybe…” project instead. But noooo! I’m not out yet! I will go down in red and green and glittery flames before I [...]

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