{"id":4009,"date":"2012-12-11T01:21:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T06:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2020-07-21T23:53:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T03:53:10","slug":"glitter-ornaments-with-clear-plastic-bulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/being-crafty\/glitter-ornaments-with-clear-plastic-bulbs\/","title":{"rendered":"glitter ornaments using clear plastic bulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number one question I've been asked since I did my <a title=\"How to make glitter ornaments\" href=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/being-crafty\/how-to-make-glitter-christmas-ornaments-diy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">glitter ornament tutorial<\/a> last year, is &#8220;Can I use plastic ornaments instead of glass?&#8221; I'm sorry it took so long, but I finally tried it, and they look great! I'm going to hang them on my tree and see how they hold up, but I believe they are going to be just fine.<\/p>\n<p>I was worried they wouldn't look as sparkly in the plastic bulbs instead of the glass, but they look awesome! And they're unbreakable, which is always a plus, especially if you've ever had a Christmas tree topple over on you. (<a title=\"Christmas tree mishap\" href=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/my-ornaments\/christmas-tree-mishap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I have<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/being-crafty\/glitter-ornaments-with-clear-plastic-bulbs\/attachment\/red-green-glitter-ornaments\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4012\" title=\"glitter ornaments handmade with clear plastic bulbs\" alt=\"glitter ornaments handmade with clear plastic bulbs\" src=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/red-green-glitter-ornaments-1024x680.jpg\" width=\"645\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you haven't seen the glitter ornament tutorial yet, you can find it <a title=\"How to make glitter ornaments\" href=\"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/being-crafty\/how-to-make-glitter-christmas-ornaments-diy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>. Happy glittering!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">UPDATE: It's now been a year since I made these glitter ornaments with plastic bulbs instead of glass&#8230; I just pulled them out of the attic (which gets HOT; I live in Florida), and they look perfect. It appears they hold up just as well as the glass ornaments. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number one question I&#8217;ve been asked since I did my glitter ornament tutorial last year, is &#8220;Can I use plastic ornaments instead of glass?&#8221; I&#8217;m sorry it took so long, but I finally tried it, and they look great! I&#8217;m going to hang them on my tree and see how they hold up, but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[177,184,330,294,180,178],"class_list":["post-4009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-being-crafty","tag-christmas-ornaments","tag-clear-glass-ornaments","tag-free-tutorials","tag-glass-ornaments","tag-ornament-ideas","tag-ornaments-to-make"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}