Christmas Day Ornaments

Hello!  Welcome to Kristie Kreates!

The last few years I've hosted Christmas dinner

for my immediate family and have a tradition

that I make an ornament for each person that

comes to dinner.

This year we changed to brunch at
Jaryd and Sara's, but I continued my tradition 

of ornaments.

I picked up a puzzle at the Dollar Tree that

had larger pieces.

I peeled the picture off the pieces of the puzzle.

I put the puzzle back together and used

Gel Medium to "glue" a napkin to one side

of the puzzle.

To do this, I took the napkin apart, it was a 3 ply

napkin, I simply peeled off the top layer with the

picture on it.

I made sure it was flat on the puzzle and 

added another layer of the Gel Medium to seal it.

Using a sharp blade, I carefully cut the pieces apart.

On the back of the pieces I used

Firebird Art Alchemy Metallique Wax

and wrote each persons name on the back

along with the year, using a Sharpie.

I punched a hole in each piece and added a

ribbon for hanging.

When I gave these out, I explained that the group of us

are just like this puzzle and we fit together to make

a whole as a family.
Every person is an important part of that puzzle.

I was  very happy with the way these turned out

and hopefully everyone will hang them on their trees for

years to come.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come again soon.

Until next time,

enjoy all the pieces of your puzzle!

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