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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Ornaments

Hello crafty people!

Today I have some ornaments to show you.

I made these for my family this

Christmas. Each "family unit" received one.

We also had a ornament exchange with 

our scrapbooking/crafting group and

I decided that I would give one of these 

for that.

When I had to clean out my Aunt Marilyn's

apartment, when she went into a nursing home,

I found an old dresser scarf that I'm pretty sure

her Mom crocheted.

It had some torn spots, but I didn't want to

get rid of it, so I brought it home with me.

I took the pieces apart and made these ornaments

with the crocheted circles.

Everything else came from my stash in my

craft room, so every ornament is different.

I used chip board coasters for the base,

some were covered with

Indian Gold

 Nuvo Embellishment Mousse

These darker ones were covered with 

Firebird Art Alchemy Metallique Wax

I made the flower on this one with a 

scrap of fabric and colored it with 

some of the Nuvo paste.

This flowers and the other ones this

style, I made using Washi tape.

Some of them have buttons from

my button box, like this gold flower button.

Some have charms and this one

has some actual wool which I 

brought back from one of our trips to the

UK. I found it along a fence that was 

around a pasture for the sheep.

I absolutely LOVE how these turned out

and my family loved them too.

I still have plenty of the crochet circles left,

so I'm sure I'll be coming up with another way 

to use them.

They make a wonderful memory of some

family history for me.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then,

think about using something 

out of the ordinary to make something

special.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.