I was mentioning earlier this month about how pastels were in vogue for Christmas a few decades ago. Vee mentioned, rightly, that it's a cyclical thing. What is "in" for decorating seems to come and go every few years. It's the same with clothing styles.
I am drawn to the vintage Christmas pastels and have occasionally done entire small trees in pastels. I am also drawn to ornaments with little scenes peeking out from inside. So when I saw these DIY Vintage-Style Ornaments from Michelle at The Scrap Shoppe, I was pretty much smitten.
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| Photo by Michele at The Scrap Shoppe |
Michele made these by painting clear plastic ornaments with a front opening. As you will see when you read the tutorial, these can be found at Amazon, under $20 for a dozen of them. She dresses up inexpensive bottle brush trees with little pearls, to place inside. (Now, why have I never thought of doing this? I have bottle brush trees on hand and I have sweet pastel pearls on hand from a project years ago. I also own several high-end bottle brush trees with pearls on them. No idea why I have never thought of making my own!)
These are so sweet! If I can part with $20 for some of the ornaments, I will plan to make some this year!
These are so cute. I have a supply of bottle trees too. Never thought of dressing them up, but this may be the year.
ReplyDeleteTrue enough...$20 is not as easy to come by as it once was. 😉
ReplyDeleteI am not into pastel but I must admit thes ornaments are AWESOME!
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