Sunday, December 11, 2011

Giveaway Day!


I've had so much fun participating in Sew Mama Sew's giveaway day in the past, both as a giver-away and as a winner, so I'm excited to participate again this time!

I'll be giving away a copy of one of my PDF sewing patterns  (also for sale in my meylah shop and my etsy shop) - the winner can choose:

Either the yoga mat bag sewing pattern -


(check out how it has a zipper up the front AND a zippered pocket for your essentials... sweet!)



OR a copy of my free-motion applique messenger bag pattern


(Two fun applique designs included, and the bag has lots of handy pockets)


To enter, all you have to do is leave me a comment telling me - what kind of handmade ornaments have you made or would you like to make?  (This is actually for a purpose - my coworker told me she wanted to make handmade ornaments and was looking for ideas - I had a bunch but would love to pass on yours as well!  Links to tutorials are welcome).

The winner will be picked at random, and the giveaway is open to both U.S. and international entries.  The giveaway will close at 5 pm pacific on Friday December 16th and I will contact the winner via email - so make sure you have an email address in your blogger profile, or include it in your comment!

Thanks and good luck!


--GIVEAWAY CLOSED!--  Thanks to all who entered!  Winner's posted here.

132 comments:

  1. I've made patchwork, counted cross-stitch, rubber stamped on porcelain disks, felt applique, raffia on plastic canvas, needlepoint.....ie. I really like hand-made ornaments! ;-)

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  2. I have made felt&crochet Christmas ornaments (there's a DIY on my bloggie) and Cath Kidston birdie ornaments for in my tree. SO cute. LOVE your Give Away! I am also participating in Give Away Day. YAY!!!!! :-)
    Esther.

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  3. Back in the 80's one year I made over 100 cross-stitched ornaments but nothing recently!

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  4. Good luck to your coworker, but I have never made ornaments. Thanks for the chance to win:-) jjjcwebb (at) h0tmail dot com

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  5. This very week I am going to a friends house to try ornament making with small children (sounds tricky!). I am going to bake salt dough stars and somehow work out how to get a hole in the top for thread to hang on the tree. Then the kids can decorate with paint, glitter etc. Might be a bit rustic / childish for your co-worker!

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  6. I've been meaning to (but somehow seem to have left it a bit late...) cast on for some Mochimochi snowmen: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mochimochi-snowmen

    Maybe next year?

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  7. I have made a patchwork bauble back in high school. We still use it now! I like the ornament on V&Co, might have to make that too. lexilucas@gmail.com

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  8. When my son was little we made all the standards ~ clothespin reindeer, painted forms, every kind of pipe-cleaner and glittered mess out there. This year I'm making a gift set of Advent Calendar ornaments for my sister and her family. Now that they have their own little one (and hopefully more in the future) I'm hoping this will be a treasured tradition for them.
    Inspiration found via: http://iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-kojo-designs.html

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  9. Hmmm...I haven't made any ornaments since 3rd grade, but I did find this tutorial that looks like a simple way to make pretty, glitter-y ornaments without the mess: http://thegreenbeanscrafterole.blogspot.com/2010/12/all-that-glittersminus-mess.html

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  10. I'm making felt ornaments - so easy as it doesn't fray!!

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  11. Hiya,
    I have been making the ornaments with the folded Christmas fabrics,, so much fun!!

    Linda J
    VA
    LJeterpudd@aol.com

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  12. Would love to win one of your gorgeous patterns! Thank you for offering!

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  13. I've made beaded ones with sequins and pins - fun and easy!

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  14. Just finished this one!
    http://mysparkle.blogspot.com/2010/11/matryoshka-doll-ornament.html

    Laurasienas@gmail.com

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  15. Lovely giveaway!
    I've made felt ornaments - check out the one above at mysparkle, or look at Elsie Marley for her half eaten gingerbread men - they're adorable!

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  16. I like the wrapped wire stars ornaments.

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  17. I made beautiful salt dough decorations, truly the most beautiful you've ever seen ;)

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  18. My favorite are owls! But I also liked making the little birds. I made mine using the book: Fa la la la felt!

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  19. I made cross stitch ornaments in little frames one year.

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  20. I like cinnamon applesauce ornaments! You can even decorate them with puffy paint!

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  21. I have made cross stitch & bread dough ornaments in the past, but this little hexie tutorial caught my eye the other day. http://acuppaandacatchup.com/2011/12/hexie-snowflake-tutorial/

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  22. I'm not really crafty like that, but these gnomes are ADORABLE! I'd love to add them to my gift packages. http://gingercake.typepad.com/gingercake/2010/10/gnomes-tutorial.html

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  23. Little felt ice skates are always cute
    Thanks!!

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  24. I would like to make the snowflakes out of magazine pages or the shredded wreath made out of milk cartons .. Thanks Marilyn swps527@gmail.com

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  25. I have made 6" Christmas stockings; jewel pinned ornaments; made an egg-shaped styrofoam ball look like a pinecone (so easy; and cross stitched a bunch of ornaments. This is all in addition to the paper garland we learned as a child in school. Thanks - KatheGTN at aol dot com

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  26. My latest this season are "kissing ball" type ornaments with paper-punched daisies and red-headed pearl straight pins. Really classic, and lovely. I think I found the photo on Pinterest, but no tutorial. Just had to wing it.

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what I see here. Joining very few blogs today, but yours will definitely be one of them. Thanks so much!

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  27. I've had a blast knitting wee little knitwear - hats, mittens, sweaters. I bend wire to make little hangers for the sweaters ... so cute!

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  28. We made salt dough ornaments and are painting them and making little fingerprint friends on them to give as gifts :)

    Desi
    weeshareblog@gmail.com

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  29. We made our own wreath from left over pine branches, with a big bow that I learned to make when I was working in a flower shop.

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  30. I've made lots of ornaments...some crocheted snowflakes...love those...some dough ornaments...some quilted fabric ones...one year I painted snowmen on bulbs. Ornaments are fun! =)

    Thanks for a chance to win.

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  31. I made some cute felt ornaments last year, cut into various Christmas-y shapes and hand embroidered with silver floss, the initials of each person I made one for.

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  32. I love making ornaments from felt, using applique and beads.

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  33. I like felt ornaments because there is so much you can do! Thanks for the giveaway! robyn(dot)geddes(at)gmail(dot)com

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  34. I am dying to make a ninja ornament that I came across during this whole giveaway process. So cute!

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  35. I made some cute felt, hand-sewn birds last year. I'm not sure Ill have any time to make any new ones this year though as I have so many other projects on my plate!

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  36. So I have this elaborate plan to make felt ornaments for my tree using templates from the cricut - all little cut-outs from the nativity backed on circles. My mom had the 12 days of Christmas on her tree (felt circular decorations)

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  37. I've been coveting your messanger bag pattern for a while now, Kate! :) I haven't done ornaments in a long time, but when I did, I would do paper ornaments -- origami cranes and Norwegian stars were my two specialties!

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  38. I made small quilted snowflakes last year accented with metalic silver thread. They seemed to be a hit. Wish I had a tutorial to share. This year, I'm just making little cardstock monogram ornaments on my Cricut.

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  39. This year, I made these mushrooms... but mine aren't as cute because I just glued them. I'm behind on Christmas presents, that's why! :D

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  40. I like making felt ornaments, sometimes I make patchwork, and paper ones too...

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  41. what a nice giveaway! I love making handmade ornaments. This year I did crocheted snowflakes, golden snitch ornaments, and crocheted stars. In the past I've done bunches of different ones, I did a post on them on my blog about two weeks ago.

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  42. Love to have the messenger bag pattern!!!!

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  43. Thanks so much for the chance to win some goodies! I recently used Leanne`s tutorial for Christmas tree ornaments made from 1 inch squares. They are easy to make and really effective. Here`s the link http://shecanquilt.blogspot.com/2011/11/today-i-made-tree-ornaments-and.html

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  44. I would love to make ornaments with pictures in them - like a clear spherical ornament and slide a black and white picture with tinsel to add color!

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  45. I've done a bit of every type of handmade ornament, cross stitch, tatting, crochet, beading. My mom made a super cute reindeer head with a cork from a wine bottle!

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  46. For my Christmas craft night this year, we did an old-fashioned ornament- you take a foam ball, then use a punch to make about 75 snowflakes or flowers out of the colors of your choice. Then you take a 5mm sequin and use a metal pin to pin through the center of the sequin and the punched shape. Do this all over the ball. My guest came up with some really pretty designs! Metallic scrapbook paper makes these extra shiny.

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  47. I'm actually attempting to make a string of pom poms (a garland, I guess?) for a swap I'm in. I'm using yarn, and I've made two of them so far. They're a little fiddly, but cute!

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  48. The only home-made ornaments I've made are the salt dough cut out ones! Although I did crochet a string of bells...

    needlegrrl at gmail

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  49. i love handmade ornaments! this year i'm making fabric houses from "scandinavian stitches" also, little tiny fabric birds, crochet flowers, salt dough cut-outs, and paper houses, borax pipecleaner icicles.
    thanks for the giveaway!

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  50. I have only made the ornaments where you use the clear ball and fill it with stuff. :)

    Mary
    iammaryburke(at)gmail(dot)com

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  51. I just made a 3" hoop ornament for Linsday Sew's swap, I had so much fun I am making another to giveaway and one for myself. :)

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  52. My kids make Christmas ornaments all year long out of whatever they can find. Recently I saw some cute felt ones made from tracing around cookie cutters and embellishing them. I like the yoga mat bag. Merry Christmas!

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  53. I knit a star and felt in in the wash. then I can sew a childs fabric-transfer picture on the front and embroider the year below!

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  54. Tongue depresser santas and snowmen are easy with sock cuffs as hats. Little hot glue, little paint...you're in there!

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  55. I've made a couple of different types of ornaments. Applesauce-cinnamon ornaments, jingle bell cluster ornaments, embroidered and sewn tiny pillow ornaments...

    j_poshusta@yahoo.com

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  56. I never make ornament. I likes angel, I hope to make one.
    Thx for the chance to win ^^v

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  57. Can a girl ever have too many messenger bags?

    I've made glass globes, spiky paper balls, those silly candy cane ornaments, and those clunky dough ornaments :)

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  58. My favorite handmade ornament when i was little were little snowmen. I don`t remember making them but they were definitely handmade. I think they used the tops of oldfashined clothes pins.

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  59. Felt ornaments are fun. I've made some from the Fa La La La Felt book - lots of cute designs.

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  61. I'm planning to try some felt ones!
    peachstateme(at)hotmail(d0t)com

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  62. I actually just pinned these little mittens http://pinterest.com/pin/66146688246660701/ super cute!

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  63. I have made some ninjabreadmen, I have the pattern to download here
    http://jojoebi.blogspot.com/2011/12/giveaway-day.html

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  64. I haven't made any ornaments but would love to give it a try. My favourite Christmas ornament is the angel that my daughter made when she was in kindergarten. Thanks for the fab giveaway.

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  65. I would like to win the messenger bag pattern. your friend could try making soft toys which make excellent gifts
    anghhong@yahoo,com

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  66. I made these great Denim Xmas Trees, there's a free tute here:-http://melissagoodsell.typepad.com/day_to_day/2007/11/day-2---christm.html
    Some for me and some for a friend, they were received well:)

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  67. Cutest ornaments I know of and they are super easy and quick to make is here: http://blog.revoluzzza.com/2010/12/23/last-minute-weihnachtswichtelchen/

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  68. I've actually never made a handmade ornament! But I did see a cute tut for a "gingerbread ninja" ornament earlier today. I thought it was adorable.

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  69. Ooh - patterns :)

    I made up some simple white gingerbread men shaoes last year ad the customised them up to represent everyone in the household. That could be a nifty gift for a family.

    Marilize
    marilize(dot)paulsen(at)gmail(dot)com

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  70. My son and I baked ornaments this year then painted them! It was so fun.
    I also keep seeing the DIY glass ornaments that you put little characters in...I think we will try some of those next year:)
    LOVE that yoga bag pattern!
    solsmom(at)gmail(dot)com

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  71. I just learned how to cut out 6 pointed stars. They are fun to do and each one is a surpise. You never know how it's going to turn out.

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  72. I have made lots of felt handmade ornaments in the past two years. When I was a poor college student I made cross-stitch ornaments for everyone for Christmas.

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  73. Oooh. The messenger bag pattern looks like exactly what I've been looking for.

    I've been scheming for awhile to make a bunch of bird ornaments and put them on painted branches as a general decoration (where the birds could be swapped out for more seasonal decorations when I want variety). I just finally set up a sewing room so I'm not working on the dining room table. So maybe it's time to start that project.

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  74. This year we made foot prints and hand prints of our daughters out of salt dough.

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  75. I recently came across an ornament that I'd love to recreate - it was a round "ball" style ornament and was covered in layered strips of fabric... I think it would be so fun to create an ornament like this using fabrics from projects I have made (ex: using scraps from my daughter's birthday dress to create a commemorative ornament for her). I plan to try it out using scrap fabric, a large plastic ornament, and modge podge! :)
    Best,
    Michelle
    daydreambelievershop(at)gmail(dot)com

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  76. Thank you for the give away. I would love to make the felt ornaments with embellishments and embroidery.
    skowens (at) sbcglobal (dot) net

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  77. I saw a ornament in Pier One that was a fairy made with a pine cone and I have a ton of pine cones in the backyard so I would like to try to make one similar. I would love the bag pattern. Thanks, lauri.rymar@gmail.com

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  78. My favorite handmade ornaments are tiny paua shells with little thread loops. I guess they are probably more natural than handmade though. I can't take much credit for a thread loop :)

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  79. Swedish folded paper stars. Check out pinterest. Millions of crafty ideas there.

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  80. My birthday is Saturday, so this would be such a great birthday present!

    I've never made a handmaid ornament, but I think the crocheted snowflakes are really great.

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  81. i would actually like to make some xmas bunting, but i think i've left it too late for this year. oh well thanks for the chance!

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  82. It's not necessarily an ornament, but a decoration: cloth 'paper' chains. Basically stiffened paper, Velcro dots = reusable fantastic decorations !

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  83. Our favorite handmade ornaments are cinnamon ornaments! A little glue and cinnamon, and you're all set. We still have some from when I was a child. :)
    nikkipeachy AT yahoo DOT com

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  84. I just saw some mosaic ornaments I'd like to make. You take a foam ball and cover it with mosaic pieces. They look cool all year long.

    aprilly (at) gmail (dot) com

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  85. The only ornament I have ever made was a very sad looking angel. I believe it was made out of paper plates and decorated with cotton balls for the hair and glitter glue for the rest of the face requirements. It was a good project for a 4 year old, but maybe not for your coworker!

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  86. little crocheted mittens would be cute!!

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  87. I would like to make little stitched ornaments to hang, I've got it started. I'd love the Messenger Bag pattern.

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  88. I've been making birds using this pattern from Spool Sewing (its on the right side of the page) and scrap red and green fabric
    http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/2008/05/16/bird-mobile/

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  89. i just finished some paperpieced ornaments, and i have three more in progress, though at the rate i'm going, i might not finish them until after xmas!

    i have a list i made up last year of fabric ornament tutorials for a guild challenge here - http://craftydame.blogspot.com/2010/11/fabric-ornaments-galore.html
    and this year i put together over 200 tutorials on a pinterest board - http://pinterest.com/amydame/holiday-ornament-tutorials/
    once i start googling, i can't stop!

    thanks so much for the chance to win, i love the messenger bag pattern!

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  90. Hi Kate! I'm also a crafting vegetarian, so pretty excited to find your blog via SMS! I would adore the yoga mat bag pattern, one of my besties is a yoga nut. As for ornaments, in the last few years I've done a number fo christmas themed ones in felt, which is so lovely to handle, and I've seen some great tutorials on the net about making your own glitter globes!

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  91. How about polymer clay ornaments. I haven't made any but they seem so fun and cute. check out craft gossip for more ideas.

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  92. I did not make any ornaments yet. Maybe still need a little bit inspiration :)
    Susanne

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  93. I'm not big on making ornaments. Just not really my thing. But I love that messenger bag pattern!

    rach.e.bain@gmail.com

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  94. I found a knitted ornament ball that looked pretty cool, and was thinking about doing a felt owl since my little guys is crazy for owls right now. But alas, I ran out of time for ornaments and am hoping to get gifts finished!
    mindfulhome at gmail dot com

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  95. I just had a Christmas craft party and we made some ornaments from pintrest. My favorites were glass ornaments that we etched with etching cream. It was so fun!

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  96. I got these clear glass ornaments at Joann's, unscrewed the tops, and put pictures and other things inside them. I also sprinkled glitter inside to give it a snowy look!

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  97. I've made felt snowflakes, stockings and mittens. Also cinnamon ornaments and glass ball ornaments that we squeezed paint into and swirled around. My fav is a button snowflake ornament that I made from wire and buttons.

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  98. I have my kids put their hands in white paint, grab the bottom of a round ornament, and then let the paint dry then we make their little fingers into 5 little snowmen.

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  99. I'm thinking about making some ornaments out of Perler Beads with the kids this year. Do you remember those? Turns out that they are still fun! :D

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  100. I saw a cool ornament on pintrest I wanted to try. It was rectangles of paper sewn together to make Christmas tree. Sounds weird the way I described but I though they looked cool. ;)
    kirkwood0419(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  101. Salt dough ornaments are fun with a group and those messenger bags are gorgeous.

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  102. I've made glass ball ornaments where you swirl paint around the inside. Hard to describe but they came out pretty well! Thanks for the chance to win! ellen@myerly.net

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  103. I made felt ornaments last year. I didn't have a tutorial, but I was inspired by some penny rugs my friend was making.

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  104. I like the gingerbread ornaments. They smell wonderful and last so long they can double as a snack if a snacking emergency arrises.

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  105. I am honestly no help in the handmade ornament department as I have never made any but I love that yoga bag! I am an avid yoga practicer and would love to make a bag that would make it easier to lug my yoga mat around.

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  106. I think your messenger bag is so practical. I would love to start the New Year using your pattern. Happy Christmas!
    Polly

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  107. I've been wanting to make string balls. Ingredients are crochet string, glue and water mixture, water balloons.


    winterwrens at gmail dot com

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  108. Great patterns! I've actually haven't made any homemade ornaments since I was a child, but I've seen some great ones on the internet that look like cupcakes (basic ball ornament glued into a cupcake liners with fake snow on top and beads for sprinkles). Might have to experiment with that this weekend!

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  109. My hand made ornament isn't really for hanging on a tree. I wrap styrofoam balls with fabric strips in festive colors and put them in a tall glass vase.. very colorful!

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  110. Little crochet flowers - you can get really colorful with these

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  111. I love to make bead ornaments. The snowflakes are always so pretty! And I also made ball ornaments. I took a styrofoam ball and put a seed bead and sequin on each pin and cover the ball with all the sequins. They look so cool! Thanks for a chance to win! :)

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  112. Felt is the best ornament maker it is so nice to work with and you can build it over a base..I've made pincushion style ornaments embroidery and trims to embellish, small three dimensional animals houses even insects..I made a ladybird recently, and then there are flowers and even wreaths...It is fun stuff!

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  113. I've made the glass ornaments filled with reinker and glitter. Thanks for a chance to win!

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  114. I'd like to make some little bird ornaments.

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  115. Favorite one was a beaded star, although I did see an fabric owl (I think that was on Crafters Creation site.) Thanks . sewcando (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  116. My grandma made us a sweet crocheted (sp?)angels and put one on our present each year...now they cover our tree. I LOVE them.
    sntbosch@msn.com

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  117. Last year I just made some small stuffed hearts - one had a pocket with another little heart inside, one had tiny pom poms around the outside.

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  118. I have mostly made ornaments by framing a child's photo - makes nice mementos.

    beth(dot)sebastian(at)gmail(dot)com

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  119. I like to paint little plaster ornaments, they are cute, semi-homemade.

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  120. I've done the pour paint in the glass ornaments thing. Fun, and semi-homemade!

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  121. Gosh, I haven't even looked into making ornaments! We did salt dough with the 3-year-old last year!

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  122. Clear glass ornaments (from Michaels or Joanns) and rub on designs (that they also sell). You may also put some artificial snow or strands of tinsel inside the ornaments. I like the ones with birds or snowmen!
    ch.atwell@sbcglobal.net

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  123. I saw a tutorial for cute babushka doll ornaments. I hope to get around to doing one of those. Thanks for a great giveaway.

    Ahappystitch at gmail dot com

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  124. Made with paper strips, I love Finnish stars. three-dimensional, dipped in wax and glitter, these are a family tradition.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  125. I've made lots of ornaments and I have several that are on my to-do list. My favs right now are the real detailed beaded ornaments from Crackerbox.

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

    Katina
    kjkoukla(athotmail...

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  126. I've made some crochet snowmen, some pine cone elves(really liked this one!), snowmen made out of clothes pins and little ice skaters made from felt and pipe cleaners(these came out cute too!). I know I'm forgetting some. I'm still working on some embroidered and quilted ornaments. Who knows, maybe those will be for next year!

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  127. I've never made ornaments, but I would like to make somthing with pompoms. Seems easy, rewarding, and fast - a pompom garland maybe? Thanks for the give away!

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  128. Beautiful bags! I haven't made any ornaments but would love to do something woodsy with my kids. Thanks!

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  129. One year I made 100 woven Swedish heart ornaments for a friend. It is time for me to make some more for my own tree.

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  130. I've made paper ornaments, felt ornaments and cross-stiched ornaments and I love them all! Have you checked out Pinterest? That's where I would head for inspiration. Thanks for the chance!

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  131. I have made scrappy velvet stuffed ornaments with fun embellishments. Thanks for the chance!

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