Sunday, December 18, 2011
Giveaway Winner and Ornament Ideas
Thanks so much to everyone who entered my giveaway! I had so much fun reading about handmade ornaments you have made or ideas you would like to make - definitely got me inspired. I actually got inspired and made some ornaments myself (even though I should have been sewing holiday gifts...) - more on that below. First, the winner!
Congratulations, JuneBug! I've emailed you to find out which pattern you would like.
If you didn't win but wanted to get a pattern, they are available in my meylah shop (with instant downloads!) and in my etsy shop :).
So, here are some photos of the quick ornaments I made:
To make these, I glued together two sheets of lightweight scrapbook paper to get a heavier weight paper with patterns on both sides, then cut strips and made them into various shapes. The middle ornament was inspired by a felt ornament in fa la la la felt, and I think the top one (and other similar sphere ones I made) was subconciously inspired by this ornament that I had seen probably last year. The glueing together two sheets of scrapbook paper wasn't ideal, really, and the paper puckered a bit on some of the ornaments I made but overall I was happy with most of the ones I made. I used perle cotton to sew knots and hold them together, and to make the hanging loops. I actually think these would be even better if you used fusible web to fuse together two pieces of fabric and then cut strips of that to work with, I may try to do that at some point.
Since you all were so nice to share your inspiration, I thought that I would share the ornament ideas that I have been feeling inspired by lately:
Paper flower ornament
Spiky paper starburst ornament
Paper ball ornament made from circles
Felt snow ball ornaments
Another felt ball ornament
String ball ornament
Water marbled glass ornament
And here are some great lists/roundups/sources for more ideas:
How About Orange (you may have noticed I love her ornaments!)
Martha Stewart Crafts
Craftzine
Pink Chalk Studios round-up
Stumbles and Stitches Christmas in July (includes several free patterns from Fa la la la felt)
Hope you all have a great holidays!! I may be back before then with a blog post, but I may be too busy finishing up making the last of my gifts (and possibly getting distracted making more fun ornaments).
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Thanks for a great giveaway and congratulations to junebug!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links - I'm off to have a look!
Congratulations JuneBug! Cute decorations, I like the different shapes you can make. I'm right there with you trying to finish gifts! We can do it!! :)
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Kate!
Yay! I'm so excited to win the messenger bag pattern - I've been eyeing it for awhile :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your ornaments!