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easy diy marker ornament

December 17, 2021

orn holiday diy gold

Making holiday ornaments using paint markers and glass balls is always fun to do.  It doesn’t take any talent to come up with a nice looking ornament for tree hanging or as a gift.  The only supplies needed are clear glass ornaments and paint markers.  A pretty ribbon, of course, goes without saying!

before ornament

Craft stores sell boxes of clear ornaments.  Picking up a box or two when they are on sale is a great idea – having these ornaments on-hand means a homemade gift is always at the ready!

For the design here, in addition to the ornament and marker, I also used some stick-on crystals from the craft store.

diy supplies
This design is probably the easiest one I have ever done!  Give it a try!  (I spray painted the silver top of the ornament with a burnished gold paint and added some glitter – the silver was a little too shiny silver for me!)

make an ornament

For some more ideas for DIY glass ball ornaments, click here and here.

easy ornament diy

I hope you have fun decorating some glass ornaments to give as a hostess gift or to hang on your tree!

Thanks for stopping by!

Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

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christmas is in the air

December 10, 2021

four things tote

Holiday decorating comes in a close second to holiday wrapping for me.

Traditionally, the day after Thanksgiving is a day for retreating to my ‘wrapping room’ for a full day of creating wrapping for gifts I plan on giving.  Sometimes, like this year, I am not able to fit in my favorite creative activity of the season.

But something I always have time for is to incorporate new items I have found or made during the year to my holiday decor.  Today I am sharing a few.

chandelier ornament

You know I have a great new bathroom this year (click here to see) and, of course, I needed to find a few decor items to add to it for the holiday season!  I found these swoon-worthy chandelier ornaments at an after Christmas sale last year – aren’t they perfect?

And, I love these sparkly guest towels I found at T.J. Maxx.

guest towel

A special ornament always looks best displayed on its own.  This one is just propped on top of a rattan covered drinking glass.

snow ornament

And, I made this mini wreath specifically to use in the new bathroom.  (At the end of last holiday season I made tons of 6″ wreaths using many of my collected ribbons and bottle brush trees – so fun to make!)

wreath

New incorporated items popped up in other parts of the house as well.  I picked up this pretty white pedestal dish at a thrift shop and it is so perfect for displaying a single decor item.

pretty christmas house

And, my favorite new ornament is this stack of books!

book ornament

Have you incorporated any new items into your decor this year?  It is fun to find things throughout the year that may work during the holidays.

Thanks for stopping by!  Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

P.S.  If you are interested in ordering your own 4 favorite things tote, like the one I’ve shown on the start of this post, check out The Shop Forward.

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sweater weather decor

December 3, 2021

storefront

One of the great things about spending some time visiting favorite stores at the holidays is picking up some decor inspiration.

I have a quick DIY to share with you from a visit to one of my fave gift shops.

sweater vase closeup

Out and about on a recent shopping excursion, I saw these vases at Grace in Niantic, Connecticut all wrapped up in ‘sweaters.’  So cute, right?

What a great way to turn any old, boring clear vases (the ones that come from the delivered floral arrangements) into fun seasonal elements!

And even if you don’t have any old sweaters or clear vases laying around – they are the perfect items to thrift!

sweater vases

Love this!  Use sweaters that best match your decor.  Check out my creations in upcoming Instagram stories!

Happy crafting!  Thanks for stopping by!

Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

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