DYI ornaments

I saw this picture in some magazine a few months ago and it stuck with me. Maybe it was because I tore it out and put in on my REAL pin board. Ha!!

Around early October, I went to michaels to get some things for Halloween and they had some DIY ornaments out. Guess they stay out year round. So, picked me up a package. Step 1 towards my own ornaments complete. Now, fast forward to November 30th, and I finally got to tackle them!!!

This is what I started with:

I used CLEAR Elmer's glue and added a bit of water to this it out. Shake and let sit. The shaking made a lot of bubbles. I wanted to jump right in, I didn't let it sit long enough so my ornaments had a ton of tiny little bubbles. Don't think it affected the final product, but I had to use more glitter to fill them in.

Worked like a charm!!! I used Martha Stewart glitter because I read somewhere that it was a lit finer than other types. It's so fine it's soft!!! Definitely will stick with Stewart for my glitter needs.

My idea to reality moment.....

Obviously, they aren't going to be as bold as a picture, but I like them!!!

I also used some of the snowflake glitter. I connected them to Christmas lights.

The others I plan to bedazzle or whatever.