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Handmade Ornament Ideas

December 6, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 10 Comments

I signed up for the Arkansas Women Bloggers handmade ornament exchange and immediately thought what on earth was I thinking? I had to come up with a homemade ornament idea just when my mind felt tired and blank. Ornament.Exchange.Remorse. With only a couple of weeks to made final edits and get my manuscript to my editor, I was doing everything except what I should have been doing. (Not gonna lie, it feels good to say my editor even though there’s always a chance she may return the thing back marked “lost cause”.)

Anyhoo.

I was matched up with Jessica who blogs at Life With the Bauer Bunch. Jessica, a small town Arkansas girl, is super busy working and raising three kids. She blogs about motherhood and figuring out life as she goes (her words). Jessica is real and normal and reading her blog is like visiting with my best friend.

I finished my edits, my manuscript has been sent and I managed to make an ornament for Jessica too. The season of eternal holiday magic.

Here it is.

Handmade Christmas Ornament

Jessica and her kids seemed to like it. Whew:))

I sort of cheated because I’ve made this ornament before. You can get the basic pattern HERE. I changed up the process somewhat by using scrapbook paper instead of vintage book pages, and I Mod Podged it to make it a bit more substantial. The buttons and rick rack are vintage. I used glitter glue instead of real glitter which is not so messy.

Now for my surprise.

Alicia who blogs at Simple Words by A drew my name. Alicia and I met last year in Helena and even canoed the Mississippi River together without incident, a bond not many people share, right?

canoeing the Mississippi River

A self-proclaimed crafter and apparent overachiever, Alicia sent me two handmade ornaments. (Sorry, Jessica. You got shortchanged…)

handmade ornaments

Her gift included a sweet, handwritten letter. When was the last time I received a letter?

The ornament on the left is filled with Hemingway quotes because she knows now much I love Ernest Hemingway. Very thoughtful! The fun ornament on the right is covered with a soft red and white yarn. Both really boosted my holiday spirit.

Now if I could just get my Christmas tree up!

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Musical Pairing:

Celtic Women – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

 

 

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Comments

  1. Colene and Tom says

    December 6, 2014 at 7:59 am

    Nice! I love the sound of “your editor”. I am preparing to get my tree up. Beautiful musical pairing.

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  2. Barbara Tate says

    December 6, 2014 at 8:51 am

    I love the sound of that too: “getting my manuscript to my editor”. I know she will love “your story”. You did a great job on your ornament. I thought you had taken up sewing again. Have a good day! (I am using exclamation marks way too much lately; I know that Hemingway didn’t use them often!!)

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  3. Jenny says

    December 6, 2014 at 11:14 am

    I love all of these ornaments!! Where do I place my order?!? You can fill mine with “bank” quotes; you know what I mean? 😉

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  4. Jennifer says

    December 6, 2014 at 7:50 pm

    I love them all! Both the ornament you made and the ones you received! Anything handmade is a win in my book 🙂

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  5. Dorothy Johnson says

    December 7, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    I love both yours and Alicia’s ornaments– all so clever. I participated last year, but decided I didn’t have time this year. I love crafting, so next year …

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  6. Sarah Shotts says

    December 7, 2014 at 10:31 pm

    I can’t wait to see all the ornaments! ARWB are so creative. Love your papercraft tree. 🙂

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  7. Laurie Marshall says

    December 7, 2014 at 10:50 pm

    You don’t give yourself enough credit! Love all three. 🙂

    One of these days I’m going to have an editor! It’s good to have a goal. LOL

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  8. Jodi says

    December 16, 2014 at 10:25 pm

    I think that they are all super cute! I felt a similar sense of panic…craft? handmade? Oh, dear…

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  9. gina says

    December 18, 2014 at 12:14 pm

    You are SO crafty. Love the ornament you made. Merry Christmas, #Palsie!

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  10. Alicia says

    December 19, 2014 at 9:34 am

    I am glad you liked them!

    Reply

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