Then I came across an idea on Pinterest. The blogger monogrammed her last name's initial onto a ball ornament in gold paint. It was the perfect idea, but it needed something...
GLITTER!
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| These ornaments will make a nice personal addition to the tree! |
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| For this project, you will need colored ball ornaments. I found these at Hobby Lobby. I thought it would be best to get those with a matte finish, or the non-shiny kind. You will also need paint pens and glitter. |
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| Begin by writing the letter onto the ornament. This takes a steady hand. |
I found a font on my computer and printed the needed letters on paper and used it as a guide, but I did still have to free hand.
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| While the paint is still wet, sprinkle a generous amount of glitter. As a rule, we didn't have time to be neat. Dump the glitter on and knock off the excess into a container. The paint dries quickly. |
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| When it is completely dry, brush off any extra glitter. To give it a nice finishing touch, I added a piece of ribbon to hang it. |
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| I used silver and gold paint and glitter on the darker colored ornaments. For the white ornaments, we used red, blue, and green paints and glitters. |
While I made all of the above ornaments, my girls did get in on the action and made a few ornaments, too.
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| My 8-year-old made these ornaments. She made the "G" in her school colors and plans to give it to her principal. She wrote "JOY" on her second ornament. |
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| My 5-year-old made these, a cupid's heart and "JOY" with each letter a different color. |
'And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.' Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 'Behold,
a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.' Matthew 1:21-23
