Craft: Snowflake Ornaments

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This year I made use of some leftover items from DIY projects past and made ornaments for my Christmas cards.  They were SO easy to make!

Here are pics and instructions:

You will need:

• Snowflake forms, I purchased from Jewelry Supply dot com
• Round nose pliers
• Beads of various shapes and sizes, with a wide opening to accommodate the wire (i.e. – seed beads will not work)
• String
• Decorative paper and adhesive
• Stickers, a die cut machine, or your imagination!
• Punch for the tag
• Kraft paper, white label paper, and peppermint twine
• Postcard sized cardstock

Instructions for the ornament – very straightforward!  Arrange beads on snowflake form as desired, leaving approximately 1/2″ free at the end.  I alternated two different patterns on every other spoke of the 6-spoke form.  Use the round nose pliers to twist the end closed.  Tie a string to one loop and voila!  I also printed and punched out “Handmade by” tags that I attached to the ornament.

Instructions for the box (I used a 5 x 7.5″ white jewelry box): Cut a 12×12 piece of scrapbook paper into thirds.  Wrap around the lid and secure with adhesive.  You’ll be about 3″ short.  I used this opportunity to print a postcard sized Christmas letter and attached to the inner lid of the box.

Die cut the word “Joy!”, run through Xyron adhesive machine, and adhere.  I used red circle glitter stickers for the dot of the j and the exclamation point just to add a little sparkle.

Wrap the box in Kraft paper, print and adhere mailing label, and voila!  Twine can be used for those that you’ll be hand-delivering, but cannot be mailed.  Here are a few for my colleagues fully packaged:

I’d be happy to send you the template for my fold over address labels – just comment and I will email it to you!

Merry Christmas!

E.