Spontaneous Moment #53: Glitter Galore & Chalk Oh My!

I started writing this blog before the holidays, but of course the holiday season got in the way and I'm only able to come back to it all. We're focusing on Christmas Wrapping themes!

Here we go again. That time of year. This year I had three different themes: glitter, chalk, and holly. I attempted to make everything black, red, green, gold or glittery.

As you can see, I put ornaments on almost every gift as a "mini gift" before opening the real thing.

The gift on the lower right hand side has a candy sleigh on it that I created from the tutorial here.

To see how I created the holly decorations on my presents, go to my older blog post here.

Now onto the ornaments! I bought some cheap half prices ornaments that they put on sale closer to Christmas. I bought some clear ones with a hint of shimmer and some $1 ornaments.

Glitter Ornaments Materials:

• Clear Ornament
• Pledge Clear Floor Care
• Glitter color of your choosing
• A funnel
• Optional: glitter letters as an initial

My ornaments

Squeeze a small amount of Pledge Floor Care into your ornament.

Turn your ornament until it coats the entire ornament. Don't swish or shake as it will create bubbles or streaks. Just swivel the ornament around in a counter clockwise motion.

Once coated, place your funnel in the ornament and pour in glitter.

Slowly rotate the ornament around so that the glitter covers everything. You might need to add some more glitter after the first rotation to get the full glitter effect.

How they'll look once you're done! Glitter galore! They sparkle under the tree.

Not shown: I later added glitter letters on the glitter ornaments to label which gift was for which person. I used a red "D" for the gold glitter ornament and a gold cursive "K" for the red ornament.

Another option is to use glass etching solution to create an initial on the glitter ornament. I put one of my glitter letters on the ornament and then put the glass etching cream around it.

I wasn't very happy with the final product so I didn't continue with the rest of the ornaments. I just kept the glitter letters on the rest. Here was the outcome for me. It's a bad picture due to the light.

Chalk Ornaments Materials:

• Cheap Ornaments
• Chalk Paint
• Brush
• Chalk or chalk pen

Paint your ornaments and then prop them upside down on a flat surface. If you have trouble propping them up while wet, I suggest painting it half way and then once it's dry, prop the ornament upright in the ornament holder (the white container seen in the photo below).Then paint the rest of the ornament and let it dry.

This is what I did when I painted the ornament halfway and let it dry.

This is how it looked when I painted it the entire way and then slowly propped it up to dry.

A close up.

The final product of a few of the ornaments:

How I incorporated the ornaments into the presents for decoration: