Upcycled Ornaments

I am cuckoo for Christmas. It's true. I especially LOVE decorating my Christmas tree. This year I was a little late because of our traveling, but it's finally up. I didn't have a ton of money to go buy a bunch of new ornaments, so I used a bunch of silver ornaments I already had and supplemented them with $15 worth of bulbs from Target. BUT, my favorite part of the tree is the garland that Tim and I made.

I used my circle punch and some old sheet music I bought for $2 at the flea market. We punched out circles and threaded them together. We used 6 garlands on our 7' tree. Each garland ended up being about 5' long. The other touch we used was some old plastic chandelier "crystals" Tim's cousin gave me. He dropped off this old funky chandelier and said, "My wife thought you could make something with this...". I love that people have me pegged like that! ;)

So, the moral of the story is, check your garage! Lots of things can become ornaments...

• Amy   |   December 9, 2009, 11:20 pm   |   http://inherentpassion.com
  Lovely. Just lovely.
• Jessie   |   December 10, 2009, 8:59 am   |   http://samann1121.blogspot.com
  Oh, I love that garland! I might have to steal that idea for next year. And I really love the extra dimension the long icicles give the tree.
• Erin   |   December 10, 2009, 10:25 am   |   www.urbanitystudio.com
  Amy -- Thank you so much! Jessie -- You are free to steal ANY ideas I post on this blog. That is the whole point! :D I knew you'd appreciate my crafty & frugal garland. You are my frugalist (is that a word?) crafty friend!
• Cale and Megan Lopp   |   December 14, 2009, 12:37 pm   |   http://www.etsy.com/shop/greencouchdesign
  Wonderful! I love it!

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