Krylon, Christmas Ornaments, and a Full Tutorial!

I was asked awhile back to create a Christmas themed project for Krylon paints.  I love making ornaments and decided to get a start on gifts for Cortney's teachers. 

I stayed away from the traditional colors of Christmas.

I went with a more vintage inspired color palette. Pinks, blues, creams, and silver. 

Here is what I did to create my ornaments. :) You will need a glass ornament, Krylon paint, and a big wad of paper towels. 

I sprayed the inside of the ornament generously.....

Shake it up a bit to distribute the paint evenly. 

Let the excess drain out on the paper towel. Find a spot where it can dry upside down.  I balanced mine on a cookie sheet and placed papertowels underneath it. I let it sit for several hours.

I wanted to add glitter to just the top and wanted a clean line.  So I taped off the area I wanted. 

I painted a coating of glossy accents. 

Then I sprinkled with silver glitter. 

I peeled the tape off.

I wanted jingle bells in some vintage colors so decided I could spray paint them.

I had 3 stations going.  I sprayed them, turned them, and sprayed them again.  It took about 4-5 times to get the bells fully covered. 

I couldn't leave my jingle bells "naked" so I thought they could use a bit of glitter.  

I placed a few drops of glossy accents on the bell and spread it around with my fingers.  

I dropped it in a bowl of clear coarse glitter by Martha Stewart.

I set them to the side to dry and got to work on the rest of the ornament. I tied a sheer white bow around the top.

I got my hot glue gun out and added sprigs of clear beads.

I die cut a snowflake from cream felt and hot glued it to the center of my beads. 

I wanted to continue the silver theme a bit so I grabbed some silver ribbon I had in my stash.  I think it was from Michaels.

I cut the ribbon into thin strips.  (Love the glue left on my hand!) ;)

Give it a pinch in the center...

Thread your jingle bells with white string and tie in the center of the silver bow.

Hot glue it to the snowflake.

As a last step I added a vintage posy to my bells.

And one last parting shot of the finished product.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial! 

I am off to a weekend of celebrating my birthday.  

Dinner last night, dinner tonight, and dinner tomorrow....

yep I am spoiled. ;)