What is Round, Glittery and Sparkly?!

This year, we had the (some would argue "not-so") bright idea to make some homemade Christmas ornaments.  All of us girls: Mom, Shanel, Amy, and I are a pretty creative bunch, so we figured we could round up some supplies, conjure up some great ideas in our noggins, and get to ornament making.

Um...way easier said than done!

Making homemade ornaments is not as cushy as it appears.  We tried to follow a few different types of DIY ornament styles that we found online and we tried to come up with a few of our own, but we may have to take another approach next go round.  It was hard to work with glass.  It was hard to wait for paint to dry.  It was hard to manipulate the craft supplies that we had into small little glass balls.  It was hard.  I think we ended up with more glitter, sparkles, and paint on ourselves than on or in our ornaments, but we pressed on...

...We have ornaments, we don't have much consistency, but we have ornaments! 

I think the key to making homemade ornaments is to find two or three that the group likes, grab the supplies needed to make those select few, and follow directions together. (Including the preparation that may need to happen beforehand - like washing the ornaments and letting them dry!)

Even though making the ornaments was more difficult than we had originally planned, we still had fun!  And I, for one, won't necessarily rule out ornament making in the future... I'll just plan it a little better!