Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Ornament Wreath

Ok I'm pretty excited about this project.  I have seen ornament wreaths on the web and I LOVE them!  So you can imagine my surprise when one my friends (in real life) made one.  My friend is super talented so of course it was gorgeous!  And I realized it was time to do my own knock off!


I chose to do all silver and white ornaments.  I bought a wreath form at Michael's - 


I gave it a quick coat of chrome spray paint (just in case any of the form peeked out from the finished wreath)-


I picked up some cheap ornaments at Dollar Tree - 


I took all of the ornaments out of the packaging and tossed them into a bowl so it would be easy to grab them randomly - 


Then I just used my hot glue gun to attach them.  I tried to stay very random - both in color and location.  This is what it looked like when I ran out of ornaments...


Oops.  So after another trip to Dollar Tree, I was able to transform it into this - 


I used some little ornaments (which I found at Michael's) to fill in the gaps -


To hang it, I used ribbon (from Dollar Tree) - 






I'm loving it!  And it was pretty easy to do.  As for cost, I kinda lost track.  :-)  But it definitely came in under $25.  I think that's a bargain.  And it is simple to adapt to your color scheme (my friend used more colorful ornaments - also from the dollar store).   

Well that was fun but now I REALLY have to get some shopping done...


I've shared this project here - 

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41 comments:

  1. I love it! It turned out SO nice! :)

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  4. Spray painting the form was a great idea! I did not do that and since I hung it on a mirror you can see the form when looking at it from the side--but who is going to look from the side? Next time I will definitely paint the form too. My wreath for sure came in under $25. I spent $13 on ornaments and I think the form was around 5 bucks. Fun project!

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  5. WOW! That is one stunning wreath...I love it. Thanks for sharing how to make one!

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  6. Beautiful wreath! I love how nice and full it is!

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  7. This is so pretty! I am now following you and I hope you will follow me back. Would you link up with my Handmade on Humpday link party going on now? You can find it at www.createdbycori.blogspot.com

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  8. Beautiful wreath! I love the silver - so simple and classy :)

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  9. This is absolutely gorgeous!I love the silver! I'd love for you to link this up to my Christmas Linky Carnival.
    http://blissfulanddomestic.blogspot.com/2011/11/homemade-in-december-link-carnival.html

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  10. Very sweet ornament wreath you designed :) Thanks for sharing with all of us :D

    Spotted you at Shabby Creek Cottage Transformation Thur Linky Party,
    ~Suzanne in Chilly NW Illinois

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  11. Found you over on Sweet Peas and Bumblebees. Ornament wreaths have been all over the web lately but this is by far my favorite! You did such a fantastic job filling it in and I love the color scheme. Inspired me to try a gold and silver one for New Years. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Your wreath turned out terrific, Kristen! I'm decorating with a lot of silver and white for Christmas myself this year. I like how those two colors remind me of a snowy winter.

    Thanks for linking to Time Travel Thursday again this week.

    Blessings,
    Liz @ The Brambleberry Cottage
    http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

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  13. That is gorgeous! I want I want! I think I will be heading to the dollar store tomorrow. Thank you for sharing! I would love for you to link up to my party if you had the time - http://www.literallyinspired.com/2011/12/wytbw-sweet-little-french-fries.html

    Hope to see you there!

    Ginger

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  14. Very cool! I love the silver... visiting from SSS. :)

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  15. Traveling by 4's from Liz's Time Travel Thursdays. My link = #74 = traveling by 4's. Glad I got to see your wreath. Very very nice. Doesn't it make ya feel great to accomplish things like that? I even love reading about them! Thanks, Jenn

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  16. I'm just dying to make an ornament wreath this year too!! This is GORGEOUS!!
    Would love for you to link up @ Find Your Craft Friday over on my blog... Have a great Friday!

    Emily @ BabyBerry
    http://weinzapfelbabyberry.blogspot.com/

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  17. It turned out so beautifully! I love the silver!

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  18. Beautiful wreath and looks great in silver

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  19. Wow this turned out so great! I have been wanting to make a christmas wreath for my door and can't wait to try making this! Thanks for sharing!!

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  20. How gorgeous! Thanks for linking to Things I've Done Thursday!

    Melanie
    Sew Rugged @ bear rabbit bear
    bearrabbitbear.blogspot.com

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  21. Fun!! Using so many materials from The Dollar Store was a great idea. Thanks for all of the detailed instructions and photos!

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  23. I made one all different colors for a gift, but would love one all silver like yours! Simply gorgeous!
    *hugs*deb

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  24. What a beautiful wreath! Just perfect. I have been resisting this wreath because it is not a necessity but you are making it so hard. Love it!

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  26. I have always wanted to do this and you have just inspired me.

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  27. This came out so good!! I still need to make one. My front door looks so bare! LOL! I linked you up to my linky party so my readers can check out your wreath!!
    http://aworldofcrafts.blogspot.com/

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  28. Hi, I've come from Make Something Mondays. Love your wreath :)

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  29. This looks so chic --- I love it! Thank you for sharing.
    Blessings, Becky
    www.fromgentogen.com

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  30. So sparkly! I'm glad you were able to get more ornaments.

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  31. A wonderful Christmas idea to get one and all in the Christmas spirit.
    Lou

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  32. Gorgeous! Thanks for the easy, affordable idea!
    Love your silver bowl too. :)
    Arrived via TCB.

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  33. Beautiful. I want to give this a try one day.

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  34. just stunning!!! great job!! i love that you went all silver!

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  35. I'm having a linky party on my blog right now! I would love it if you could link up all your holiday posts to it! So cute! Thanks! Here is my link http://www.thesouthernproductqueen.com/2011/12/13/linky-party/

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  36. I featured this on my blog tonight! Thanks so much for linking up to Your Whims Wednesday, Come check it out and grab a button! http://mygirlishwhims.blogspot.com/2011/12/your-whims-wednesday-37-and-features.html

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  37. Ack! I love it! Totally going to make one these next year! Great job!!

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  38. Your wreath is super nice, especially like the colours and the different sizes :) Well done!

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  40. This looks great! I made a similar one with a gold wreath and lots of dollar store bulbs, but I wired them and they keep falling off here and there....guess I'll need to pull out the glue gun! Thanks for the tutorial!
    --Katie
    www.blah2beautiful.blogspot.com
    Creatively Living Outside the Box

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  41. Beautiful. You did a great job!

    Here is my version:

    http://mommyiscoocoo.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-make-christmas-ornament-wreath.html
    Buy a bunch of ornaments on sale after Christmas. Everyone who sees yours will want one. :)

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