Paper Ornaments

November 28, 2011 16 Comments

I’m officially on Christmas mode. It’s all I can think of now that Thanksgiving has passed. Of course that means I have a million Christmas craft projects running through my head and just not enough time to do. Please tell me I’m not the only one that stays up in bed thinking of ideas, hoping you’ll remember them come morning?

One of my recent late night ideas consisted of ways to gift wrap. I kept thinking of these paper medallions so I made a bunch of them to hang as ornaments. My plan is to eventually use them for gifts with the persons initial in the center. 

To make these cut your paper into strips 1.5in wide

 Fold every half or quarter inches accordion style. The blue one above is folded every 1/2in, the sheet music one if folded every 1/4in.

 Glue the ends together, press down, and glue the center together with hot glue. You may need to hold it in place for a minute or two while the glue hardens.

Glue on a circle, tie some string onto it, and you’re done! 

Instead of using bows you could add these to your wrapped gift. Simple and so many options available. 

Thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous day!

Linking up at tcb and the parties listed on my link party page

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16 comments on “Paper Ornaments”

1. Catherine and clan (aka catnz) on November 29, 2011 at 6:53 am said:

   What a great idea and so simple. Just wondering if you used something that was pre-cut to go in the middle or did you create that too? Thanks, C

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2. Jutta on November 29, 2011 at 9:07 am said:

   This is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing

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3. Andrea @ Sew Divertimento on November 29, 2011 at 5:30 pm said:

   These are beautiful!!! Thanks for the great idea!

   http://www.sewdivertimento.blogspot.com

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4. karah on November 30, 2011 at 2:52 am said:

   Cute idea! Thank you for sharing
   Karah @ thespacebetweenblog

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5. Artsy VaVa on December 1, 2011 at 5:30 am said:

   I love these sweet paper ornaments!

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6. Amanda K @ Every Creative Endeavor on December 1, 2011 at 9:16 pm said:

   I love rosettes and your turned out so cute! Thank you for linking up!

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7. Kerryanne English on December 2, 2011 at 3:46 am said:

   They look great Crystal.

   I'd love for you to share this project on Inspiration Friday at Simply Christmas http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/2011/12/inspiration-friday.html

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8. Bronwyn on December 2, 2011 at 3:11 pm said:

   This is are so simple, but so beautiful. I really like the mix of papers you used.

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9. Fotf on December 2, 2011 at 5:08 pm said:

   Love this idea, simple but effective and multi purpose :)

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10. Nike@ChooseToThrive on December 3, 2011 at 1:12 am said:

    Beautiful! I love the music note paper!

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11. Emily on December 3, 2011 at 2:35 am said:

    Great idea!

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12. South Bay Studio on December 4, 2011 at 3:37 pm said:

    Greaat idea and it looks simple enough even for me. I have lots of scrapbooking paper. Kathi

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13. Etcetorize on December 5, 2011 at 12:19 am said:

    So pretty! I have a DIY ornament challenge going on this week over at Etcetorize and you can link up your projects to my linky party starting tonight. Would love for you to share this: http://etcetorize.blogspot.com ~

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14. Katie on December 7, 2011 at 2:38 pm said:

    I love these paper ornaments! Just wanted to let you know that I featured your ornaments on Sew Woodsy today!

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15. concretenprimroses on December 12, 2011 at 2:57 am said:

    Very pretty!
    Kathy

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16. MAGICO DANDELION (LA MAGIA DE CREAR) on December 18, 2011 at 8:54 pm said:

    Very beautiful your blog many congratulations for your work I leave an embrace of friendship you

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