Hello, everybody! Merry Almost-Christmas, if you’re celebrating this year!
So, you may have noticed by now that I really enjoy the Art Elements blog, since I have participated in so many blog hops and challenges that they’ve hosted (1, 2, 3, 4). For this one, they have challenged us to make some handmade Christmas ornaments! You can read the original challenge description here.
So here’s what I made!
These little stylized Christmas wreaths are made from my Vistella earring pattern, but tweaked a little bit to leave off the AVA beads.
I did three different Christmassy color combinations and then strung them up on bits of sari silk to hang from the tree.
Here we’ve got a vintage-looking bright red, dark olive, and antique beige.
Then a modern twist with teal, snowy white, gold and wine red.
And your classic holly berry red, soft gold, and warm green palette.
They were really fun to whip up and I had a good time making different versions of the classic Christmas color combo. I tend to get really wrapped up in tweaking the classic green/red/gold/white to get different moods. Remember my big color palette frenzy last year?
Check out what everybody else made for the handmade ornament challenge this year. There’s lots of amazing stuff. Happy Holidays! See you soon with my New Years Resolutions for 2018!
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They are all so beautiful! I will have to try something like this next year too, I really love the look! (no time left this year before christmas anymore *sniff*)
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Dude, I feel that! I always get my big wave of Christmassy inspiration right about when the season is over, haha.
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Those are all so pretty! Initially, the blue one caught my eye, but close up, the “vintage” one is my favorite. However, they are all so lovely and intricate. The wreath idea was inspired!
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Thanks, hope! I think the vintage-y one is my favorite too, Those backlit ruby GemDuo beads are soooooo shiny! <3
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Oh Samantha, I just love these! I wanted to do some beaded ornaments too, but didn’t get to it! The colors are all so pretty! Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas to you too! And phew boy, yeah, beaded things can be total time-sucks. Luckily these guys were tiny enough to work up pretty quickly. :D
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These are perfect little beaded wreaths! The addition of sari silk makes them so much more festive!
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Thanks, Cathy! Sari silk has become a total go-to finishing touch for me. I use it finish up basically everything nowadays, haha.
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I love your contemporary take on a traditional theme and your wreaths are so pretty. Thank you for taking part in our challenge and happy holidays.
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Thanks, Lesley! Thank you all so much for hosting! I do so love a good blog hop. <3
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These beaded wreaths are simple gorgeous. I love your take on the traditional red/green palette for the holiday. But that teal? Delicious.
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Thanks, Jenny! I was trying to push myself a little and I’ve seen a lot teal subbed in for the traditional evergreen this year and wanted to give it a whirl!
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The diamond beads are beautiful. I love how you’ve used them!
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Thanks, Caroline! I think they turned out pretty nice, if I do say so myself. ;)
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I love your ornaments. They are beautiful. Now, I know where to get the directions to make them too. Thank you!
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Thanks, Kathy! I’ve been wondering for awhile if the pattern could be tweaked to make a wreath and I was so happy for the opportunity to experiment in the blog hop. :D
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these are beautiful
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Thank you, Laney!
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I love your beaded ornaments – the red and green ones just sing to me
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Thank you so much! Those are my favorites too. <3
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I really love the beaded wreaths. I love the colors and just how the ornaments say Christmas in a vintage way. Have a wonderful Christmas
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Your beaded wreaths are beautiful. Great color combinations.
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I love these! Really like the vintage wreath. The red in the diamond beads really pops. Great job! The earring pattern these are based off would look geeat as an ornament too.
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What a fun idea! I love all three color combos… but I think the last one is my favorite.
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Fun! I love the different colour palettes you chose!
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