More Decorations

Candy canes for decorating, and a large spool of vintage, double-sided foil "ribbon", which I used for the kitchen archway.

Here are the few Velvet backed ornaments which I made to decorate the area above our living room stairway. It has been decorated with some ribbon and bows since a couple of years ago, and I think it needs a new look. :0)

Frosted Fruit and Flowers

I covered three small pieces of faux fruit with glitter to give them a frosted look. The larger ball is an old styrofoam ornament that was already covered in paper and glitter. I just painted over the top with two coats of red acrylic paint, and re-applied my own layer of glitter. Adding a frosted velvet leaf, transforms an ordinary ornament into a frosted cherry or apple. One more red, and two blue ornaments will follow when I have the time.

Frosted flowers: I went crazy and applied some glitter to store bought flowers as well.

Homemade Christmas

Here are the Holiday ornaments that I've been making to decorate the archway between our kitchen and dining room. They are all completely made from scratch, using cardboard, velvet and Victorian clipart found on the internet. I've also incorporated some clear glitter and gold thread.

6 Velvet backed ornaments with glitter edging:

Shown front and back:

Two-sided ornaments with cardboard sandwiched between the layers:

Handmade velvet leaves: I glued various colors of velvet to the backs of store- bought fabric leaves. Press hard to get the indentation of the stem and veins. Then set a heavy book on top until dry. I think they turned out beautifully, and for a much more reasonable price than velvet leaves from the store.

More velvet backed ornaments. The same ornamet, shown front and back. Also shown are some small velvet leaves that I cut from a vintage roll of ribbon. The viens were made by dragging a skewer, pointed side down, across the back.

Approx. 19 yards of homemade fabric ribbon. I bought 2 yards of blue/green fabric from Walmart, and transformed it into wide ribbon by sewing long strips together and serging the sides. I never realized how much it would make, but it turns out I needed almost the entire batch to decorate my kitchen archway.