As usual all holiday projects are planned and in progress or ready to go.. and then just when you are done.... another project catches your eye..... Had seen a video on YouTube from Muriel on her channel:
Mscooperscoop. She showed the finished project and briefly explained what she had done to make her project and she also tells you where she had seen a picture of this project on Instagram. Cute idea and happy she even said where she picked up the ornaments to decorate...
This project features plastic Light Bulb ornaments from Mikes.... but good luck finding them... Long story but the THIRD store I went to - after calling first for stock availability - is a 45 minute drive from here. I had checked the web site for a store near to my house and the website said this store had these in stock - I arrived at that store when they opened the doors in the morning and none of these ornaments could be found... grrrrrrr..... off to a closer store to the house after checking with their website and we get there and again NOTHING.... back to the car and I decided to call this last store rather than looking on their website and the gal said yes they did have them and I asked if she could hold two packages of them for me and that it would take me awhile to get there - happy me she set them aside at the register for me. Drove there and picked them up and headed home....
Here is one of the ornaments that is finished that I made following Muriel's directions:
Years ago I had painted the inside of clear glass ornaments so I knew the basics but with these ornaments being plastic I decided to watch a few YT videos from crafters that had painted and decorated the plastic ornaments with paint. For the most part Folk Art craft paint from Plaid was suggested as the best paint... off to Hobby Lobby to buy that paint in the colours I wanted to use for my ornaments.... easy peasy.... or so I thought....
Picked up paper cups to use as bases for my ornaments so they could dry after I painted them. Before I painted the ornaments I used a hole punch and punched holes in the cups to allow for air to circulate with the ornaments drying. I used an exacto knife to cut a hole on the bottom of the cup so the ornament could be held in place while drying... Here is a photo of my painted ornaments:
When I picked out the shades of paint I wanted to use I knew for the red paint I wanted a more blue red shade and not the orange red colour. Brought the paint home, cut my cups, and began the project. Removed all the metal tops to the ornaments and one by one I painted the ornaments, rotating them so the paint would cover the inside and once the ornament was covered I set them on the cups to dry. I did this in the laundry room with the laundry sink for clean up and I used the top of the dryer to set up the dry station for the ornaments..... Decided to leave them for 24 hours but I did check them a couple of times to see how things were going..... SO not happy when I saw the red paint was pulling away from the inside of the ornament...
Figured the problem with the red paint was it was so thick so went in the craft room and pulled out a bottle of red paint I had in my stash - it is also by Plaid - but it is a thinner paint but still the shade of red I wanted to use. . . Got out another plastic ornament and used this different red paint on that.... Swirled it and did it very slowly this time and let it lay down for a half hour and then turned over the ornament for another half hour -- then I checked it and all looked good so I put it on the cup to dry.... checked it later in the day and once again.... the paint was pulling away from the sides of the ornament.... again.... grrrr...
Off to Hobby Lobby again and decided I would check the paint aisle and see what I could find... I looked at 4 brands in shades of red I liked and I read the labels on each bottle and who the manufacturer was. Did not want to try the Plaid brand again since I tried it twice with no success.... the last bottle I picked up - was on sale for 63 cents and it is by Rustoleum -- BINGO!
Brought this home and before I tried it on the third ornament... I took a photo of the first two ornaments to show the result using the other paints:
I figured Rustoleum would be the best of all the brands I saw and since they are known for their spray paints that I was sure this would work..... Shook the bottle and put it into the third clear ornament hoping for the best.... slowly swirled the paint in the ornament and once it was all covered I waited a half hour and then put it on the cup to dry.... Happy me try 3 worked! Here are photos of the ornaments I made - For the metal tops of the ornaments I used tear and tape and put washi tape on the metal tops to decorate them. Then I used various ribbons/trims from the stash for my ribbons and for my dangles I used chains, beads, and charms all from my stash. Thanks to Muriel for sharing her cute ornaments!
Once I decorated the ornaments with the tops, ribbons, and dangles I set them in the drying cups on the craft table to keep them from rolling around or falling off the table while I worked on other ornaments:
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