I am so excited to launch my new pattern collection with designer extraordinaire,
Francesco Bilotto
(Good Morning America, The View, BRAVO+)
GEOMETRICS
Francesco and I share a HUGE LOVE of the Holidays!
We have very different styles but the love is equal.
I wanted to create a pattern that was super fun but a bit more "Francesco" than my usual style. We got our heads together and came up with a bunch of cute Geometrical shapes with pockets. Not only can these ornaments add some handmade beauty to your tree they can also BE the presents on your tree. Fill them with treats, sweets, money or gift cards.
In this post I wanted to show what I am personally using the pattern for.
My little girl LOVES Rainbows, Candy Canes and photos of herself.
I decided to make multi coloured ornaments to go on the rainbow tinsel tree I found at Kmart.
(an awesome $5 bargain)
I love photo ornaments, especially the ceramic ones, but they can be a bit pricey.
I decided I would decoupage some of my own to go with my candy cane and sweet filled Geometric Ornaments.
I ordered some MDF Circles off of Ebay. There are loads of companies that will cut them to size for you. I picked the 7cm rounds, 36 circles for $14 delivered.
Then I printed out the photos I wanted to use in the same size.
When I cut out the photos I cut them a tiny bit smaller than the MDF circles.
I used School Glue/PVA to attach the photo to the circle. Make sure you get the glue all over the circle.
Then I painted a layer of glue on top of the photo.
Once the photo was completely dry I added a line of glue all around the edge of the circle.
Then I added glitter! I love the stuff. Can't get enough of it.
If you hate it, you can always paint the edges with acrylic paint
Once the layer of glitter glue was completely dry I wiped awake the excess glitter with a tissue.
Then I sprayed the ornaments with a clear gloss coat. I like everything to be shiny!!
When the clear coat was dry I added a ribbon hanging loop with my hot glue gun (couldn't function in life without my hot glue gun!)
Rainbow Geometric Ornaments filled with treats and sweet family photos!
I thought I was being quiet and sneaky but obviously not. Lovebug came running out back to see what I was doing. Looks like the surprise of her Rainbow Sweets Tree is happening TODAY!!!
