Glitter & Glam Decorations {Homemade Christmas Decor}

 

Hi Scrap Shoppe Readers!  We’re so excited to be here on Michele’s blog, we just adore her. 🙂

 

First off, we’d like to introduce ourselves.  We are twin sisters Kelli & Kristi from Lolly Jane and our little corner of blogland is filled with home improvement tips, craft tutorials, holiday decor, recipes and a good furniture revamp or two.  We love how small touches of decor can customize a space and instantly make it yours.

Today we’ll be sharing an easy way to spruce up your {holiday} decor.

 

Want to add some glitter&glam to your plain jane Christmas decorations?

 

We’ve had these fun Christmas-y trees on display at my house for a few years now and just ♥ them because they add height to any cluster of decorations I play around with.

Wanna know how we made ’em?

 

Cone styrofoam . Mod Podge . 2- 1/8″ Wooden dowels . 2″x2″x1/2″ Wood base . Gold spray paint . Glitter

 

1. Spray paint (1) wooden dowel & the wood base gold.  Let dry completely.

2. Attach gold dowel to wood base with a screw from the bottom, (my hubby helped me here & even routered the edges to look more glitzy. Awww!)

3. Stick (1) unpainted dowel through the top and the gold dowel/base through the bottom of styrofoam until they are nice and snug.

4. Shave off styrofoam surrounding the top dowel until the cone styrofoam is shaped into a nice pointy Christmas-y tree, (cones come slightly flat on top.  Don’t worry if it’s not perfectly smooth; the glitter will hide any imperfections.)

5. Paint a thin layer of Modpodge onto cone styrofoam & top wooden dowel. 

7. Wait until surface is completely dry.  Display for your viewing pleasure!

 

 Supplies needed:

(3) Red candles . Red glitter . Elmer’s Glue . Mod Podge

 

 Candle #1: Paint a thin layer of modpodge. Roll in red glitter. Dust glitter in cracks.

Candle #2: Squeeze Elmer’s glue in thin layer, wrapping around candle. Dust red glitter on.

Candle #3: Repeat directions for candle numero uno 😉

 

If you’re wondering about the gold snowflake in the middle of the frame, I’ll let you in on a secret: it’s an ornament from the $1 store!  I simply copied the method for my glitter candles: modpodge, dust on gold glitter, tack to frame, display.  That’s it!

 

We hope you’ve enjoyed our tips today!  We’d ♥ to catch up with you on FB (:

Thanks again for having us, Michele!