Vintage Glass Glitter Ornaments

Every month a group of bloggers are challenged by C’mon Get Crafty to create a new craft or project from their own stash of goodies! Check out some awesome creations you might be able to make from your own stash! #CraftRoomDestashChallenge.  This month I embellished wood die cut ornaments to make Vintage Glass Glitter Ornaments.

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I wasn’t even sure if I would participate this month in the Craft Room DeStash Challenge because my schedule was too packed with working a seasonal job at a Christmas store, trying to finish up our rental house renovations, AND participating in other blog challenges.  But I walked into my craft room anyway and looked around to see what I could come up with.  My eyes stopped at this box of beautiful vintage glass glitter I had been saving for a special project one day.

Vintage glass glitter, also called German glass glitter, has an entirely different texture and sparkle from the most common glitter you find on shelves.  You might wonder why I have a box of many different colors on my shelf.  I used to work for a resort hosting these elaborate parties and galas, and it never failed that the Design Department would end up working on the events too.  Once, we helped make special invitations using this vintage glass glitter, which ended up in storage for years.  During one of our clean-out and donate days of the storage units, I nabbed this box right before someone threw it in the dumpster.  I have held on to it for years.  My daughter used it once or twice on birthday cards, but I wanted a more special project for it one day.  I just hadn’t figured out what yet.

And then I remembered what else I had in the craft room.

Several months ago, at the Christmas store I work at, we received these packs of wood die-cut ornaments. With my discount, I was able to get six ornaments for less than $2. I purchased several packs, thinking they would make great gift tags. It wasn’t until I spotted the box of glass glitter that I decided to try to fancy them up for my husband’s coworkers as small gifts.

Vintage Glitter Glass Ornaments

For this project, you will need:

• Small wooden die cut ornaments
• Vintage Glass Glitter
• Modge Podge
• Foam Brush
• Craft Brushes
• Metallic Acrylic Paints
• Paper plates

I tried a couple of different types of glue but, in the end, found that Modge Podge worked the best. Using a foam brush, I covered one side of the ornament and placed it on the paper plate. Then, I sprinkled and poured generous amounts of the glass glitter over the ornament to get it to stick to the Modge Podge. After shaking off the excess glitter, I was able to pour the glitter back into the container off the paper plate to use again.

I also decided to jazz up of a few of the ornaments with metallic paints instead of the glitter.  I like them both.

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