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Watercolor Christmas Ornament From a Napkin – 2018 Ornament Exchange

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Welcome to the 2018 Ornament Exchange. I have created a pretty watercolor Christmas ornament from a napkin.

This is our third year participating in the blogger ornament exchange! A group of bloggers are paired up and we swap important key information about each other – such as our Christmas decor likes and dislikes.Based on this information, we create handmade ornaments for each other and mail them off in an exchange. That’s why this year I created a watercolor Christmas ornament from a napkin. Let me tell you all about it!

2018 Ornament Exchange Link Party

This year, we have 50 talented bloggers sharing their Christmas ornament tutorials and helping to host the handmade ornament exchange link party! Let’s meet the hosts of this year’s 2018 Ornament Exchange Link Party!

My PinterventuresNorthern FeelingA Purdy Little House
Create and Babble 2 Bees in a PodAcross the Boulevard
Simply Beautiful by AngelaThe Inspiration VaultFaeries and Fauna
Home on the CornerThis Autoimmune LifeOur Unschooling Journey
Rosewood and GraceShoppe No.5Domestic Deadline
Made In A DayIntelligent DomesticationsCookies, Coffee and Crafts
Tales From HomeMunoforeSuper Mom – No Cape!
Raggedy BitsChristmas Tree LaneC’mon Get Crafty
Making ManzanitaMom Home GuideFrom Evija with Love
Red Cottage ChroniclesCoastal BohemianOur Crafty Mom
Girl, Just DIY!Halfpint DesignsPrim and Propah
Purple Hues and MeFarm Girl Reformed Eye Love Knots
Try It – Like It – Create ItTeadoddlesTwo Purple Couches
Inside the Fox DenKeys to InspirationOur Home Made Easy
Charleston CraftedThe Quiet GrooveChicken Scratch NY
Jordan’s Easy EntertainingMom Envy Sparkle Living
The Good Hearted WomanFor the Love of Food

My sweet ornament partner is Evija of From Evija With Love. She is very talented and creative. An extra added feature is she lives in the Isle of Man in the UK but is originally from Latvia Evija describes her Christmas decor as traditional, white, silver and blue. Be still my heart! I could see why we were paired up! Immediately I began thinking of ideas. I headed to my craft stash and found these craft board ornaments:

When I purchased them at the Dollar Tree in September, I had no idea what I was even going to do with them. Truth be told, I still wasn’t very sure of what I was going to do.

Time to Get Creative

Searching for inspiration I visited the craft store, but I wasn’t having any luck. Back at home in my pantry I spotted these napkins that I had previously purchased at the dollar store.

I was suddenly struck with an idea. Why not paint the lavender parts of the napkin with blue watercolor paints? If my plan worked, I could then try and Mod Podge the painted paper to the cardboard forms. Sounds crazy, I know.

Supplies

  • cardboard form ornaments
  • paper napkins
  • watercolor paints
  • water
  • paper towels for blotting
  • scissors to cut napkins into 2 inch squares
  • Mod Podge
  • sponge brush

How To

  1. Peel apart napkin down to single ply – top layer. Discard bottom layers.

2. Choose your color palette. I used only two blue colors.

3. Paint the napkin. Let dry completely.

4. Paint cardboard ornament with generous layer of Mod Podge and start adding napkin pieces. Smooth out bubbles, taking care not to rip paper. Keep adding pieces until all of the cardboard is covered. Let dry completely.

Personally, I thought that these turned out beautifully. The paint did not adhere to the silver.

It retained its luster.

Hopefully Evija will think that a Watercolor Christmas Ornament From a Napkin fits into her home decor. I truly hope so.

They were so much fun to create and they were a labor of love!

I can’t wait to see what she created for me!

Don’t forget to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!


If you have a handmade ornament tutorial, we would love for you to share it on the link party below ⇓⇓ Add as many ornament tutorials as you like until December 15th.


14 Comments

  1. Mother of 3 says:

    Those are beautiful! I would have never guessed that you used napkins to make them. Pinned.

  2. Those turned out really pretty! And they’re easy enough to make them with your kids for a fun craft afternoon. They’d be great to give to grandparents.

  3. I can’t believe this was made from a napkin. They are beautiful!

  4. These ornaments are absolutely beautiful.. It always amazes me what can be achieved with some imagination !!!! LOOOOVE them and can’t wait to hang this gorgeous ornament on our tree this year!!! Thank you!! #2018ornamentexchange

  5. These are very unique! You’re so talented and creative to come up with something as great as these!

  6. How lovely! I never would have guessed these were made using a napkin. It’s great when a plan we have for a craft turns out just as we envisioned it.

  7. I just fell in love with decoupage this fall and I love this! It’s a great way to add design onto an ornament. Thanks for sharing your tutorial on the ornament exchange.

  8. Super cute ladies! You guys do the best paper and print ornaments. I swear every year they keep getting better and better. I’ve never used watercolor like this before but I’m really curious to try it now. Thanks for the inspo! Hugs, CoCo

  9. These Ornaments are so pretty! I love the color scheme and how shiny the silver bits look!

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