Holiday Creativity part 3

Before we start with holiday creativity part 3 I Would like to wish my dear mum, the most wonderful mum on earth

a Happy Birthday.
If only I could be with her today.

I Love you Emma!

Mum and I last spring when she came for a visit

This darling shadow-box /ornament/place card holder will decorate your table at first but your guests will cherish it and remember you every year.

Making the ornament:
I used a match-box to make the ornament. Remove the drawer and matches and put them aside. Take the cover and split it open at the seam. Cut a window in the front panel of the cover, wrap it with a decorative paper and glue a small piece of transparency film over the window from the inside. Glue a piece of beaded trim to the seam of the cover and glue it shut. Add some glitter around the window for some sparkle.

Find two vintage images for the drawer; one for the background and one for the main image; I used an old postcard image for the back that I shrunk to size and the little girl for my main image. Glue the background image to the bottom drawer. Cut a couple of pieces of mat-board (no wider than your main image) and glue them together. Glue the image to the mat-board and adhere it to the bottom drawer. Now you can add some embellishments; I used a paper flower and glitter. Slide the drawer in to the cover. Cut a small piece of wire about 4" long. Make a wrapped loop in one end, slide the other end of the wire to the top of the shadow-box and make another wrapped loop on that end. Now you created the loops that the chain will be attached to. Bend them upward and attach the chain. Make a small bow from a satin ribbon and attach it with a small wire to the chain of the ornament.

Making the stand:
Drill a hole in the center of a 1" cube. Paint it white and put aside. Cut one piece of 20ga. wire about 8"- 9" and curl one end with round nose pliers. This will be the hanger for the ornament. Cut another piece of wire 5"- 6" and curl (a little more tightly) one end. Take both pieces of curled wire and tie them together with a 24ga. wire. Insert both wires into the hole. Make sure it's a tight fit add glue, if needed. The name is written on a manila shipping tag that I stamped with a rubber stamp. Write your guest name on each tag and tuck it in the shorter wire. Hang the ornament and you are done. Yeah! To fluff the look a little I used fake snowflakes around the base and had a mini ornament lay beside it.

I hope you enjoyed this project and will make a few for your holiday table. Everyone will love and talk about it, I promise! You can even have the kids help you with it as a holiday family craft project.

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Thank you all for joining me for the last three days. I had fun and I hope you'll stop by often to see what I'm up to next. You won't be disappointed.