You know I love Christmas ornaments and you know how I love to upcycle the old ones rather than throwing them out. Well today’s post is all about recycling your old ornaments and thinking outside the box a little! I had a few old baubles I wanted to upcycle and really didn’t have a clue what exactly I wanted to do.. as most of the time I have an idea in my mind and then I simply improvise and create on the spot!
With this ornament I knew I wanted to create some sort of texture, I had some filler left and also some of the skim fill I used to patch some of the walls up. The skim has such a lovely texture I thought it would work perfect on an ornament to create an interesting effect. (If you don’t have any skim you can always find something that will give you texture in a craft store). I used this brand but I got it in our local shop, I would think any type of skim would work!
It got messy I won’t lie, BUT it was so much fun! Here’s what I did…
As I dipped and covered the ornament with the mixture, I soon realised there is no point creating any patterns as the skim was quite runny it just dripped.. and here was my idea born – put some more on and let it drip… it kind of created a nice frosting effect!
I added some glitter on the ornaments while the skim was still wet and left it to dry.
The ornament didn’t need any other embellishments I felt !
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These are really great. Love idea and haven’t think about it before, turned out gorgeous xx
I’ve never heard of “skim,” but the ornament with it is just lovely!
That would be sheet rock mud or joint compound. From the drippy look, I’d suspect one would have to thin it a little.
So cute and creative! It looks like it’s been frosted with windswept, sparkly snow! ❄️
They look lovely! And all those remake make it unique :). Happy holiday..