Friday, December 16, 2011

25 Gifts & Ornaments #18 - Sparklie Vintage Cookie Cutters

Time to bring on the bling with these darling vintage cookie cutters.  I bought an assortment of vintage cookie cutters at an estate sale this summer and some of them were a bit grungy to actually use for cookies so I decided to set them back and make ornaments out of them!

25 Gifts & Ornaments
#18 - Sparklie Vintage Cookie Cutters

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Supplies:

Cookie Cutter (vintage or new)
Glass or Regular Glitter
Thick Glue
Wire
Jingle Bell
Ribbon

Instructions:

1. Punch one or two holes in the top of your cookie cutter.  Since I'm using star cookie cutters I punched two holes side by side on a single point of the star.

2. Spread your thick clear drying glue over a couple of the sides.

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3. Sprinkle glitter over the glue.  Shake off the excess.

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4. Continue adding glue and glitter until the entire outside of the cookie cutter has been covered.

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5. (optional) If desired you can cover the inside of the cookie cutter with glitter as well.  I personally like to leave the grungy vintage silver inside of the cookie cutter showing.  I think it adds a bit of personality to the finished ornament. 

6. Attach the bells to a jump ring.

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7.  Thread the wire through one of the holes, add the bell to the wire and thread the wire through the other side.  Pinch and twist the wire a few times at the top of the ornament.  Your bell will now be suspended in the ornament.

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8. Form a hook for hanging the ornament and snip off any excess wire.

9.  Add a ribbon and it's ready for hanging!

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Enjoy!!

4 comments:

  1. What a neat idea. I never would have thought of that. Leave it to you, and great ideas abound. Thanks.

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  2. OMG! These are gorgeous Roni. I will be stopping tomorrow to get some cookie cutters to give these a try. Hmm, have to find the little bells too! AWESOME!

    Elaine Allen

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  3. The touch of the bell is my favorite part! :OD

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  4. On the hunt for tiny bells and stars! Thanks for sharing.

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