2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop

2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop with DIY Ornament Tutorial

Welcome to the 2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! This year, there are 47 amazing bloggers participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple: be partnered with a fellow blogger, create a handmade ornament for $15 or under, create a tutorial, and ship the ornament off to a new home!

Meet the 2017 Ornament Exchange Hosts

Erlene ⋅ My Pinterventures Kim · Made In A Day Amanda · Domestically Creative

Shirley · Intelligent Domesticatons Michelle · Our Crafty Mom

Beverly · Across the Blvd. Christene · Key to Inspiration Pili ⋅ My Sweet Things

Nicki · Sweet Parrish Place Megan · C’mon Get Crafty

Hilary · Raising Fairies and Knights Emily · Two Purple Couches

Tina · One Crafty Mess Marie · The Inspiration Vault Debra · Shoppe No. 5

Trisha · Rosewood and Grace Jeanie · Create and Babble Katrin ⋅ Kreativ K

Terri · Christmas Tree Lane Maureen · Red Cottage Chronicles

Toni ⋅ Small Home Soul Ula ⋅ Lulu & Celeste Sue ⋅ A Purdy Little House

Pamela · Home On The Corner Lorelai ⋅ Life with Lorelai Cindy ⋅ DIY Beautify

Debbie ⋅ Tweak and Style Stephanie ⋅ Swoodson Says Chelc ⋅ Inside the Fox Den

Susan ⋅ Super Mom – No Cape! Molly ⋅ Just a Little Creativity

Roseann ⋅ This Autoimmune Life Angela ⋅ Simply Beautiful by Angela

Vicki and Jenn ⋅ 2 Bees in a Pod Joanne ⋅ Our Unschooling Journey

Tylynn ⋅ Bitterroot DIY Sam ⋅ Raggedy Bits Mary ⋅ The Boondocks Blog

Cyn ⋅ Creative Cynchronicity Dione ⋅ Clever Chameleon Quilting

Erica ⋅ Erica Ever After Chelsea ⋅ Love Paper Crafts Evija ⋅ From Evija with Love

Samantha ⋅ Little Bits of Home Hope ⋅ Hopes Crafty Niche Anne ⋅ Orange Bettie

Pam · P.S. I Love You Crafts

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This year, my fabulous partner for the Ornament Exchange was Erlene from My Pinterventures!  She’s the awesome lady that organizes this exchange every year and I must say, she does an excellent job! If you haven’t been to her blog yet, be sure to pay her a visit to get inspired to do all kinds of fun projects!

Erlene has a gorgeous traditional tree that features ornaments in red, gold, white and silver.  I wanted to keep my ornament simple and easy to re-create, but also match her theme.  After hitting up Hobby Lobby and Target, I found the perfect supplies to create my “Christmas in a jar” ornament.

This is quite possibly the easiest ornament to make.  The supplies cost less than $10 and the ornament itself takes only a couple of minutes to make!  If you want to make one for yourself, you’ll need the following supplies:

• Small Glass Jar
• Tiny Bottle Brush Tree (make sure to pick one that has a small wood base)
• Tiny Faux Snow
• Small Screw Eye
• Jingle Bells
• Glue
• String

Once you have your supplies collected, follow these easy steps to create your own “Christmas in a jar” ornament:

1. Place a dab of glue on the bottom of the tiny bottle brush tree.
2. Secure bottle brush tree to bottom of the inside of the jar.
3. Pour a small amount of tiny faux snow inside the jar – just enough to cover the bottom of the jar.
4. Screw the screw eye into the lid of the jar.  The one I used had a cork lid which made this fairly simple.
5. Use a bit of glue around the opening of the jar to adhere the lid to the jar.
6. Thread a few jingle bells onto a piece of string.  This will be how your ornament hangs from your tree, so choose a length that will work for you.  Mine was approximately 3.5 inches long.
7. Place the string through the screw eye and tie a knot to ensure it won’t come untied.

That’s it!  Only a few minutes and a handful of supplies to make this adorable DIY Christmas ornament.  And because it’s so easy and not too messy, this would be a great one for the kids to make as well!  You could easily add some glitter for a little extra sparkle or a colorful ribbon around the rim of the jar to match it to your decor.

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FIND ALL 47 HANDMADE ORNAMENT TUTORIALS BELOW AND SHARE YOURS TOO! Use Hashtag #2017OrnamentExchange so we can see your creations on social media.