About 4 years ago my husband bought my some plain clear glass Christmas tree balls. I had no idea what to do with them, so they sat in the Christmas box for 4 years. I finally got an idea and I put it to work today.
Frosted Snowflake Christmas Tree Balls
Frosted Snowflake Christmas Tree Balls
To make these balls I started by using my Silhouette SD and I cut a whole bunch of little 1" snowflakes out of bright pink vinyl (I chose a bright color to make it easy to see after they had been painted), and I placed them just like stickers randomly on my glass balls.
You could use snowflake stickers if you don't have access to a vinyl cutter
(each ball has 3 snowflakes)
You could use snowflake stickers if you don't have access to a vinyl cutter
(each ball has 3 snowflakes)
Next I took the top off the balls, I removed the springy prongs and put those back in, so I would have a way to hang them up to dry.
Then I took them outside and I used this Frosted Glass spray paint (found at Home Depot)
(use gloves to keep from painting your fingers)
(use gloves to keep from painting your fingers)
Painted them as evenly as I could (kinda hard to see wet transparent paint.)
And hung them to dry on my little make-a-shift drying line.
After the painstaking hours of waiting for them to dry, I carefully peeled off the vinyl stickers (try to peel from the center, it makes it much easier) and replaced the cap and spring.
Now they are all ready to go when we pull the tree out next week.
This is what the individual snowflakes look like around each ball:
This is what the individual snowflakes look like around each ball:
Are you making any homemade crafts this year? Tell us about them.
