Gold Dipped Christmas Ornaments

Once again, I'm happy to be part of the Handmade Christmas Blog Hop. hosted by my friend Diane from An Extraordinary Day. This year, along with a bunch of blogging friends, we're bringing you lots of beautiful Christmas ornaments in hopes of giving you ideas and inspiration for your Christmas decor.
Yesterday, Kristi from I Should Be Mopping The Floor shared an adorable Mason Jar Lid Ornament, it's been so fun to see all the pretty and unique ornament ideas that my friends have come up with!

For the past few years, my holiday decorations have been rustic, with lots of natural elements mixed with white and earthy tones. I love it! And I was planning on going the same route this year, but my family asked for something a little different.

The final consensus: A rustic glam Christmas.

Somehow, every time I think of glam, gold is the color that immediately comes to my mind. It's been a long time since I last used gold as my theme, but I'm already feeling like King Midas, after finishing this set of gold-dipped Christmas ornaments I created for this blog hop! :)

Let me tell you how you can easily give plain, glass ball ornaments a totally new look by dipping them in gold paint.

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The materials you'll need:

• A set of white glass ball ornaments
• FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint (Pure Gold 871)
• Ribbon
• Rhinestones
• Letter stickers

Instructions:

I already had a few bottles of gold paint in my stash, so I ran a quick test on a small glass cup to determine which paint I would use.

The FolkArt brand was the winner because it wasn't as thick as the other I was considering and the color was a bit more vibrant.

Find a small container where the ornament can fit and fill the container with paint (don't overfill).

Remove the ball hangers and begin dipping the balls into the paint.

You can dip them side-ways, straight, or even upside-down, though it would be hard to grab the ball by its round bottom.

Bring the ball out of the paint. I dipped them and took them out immediately or at least until I knew the line was where I wanted.

Hold the ball above the paint container, letting the excess drip,

When the dripping slows, hang them to dry on something. I used a Mug Rack that surprisingly worked well for this!

Marble Mug Rack

Remember you need to set them to dry with the painted surface looking down. You don't want to damage those sharp lines. The paint runs down while it dries, you can see the drips, while they were there on the mug rug.

Since the paint keeps the following gravity, you have to check and lightly brush off the tip of paint that forms when dripping. I used a little brush to help that small amount of paint that seems doesn't want to drip off the ball.

Once the paint was dry,  I added sticky rhinestones and letters.

Oh, I also tried my hands at painting some designs on the balls. I used Frog tape and pressed the tape firmly onto the glass, but no matter what I did, the paint seeped through. :/

I kinda saved the designs by using a small brush and painting those bands with white paint.
Of course, I don't recommend taping designs onto ball ornaments.

Oh, and don't forget to paint the ball hangers too.

Here my daughter was helping me hold the pretty ornaments.

For those of us that aren't good at free handing designs, ha, stickers are our solution! :D

The bows are very simple to make. I used a 21" piece to make the bow and then 10" for the crossed piece to hang the ornament from.

I'm in LOVE!! Look at those sharp lines!

This is making me want to go and check all those boxes full of old Christmas decor. I want to start decorating this instant!

Have you thought of a theme for your Christmas decor this year? Is gold in it? I hope so!!

Here are all 12 Bloggers in order of their appearance:

1-An Extraordinary Day      2-The How To Home  3-Celebrating Everyday Life   4-Atta Girl Says

5-Hunt and Host              6-Lovely Etc.               7-Pet Scribbles             8-Sweet Pea

9-I Should Be Mopping the Floor   10-RemodelaCasa    11-Live Laugh Rowe  12-The Crafting Nook

Check the ornaments done in past years:

Wooden Tags Christmas Ornaments

DIY - Snowflake Christmas Ornament

Embroidery Hoop Christmas Ornament

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