Monday, December 26, 2016

Peace And Joy

Good Morning! 

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday!  We certainly did, counting my blessings as I type!

Once again I am playing along in the monthly Papertrey Ink December 2016 Blog Hop.

 
 
 
I totally fell in love with Bottle Brush Trees this year......swoon!



 
I made a bunch of Bottle Brush Tree tags using the Papertrey Ink stamp set, Joyful Christmas.  Bases and tree trunks heat embossed in gold and silver.  Inks in Bermuda Bay, Pear Pizzazz and So Saffron.  Sentiment from Power Poppy, Simple Joys, stamped in Black Licorice ink. 
 

 
Gold and silver ribbons added to each one.
 


 
A little sponging on each tag.

 
And the perfect little sentiment added.
 
 
 
 
These were the little Bottle Brush Tree Ornaments I made for friends and family.  I decorated little wooden spools and corks to create them.  I had quite the fun obtaining my cork supply, wink, wink!  Ribbons, lace, beads, gold and silver twine and jingle bell accents.
 


 
I think they're kind of precious.
 
From previous post:
 
 
 

These were my client's gifts.
 

I always make a little trinket or ornament for family, friends and my clients each year.  Little snowy globes (glass light bulbs sans water).  Filled with a bit of snow and glitter and pearls and then just dropped in my Bottle Brush Trees.  Sealed them up and decorated a bit, adding ribbons and lace, sweet little jingle bells, hand cut flag banner with sentiment and another sweet little Bottle Brush Tree.  CUTE!


 
When shaken the jingle bells jingle and the snow blusters.
 
 

 
I really love these sweet little combos.
 
Thanks for hopping by!
 
And one last time for this year......MERRY MERRY!
 
Enjoy~~
 



25 comments:

  1. OH I love these ornaments and tags Donna! Such a great idea~

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  2. These are so pretty! I think my handmade ornaments on my tree are my favorites so I know yours will be treasured as well.

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  3. Your tags are wonderful and I love the ornaments and globes!

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  4. wow what a great post!!! You did some truly amazing work this holiday season!

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  5. What beautiful tags using the bottle brush- love how you used the real ones on ornaments and little gifts! so creative!

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  6. Wow-what wonderful holiday crafting!!

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  7. Love, love, LOVE these, Donna!!! I'll bet you had some thrilled family, friends and clients! And your tags are wonderful too. Wish I'd thought of that while my stamp set was out. Ah, next year!

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  8. Love all your bottle brush ornaments! It must have been difficult collecting all those corks...Lol. Your tags are just super--the trees are the perfect size for your tags.

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  9. FABULOUS tags and ornaments Donna! You were definitely creative for this challenge and I am very impressed! And I bet your family, friends, and clients were absolutely thrilled! Well done!! :0)

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  10. Fabulous!! Lots of work and love in these gifts and tags.

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  11. Wonderful tags Donna! The spool decorations and light bulbs are so sweet!!

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  12. Well aren't you the clever one!!! I have enough corks we could make these for the entire state! Wink! Wink! I used to save the corks from every bottle of wine/champagne that was opened for special occasions and write on the date & who was involved ... I have some dating back to the late 80s early 90s ... my grandson used to play with them when he was little! Shoot them across the room ... but he always put them 'back in the big bottle' for safe keeping till next time. LOL
    Awesome inspiration my friend! Happy New Year to you! So glad you had a wonderful Christmas and Birthday!

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  13. Those tags are so sweet, love how they can be stamped in steps. Your ornaments are too cute, so clever and pretty!

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  14. How perfect that stamp was for this challenge and I love the ornaments you made. You always come up with something new and original.

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  15. Love the bottle brush tags and ornaments, they are just so cute. I bet you had quite the fun collecting the corks :)

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  16. Love your tags.....you are just a never ending source of inspiration!

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  17. I love my little ornaments so much - they are just so sweet and cute. The tags are precious too, mine will probably turn into a bookmark. The bottle brush theme is so stinkin' adorable, so quaint and vintage. Such charming little things!!!

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  18. Awesome work, Donna, and lucky recipients! You were one busy crafter and wine cork seeker. 😀 Happy New Year!

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  19. OH wow.... these are all just amazing!! They look like such fun to make. What a great idea.

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  20. I love your bottle brush tags.....how cute! Going to keep this in mind for next year.

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