Hope you all have had a wonderful week so far! I feel like I’ve been going ninety to nothing, getting bits and pieces accomplished but not a full and complete task, know what I mean? Anywho, I did manage to make a very easy Christmas craft this week and I love how it came out. It was basically free too which was a bonus. So here are my easy DIY glitter leaves:
So pretty right? Anything with glitter is pretty. But wow, it’s messy. I’m not going to lie. I wish I could say you won’t have glitter all over the place, but yea, you will. It’s the price we have to pay for beauty. :)
First I went in our backyard and cut off some magnolia leaves from our tree.
Then I painted on some Modge Podge.
You can do this front and back, or just 1 side. I only did the front side.
Then I dipped in a plate of glitter.
And then they will look like this.
I did several leaves and laid them out on foil to dry.
So after you have all of your leaves you can do whatever you want with them! I am using some on the mantel which I’ll show you next week, but you can also make a pretty centerpiece like this.
I just used my dough bowl, put the leaves in and then threw some ornaments on top. So pretty!
Everyone needs some bling bling Christmas leaves right? :)
Oh, and another great idea, just take an ornament hook, poke it through the leaf and hang on your tree for some beautiful hand-made ornaments. I think I might do that myself.
Have you glitterfied anything yet this season? I always say each year I won’t use glitter, and each year I still do. It’s just inevitable it will be everywhere around the house.
Oh, and don’t forget to enter the All I Want for Christmas HUGE giveaway Part TWO that’s still going on for a chance to win lots of goodies like ipads, Cash, and more!
Sharing this post at Kate’s Christmas Craft partay.
xxoo,
Decorchick!
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Beautiful! I think I’ll glitter some stuff up around my house this weekend!
Ohhh, I just love these! What a great idea. And you’re totally right — these are pretty much free to make. There is glitter all.over.my.apartment right now. I may have to give the glitter a time-out for right now, but when the glitz and I are friends again, this is the project I’ll do. I pinned it so that I’ll remember! ;-) Thanks so much for sharing with us. Have a great weekend!
If you spray them with a clear protectant spray the glitter won’t fall off and make a mess. Plus you’ll be able to store them better without ruining. Cute idea!
Love this idea. What kind of protectant spray would you use? I bought some glittered pieces for the garland on my stair railing last year and had glitter everywhere in my foyer.
I love the idea of taking leaves from my garden and glittering them.
Beautiful, fabulous idea and something I may just give a try here, of course our dogs might be sporting a little glitz too then.
Hugs, Lori m
I love this! Now I’ll have to find some leaves and do the same. Seems like they’ve all blown away! Perhaps I can try something similar with pinecones!
I never thought to do magnolia leaves! They are impressive! I came over from Centsational Girl–