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July 28, 2012 by: Melanie

Guest Post- Stars and Sunshine- DIY Wedding Invitation Christmas Ornaments

Hi, Bear Rabbit Bear Craft readers! My name is Julia and I blog about DIY home decor, crafts, recipes, and more at Stars & Sunshine! I’m really excited Melanie is having me here to share with you all today 🙂

DIY Wedding Invitation Christmas Ornaments

I got married a year and a half ago, and still love all things wedding-related, especially wedding invitations. I also love Christmas ornaments, so when I saw someone combine the two on pinterest, I knew I had to make some myself. Here’s how I did it!

DIY Wedding Invitation Christmas Ornament

Supplies:
  • A hollow glass sphere Christmas ornament
  • A wedding invitation (or other sentimental stationary you’re willing to cut up!)
  • A paper cutter or a pair of scissors
DIY Wedding Invitation Christmas Ornament

Next, cut your invitation into thin strips. I cut the strips so lines of text would be preserved, and only included my favorite pieces. I also included a few pieces I loved from other parts of our wedding invitations : the RSVP card, the program, and the stamps we custom ordered for our invites (I stuck two stamps back-to-back so it would be double sided and not sticky). I used a crochet hook to curl each strip by wrapping it around in a spiral. I liked a spiral where the strip was angled so as not to overlap (techinically a helix) much more than wrapping the paper around itself – the picture above hopefully makes sense if that doesn’t 🙂

DIY Wedding Invitation Christmas Ornaments

Then just put all the pieces into the ornament until it was full but not stuffed – I really like how you get movement when you turn it around or shake it. If you decide you want to take some pieces out or rearrange them, I found needle nose pliers to be very helpful. I tend to hoard wedding invitations (I think I still have every wedding invitation I’ve received since starting college), but I used one we received for a recent wedding to make an ornament as a wedding gift for them too (to go along with something from their registry). I love how their more formal black and white single layer invitation ornament has a different look than ours!
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Comments

  1. Kara at Petals to Picots says

    July 29, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    This is such a cute idea! So unique!

    Reply
  2. Inspired Design says

    August 18, 2015 at 7:30 am

    It’s a woooooooooooooooooww!!!
    Oh mah gosh the color you used that are love color’s red and white i just love it…..:)

    Reply

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