Friday, December 5, 2025

Bejeweled Decorative Ornament

7:00 AM Gail @Purple Hues and Me 12 Days of Christmas Ornaments, Bejeweled Decorative Ornament, Plastic Ornament 7 comments

It's never too late to start a new tradition by making your own DIY bejeweled decorative ornaments! What fun it is to add flair, sparkle and glittering gems to clear plastic or glass ornaments. And you'd be surprised how the jewels and glitter helps to make everything in the room sparkle and glisten - a stunning addition to any tree! This ornament features a lightly coated iridescent amethyst watercolor interior with amethyst rhinestone embellishments on the outside. The sparkly finish makes it a standout piece that'll bring a touch of elegance to your holiday celebrations.

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Ornaments hosted by Janet @ Try It - Like It - Create It I'm joining a group of talented, creative ladies sharing their various holiday craft techniques for making ornaments for this awesome event Twelve Days of Christmas Ornaments starting on November 28th! From November 28-December 9th amazing DIY Christmas Ornaments will be shared daily!

It's Day 8 and I'm sharing how to make a Bejeweled Decorative Ornament!

Supplies:

Asst. Amethyst rhinestones
Round clear plastic ornament - 4"
Dr. Ph. Martin's Iridescent Amethyst Watercolor
Plastic cup
Parchment paper
Super Fabri-Tac Glue/Beacon E6000 Premium Jewelry and Bead Glue
Tweezers/Toothpicks
Peel and Stick Decorative Stone Swirl Design

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How To:

Begin by grouping your amethyst stones together by size in order to make a decorative design.

To keep this ornament in its symmetrical shape, there are almost invisible manufactured line along half of the plastic round ornament. I used this line to divide the ornament in half and then divide each of the halves in half again. In other words, dividing the ornament into quarters or four equal parts for placement of the amethyst stones.

But first, place parchment paper down to protect your work surface. I wanted something to enhance the clear color of the ornament so I decided to add a few drops of amethyst (light purple) iridescent watercolor to the interior of the ornament to give it a bit of an amethyst shimmer.

Then begin turning the ornament around to spread the color. You can actually see the iridescent shimmer covering the ornament.

Once you've covered the inside of the ornament, hold the ornament over a clear plastic cup and let the excess iridescent flow into the cup.

Here, I placed the ornament upside down on top of the cup and let it sit there until the iridescent was finish dripping into the cup.

I poured the excess back into the bottle and set the ornament on parchment paper upside down to dry. Unfortunately, once dry, the amethyst color was very faint, so I repeated the steps a few times. In the end, the color was still faint - although it did give off a slight amethyst hue.

Next, layout the flatback rhinestones design you plan to do. Then put a small amount of glue to the back of your first rhinestone. Here, I'm using a precision applicator tip to control the glue.

And using tweezers for placement which helps to limit the glue from getting on fingers.

Continue applying glue to the back of the rhinestones and . . .

placing the stones in the desired design.

Get creative and have fun attaching the rhinestones in . . .

a decorative design until you're satisfied with the sparkling arrangement.

Continue working in sections - duplicating the design by gluing on each rhinestone until the four sections are complete. Allow to dry overnight.

Once I was finished with the design and the glue was dry . . .

I thought something was missing looking at the ornament so I decided to add small narrow shaped amethyst stones to the hanging cap.

And they fit perfectly!

But something was still missing with the look so I added a peel and stick decorative stone design in between the design sections. And they worked like a dream!

There are so many awesome ways to embellish a plain clear ornament using rhinestones that adds a touch of elegance to your holiday decor! It's carefully crafted with a unique design using amethyst rhinestones to bring a festive sparkle to your Christmas tree!

Welcome once again to the 12 Days of Christmas Ornaments!

As I mentioned before, starting November 28th, each day features a brand new Christmas ornament tutorial from some of our very talented and creative crafters. Just click on the links below for that day and plan to be amazed:

DATE	ARTIST	LINK	WEBSITE
Nov 28	Janet Trieschman	https://tryit-likeit.com/no-sew-fabric-ornament/	https://tryit-likeit.com
Nov 29	Donna Wirthlin	https://twochicksandamom.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-days-of-christmas-ornament-hop-2025.html	https://twochicksandamom.blogspot.com
Nov 30	Natalie Shaw	https://www.doodlecraftblog.com/2025/11/how-to-make-mushroom-cork-ornaments-diy.html	https://www.doodlecraftblog.com/
Dec 1	Susan Brown	https://sbartist.blogspot.com/2025/11/festive-paper-house-decor-12-days-of.html	https://www.sbartist.com
Dec 2	Michelle James	https://ourcraftymom.com/old-world-santa-ornaments/	https://ourcraftymom.com/
Dec 3	Julie Nyanyo	https://www.sumoftheirstories.com/blog/felt-and-button-star-christmas-ornaments	https://www.sumoftheirstories.com
Dec 4	Christie Troxell	https://ritzyparties.com/12-days-of-christmas-ornaments/	https://Ritzyparties.com
Dec 5	Gail Griffin	https://www.purplehuesandme.com/2025/12/bejeweled-decorative-ornament.html	https://www.purplehuesandme.com
Dec 6	Katie Adams		thecraftyblogstalker.com
Dec 7	Janet Trieschman		https://tryit-likeit.com
Dec 8	Terry Ricioli		terryriciolidesigns.blogspot.com
Dec 9	Janet Trieschman		https://tryit-likeit.com

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for Day 9 Katie's 3D Laser Cut Reindeer Ornament!

Thanks for stopping by

and take a little time to enjoy,

Happy Holidays Crafting!

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Twelve Days Of Christmas Ornaments

9:25 AM Gail @Purple Hues and Me Twelve Days of Christmas Ornaments. Christmas Ornaments DIY No comments

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Ornaments hosted by Janet @ Try It - Like It - Create It I'm joining a group of talented, creative ladies sharing their various holiday craft techniques for making ornaments for this awesome event Twelve Days of Christmas Ornaments starting on November 28th! It's sponsored by Janet @Try It - Like It! From November 28-December 9th amazing DIY Christmas Ornaments will be shared daily!

Just click on the day link for that lovely creative ornament and plan to be amazed:

Nov 28	Janet Trieschman	https://tryit-likeit.com/no-sew-fabric-ornament/	https://tryit-likeit.com
Nov 29	Donna Wirthlin	https://twochicksandamom.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-days-of-christmas-ornament-hop-2025.html	https://twochicksandamom.blogspot.com
Nov 30	Natalie Shaw	https://www.doodlecraftblog.com/2025/11/how-to-make-mushroom-cork-ornaments-diy.html	https://www.doodlecraftblog.com/
Dec 1	Susan Brown	https://sbartist.blogspot.com/2025/11/festive-paper-house-decor-12-days-of.html	https://www.sbartist.com
Dec 2	Michelle James	https://ourcraftymom.com/old-world-santa-ornaments/	https://ourcraftymom.com/
Dec 3	Julie Nyanyo	https://www.sumoftheirstories.com/blog/felt-and-button-star-christmas-ornaments	https://www.sumoftheirstories.com
Dec 4	Christie Troxell	https://ritzyparties.com/12-days-of-christmas-ornaments/	https://Ritzyparties.com
Dec 5	Gail Griffin	https://www.purplehuesandme.com/2025/12/bejeweled-decorative-ornament.html	https://www.purplehuesandme.com

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Holly Jolly Recycled Craft

7:00 AM Gail @Purple Hues and Me Do It Over Designers Blog Hop, recycle/upcycle, water bottle craft 19 comments

Hello and Welcome to the 'Do It Over' Designers Blog Hop!! In case you haven't heard, the "Do It Over Designers" is a group of creative bloggers who love to recycle/upcycle/ DIY, hosted by Anne @The Apple Street Cottage. It happens the 4th Saturday of every other month and it's all about taking something old and/or unused and 'doing it over' into something new. Once in a while, Anne will choose a theme for us to do over. This month it's The Holidays! Thanks Anne for hosting this wonderful blog hop!

Here's a fun way to make a holly jolly recycled craft for the holidays! Can you imagine creating hollies out of clear plastic water bottles? This holiday season why not embrace the opportunity to re-purpose and recycle material into beautiful art, ensuring your holiday decorations are both eco-friendly and unique! A creative way to reduce waste while beautifying your space! I bet you liked the way that rhymed, lol!

Enjoy making an eco-friendly Christmas Holly decoration made out of water bottles with almost unbelievable simple techniques using recycled materials! Offering a stunning, sustainable decorative piece!

SUPPLIES:

Plastic water bottles
Knife/scissors
Parchment paper
Iron
Holly leaf templates
Double-sided tape
Green glass acrylic paint/metallic acrylic paint
Sponge brush
Hot glue

HOW TO:

First, remove the labels and then make sure your clear plastic water bottles are clean and dry. Then begin cutting off the top and bottoms of the bottles.

Next, cut open the bottle straight down the middle and . . .

lay it out as best you can on top of the parchment paper.

To create a flat sheet of plastic, place the plastic piece between two sheets of parchment paper.

Then gently and evenly press a medium hot iron onto the top sheet to flatten the plastic, moving the iron slowly in a steady motion. Allow the plastic to cool completely before touching it.

I flatten eight water bottles to make holly leaves.

Next, it was time to make four different holly leaf templates - I found a holly leaf template online that I've used before here, copied, changed the size, pasted in Word, printed, and cut out.

Once all the different sizes were cut out, instead of trying to draw around the shape of the templates with a marker or pen on the plastic, it was easier to apply a strip of double-sided tape to the back of the templates and . . .

attach the template to the plastic to cut out eight holly leaves in each size.

This way was so much easier, quicker, and with no marker or ink marks on the plastic to remove!

Do this for each size holly template - for a total of thirty-two plastic holly leaves.

Once all the holly leaves were cut out, it was time to paint them! Use a sponge brush to pounce on a thin layer of acrylic paint. I started with glass paint since the leaves were clear plastic thinking the glass paint would provide a glistening effect.

I'm not too sure about using glass paint!

For a richer color, applied a second darker green multi-surface shade in a satin acrylic paint after the first dried.

I like this color so much better!

And if I turn the petals over, they do glisten and sparkle from the plastic!

Now, to put the holly design together. I started using Beacon Super Fabri-Tac Glue and . . .

Aleene's The Ultimate Multi-Surface glue but . . .

none of them really worked. I waited a few hours and the leaves still didn't stick. So I had to get my trusty . . .

hot glue gun out and tried that! And it worked!

To finish the look, I glued on a smaller group of holly leaves and . . .

placed a few berries in the center.

I haven't started decorating for Christmas yet. I usually start just after Thanksgiving but I tried this piece in a couple of different places to see how it would look.

and noticed that the green color changes with the wood background in the photos. I tried taking it in different ways and the green color always turned out different than it actually is. Maybe it's the time of day, so I will try later when the sun goes down a bit.