At the end of November I shared this super easy (and cheap) tutorial over at Tammy's Type A blog. If you have not met Tammy yet, please go hop over there asap! She's amazing :-)
In case you missed it, I'm sharing it here again with you. This project only cost me 50 cents! I purchased this plastic Christmas ball from Hobby Lobby. Everything else I already had.![DSC_0696 DSC_0696](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ioFxlCwLHRYekHet6M-wzgtbDKIcZsByW7nrKCj99WZSdZaOami2ePLSXg7we672iVw3OlhGOjHv8pxXuDTGSZg3SNUprp5z-ZwetkP9xljjbWg3xHpSSLLKf8D3inn4k6YdV2ZdbtY/?imgmax=800)
Dig through your boxes of stored wedding junk keepsakes, and find some old invitations. Cut them into skinny pieces.![DSC_0697 DSC_0697](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NLSMkS_JaJAtwHegA25bp_1zTW5OA7jKnjEfO9Rd-srQUE3cGdhY3tgGL2qYoW6XrWflyEILqU1iHM6ZnQ3nPWKUmPimMd-bxJwUEJToMJphzF1aCMvkq8pfDb9t4NfxhgvZaH-hKFY/?imgmax=800)
Feed the swirls of paper into the Christmas ornament. It took 2 of our wedding invitations to fill my ornament.![DSC_0708 DSC_0708](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDs7kQBrACMo0OvYkf2pt7fsmJAav96Ncr6k1-xJzBAb3LuVBo3Klm-_4nLEM8sesWZWmMPOh-RB0ZXutDy_lU_RfsOHlKKgnYnQi4lXeeaH-FOLex4wWI8vYhQiZCBT2I0onqvez2y_0/?imgmax=800)
I also had some of the bird seed pouches that was chucked at us as we ran off to our honeymoon leftover. I knew I was keeping it for something ;-) The colors for our wedding were black & silver, so I took the ribbons from the bird seed bags and tied them around the top of the ornament.
This is definitely a much better way to store my extra invitations than in a dusty box at the top of a closet! Don’t you think?
Phil and I got married December 29th so our anniversary is always associated with Christmas. If you know someone who is getting married at Christmas time, this would be a great way to decorate their gift. Or, if you have a friend that got married this year, this would be a fantastic and special Christmas gift for them. Or if it’s years later and you’re still obsessed with that special day (like me), this is a nice and cheap treat for yourself.
I hope y’all like this project as much as I do :-)