This post is dedicated to Miss, my partner in crime (except I didn’t do it).

Ornaments…  My family recently adopted this brilliant idea (yeh, it was mine.  So what?) that we would each get a bag with our name on it (or family’s name on it if we’ve begun our own family) and each family/person would bring a small homemade gift.  The gift could be made by you or even bought at the farmer’s market or somewhere like etsy.  Didn’t matter.  The idea was to make it personal, make it thoughtful, and …well, inexpensive.

Last year, I made everyone ornaments.  Very simple ornaments, but I loved these.  They were light and airy and …I loved them.

All you need are:

-Empty glass ornaments
-Ribbon in your choice of color/print/pattern
-And something to put inside

I filled mine with white feathers and pearlescent glitter, but you could fill it with everything and anything…

Some ideas:

Pink or white feathers and miniature pigs.  When pigs fly.  Get it?  Okay, shut up.

Miniature anything…Check out the jewelry and miniature sections of your craft store.  Ideas are endless.  Add feathers or yarn or WHATEVER.

And, if you totally can’t think of anything, just stick a $20 in it.

*If your family doesn’t do this sort of thing, these are good for smaller gifts that you need – or, could be a present-topper.  Bigger gifts to come…

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