One of a Kind Painted Christmas Ornaments

This ornament was made for a show and sold the minute I put it out

This was a gift of two ornaments with the image of my daughter on one, the other her husband, both being avid bikers.

A friend of mine owned the Equine Antique Store the House of Horses, her logo was a Christmas gift to her.

1. I buy ornaments without a design on them
2. Clean any oil or dirt that might impair painting.
3. Any acrylic paint will do, you can even use the sparkle paint if it's what you want.
4. Start out with a pencil drawing, or trace the pattern/image on the ornament.
5. Dark colors come first and I add the next lighter color, till I get to the highlights
6. Finishing off with an acrylic glaze, mat, semi gloss or sheen, whatever affect you like
7. I like to add either a satin ribbon, or string that is gold or silver
8. If it's a dog, cat or horse and sleigh, I like adding a small Jingle bell on the string or ribbon.
9. You can also add special Rub-on type for personalizing
10. I have added charms that go with the motive and it creates an extra interest
11. Personalizing with an image makes it special, I add a great deal of details
12. I have also used Cardboard and decoupage on some of the ornaments, then sealed with a glaze or crackle

This was my first handmade Horse ornament, cut out of cardboard, painted with acrylic and glitter attached with a gold string

This one was the second Horse Ornament, also done in Cardboard...these were made for my Horse Christmas Tree when I started out with that theme.

Both sides of ornaments

SheilaSchnauzies 1/12
kathysart 12/11
WildFacesGallery 11/11
fanfreluche 11/11
artbymichelle 10/11
Spook 4/11
ZazzleEnchante 11/10
ShirlW 10/10

This was an ostrich egg made as an Ornament or an Easter egg, my design was licensed out to the person that made these eggs.