I love all things vintage, especially old art supplies. Another ornament I wanted to make for the tree this year was some form of oil paint tube and these vintage-inspired oil paint ornaments turned out just as I imagined them.
My friend, artist Stephanie Corfee, helped me create the vintage-inspired printable labels:
I started with a super-inexpensive pack of acrylic tube paints from Michaels (only $5!). To make them look kind of old I scuffed them up a little using sandpaper:
Then I printed these labels onto 8.5″x11″ white label paper (which is essentially a huge white sticker you can print onto). Click the image to download (or click here) the free PDF that Stephanie created for us: (And please help me thank her by following her amazing work on Instagram!)
I cut out the labels with scissors and wrapped each one around a paint tube. To age them a little more I opened up the each paint tube and dabbed a little paint here and there:
The colorful string was attached to the cap using a hot glue gun:
All my vintage art supply dreams have come true (stay tuned for more in the next few days too):
Click here to see the entire art-themed tree here and all the other ornaments I’ve posted so far.
Love this idea! I actually have some very old oil paint in tubes that I am going to do this with. Pretty sure they’re all dried up after 50 0r 60 years now. They will become some of my craft room decorations along with some old paint brushes. Thanks for sharing.