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DIY Paint Can Ornaments for an Art-themed Christmas Tree

November 22, 2017 by Ashley Hackshaw

I’m still working on posts about each specific ornament for the art themed tree. These are the DIY paint can ornaments and I think they definitely rank up there as my favorite.

I wanted to make a diverse set of ornaments and the yellow on these cans was the perfect bright pop for the tree.

A close-up of the ornament:

I used these little paint cans (found in the Michaels packaging/party section):

I printed the vintage-inspired paint can 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’ll be leaving these out all year!

Click here to see the entire art-themed tree here and all the other ornaments I’ve posted so far! Thanks for reading!

Vintage-inspired Oil Paint Ornaments – DIY Art Themed Ornaments

November 15, 2017 by Ashley Hackshaw

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.

Tiny Paint Palette Ornaments – Art Themed Decor

November 9, 2017 by Ashley Hackshaw

These were the easiest little ornaments to make: tiny paint palette ornaments inspired by Bob Ross!

I love all the color they added to the tree this year:

Easily made in an assembly line:

I started with a pack of these little unfinished wood disks from Michaels:

The first step was to age them by putting a thin layer of “Early American” Rustoleum stain on them:

The next step (or you could do before staining) was to drill holes into the wood disks. You can use a regular drill for this step but I used a drill press and did them all at once:

Painting palettes usually have the main colors around the outside and then the inside is used for mixing. I squeezed a small amount of acrylic paint straight from the tubes onto each palette. Then I mixed the in between colors off to the side because it’s REALLY hard to mix on a palette for ants. I dabbed the mixed colors onto the palettes to give the effect needed:

I let them dry overnight and added a little metal clip to each (found in the Tim Holtz scrapbooking section at Michaels):

We don’t make mistakes; we just have happy accidents. -Bob Ross

Check out the whole vintage art supply-themed tree below!

Vintage Art Supplies on a Christmas Tree – Michaels Makers Dream Tree Challenge 2017