I know what you're thinking. It's not even Thanksgiving and she's posting Christmas crud?
I'm with you, people.
But those who actually use their glue guns and use their jars of glitter start making Christmas stuff this time of year. They don't wait until the last minute and run around like a mad man trying to find red ribbon on December 10th, like some of us do.
So I thought I'd put this out there in the blogosphere, so people can get their kitschy inspiration on.
This is what you need:
- Bows from Target. $4.00 for 4 bows
- Dollar General glitterized ornaments - $1 each
- Some festive looking picks (I picked up these picks at a church sale)
- Vintage round jello molds or bundt pans. They can normally be found at thrift stores for less than $1 a piece (because no one eats fancy-pants jello any more).
- E6000 glue to glue these together -it works really well when gluing on to metal
For the 1st wreath, way up at the top of this post, I just used two picks and glued them together.
For these last two, I was going more for the Aunt Bee's corsage from the 1955 Mayberry Christmas pageant look, so I used the Target bows in the mix.
The "atomic" look of the Target bows is key.
Of course, you could always use an actual vintage Christmas corsage on these, but then what are you going to wear on your lapel on Christmas Eve?
Inspiration for this project:
Erica of Golden Egg Vintage shared some fun corsages that she made with those cool retro looking Target bows. OK, so she uses the word "tacky" to describe the corsages, but I prefer kitschy.
Shara at Monkeybox had made some wreaths out of jello molds for a Holiday Bazaar recently and I had been thinking about them ever since.
And Laurel at Chipping With Charm has made something similar in the past, but in a chippy, junky sort of way (junky is a good thing, in this case).
So I sort of melded the make-your-own-kitschy-corsage idea with the jello-mold-wreath idea and this glitterfest of holiday happiness happened.
ThrifterSisters
Well, if I would have read your post yesterday, maybe I would have thought to look for molds when I was out at the thrifts. Guess I will have to go thrifting today. Dang it.....
HA!
~Erica
TARYTERRE
I really like this idea. They look fabulous. Perfect for the holidays.
GardenOfDaisies
I LOVE these! I will have to look for a bigger mold when I go treasure hunting this weekend! (Right now I just have the little itty bitty ones.)
Musings from Kim K.
Love the kitsch factor. These are wonderful. Now, I can add jello molds to my estate sale shopping list.
Faye
I think they are kinda cute! I just picked up one of those reindeer at a thrift store only he's red, I stuck him in a ruby glass pitcher with some vintage colored mercury balls. Guess I better visit a dollar store next!
Linda@Coastal Charm
Hello Pam,
These are all sooooo darling and you know I love how thrifty they are.
Blessings,
Linda
DaiseyJayne.com
These are wonderful, so cute!!!
Eclectically Vintage
Super cute - I have a twin jello mold wreath - but minus the atomic glittery fabulousness!!
Kelly
Shara
Glad you tried making some. I think they are different and unique. I had a mold like the top one, but I decided to use it to bake a cake instead! I think the plain jane silver ones look the best - those are the ones I prefer to use when I make them. My Bazaar is this weekend - I hope SOMEONE likes them!
Pam Kessler
I'm sure you'll sell out of them! What is this cake baking thing you're talking about? You know they sell cakes at the store, right?
Joanne Noragon
Sharon, these are fun. I'm glad you're using up all those jello molds I turned in.
Carlene @ Organized Clutter
Fun repuposes!
Melinda
A great twist on the wreath concept.
M : )
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
These are so cute, Pam...you could post about Christmas in the summer and I'd still love it! By the way...I insisted on wearing a Christmas corsage in my kindergarten portrait in 1960, if that tells you anything.
Sherry@Back2Vintage
I really like that "atomic" one!!!
Joan Wagner
What a great idea can see other ways of using these molds as well like tread ribbon threw center and then making a bow just wish I had that of it sooner when I had a few in my hand at tag sales guess I well be picking them next year and no it is not to early at all to be thinking Christmas .
Susie Q
These are as cute as can be!!!