Welcome to Day 2 of the 12 Days of Christmas ornament crafting. It’s a 12 day event with 12 bloggers making 12 ornaments each and sharing for 12 consecutive days for a total of 144 handmade ornaments created in the end. Phew. We culminate with a multi-blog link party on November 23 where you can share your very own handmade ornaments!

 

Today I’m sharing my chalkboard-look embroidery hoop ornament …

My family has been very tolerant of the changes I’ve been making around the house these past few years. But their tolerance comes to a screeching halt when it comes the the Christmas tree.

 

It’s always real. And it’s always decorated with the ornaments we’ve collected over the years. Some starter ornaments I picked up long before the kids were born. Some ornaments the kids have received as gifts. Others purchased at holiday markets …

 

… and the decorating of the tree includes the kids reminiscing about this ornament or that. Searching for favorites. And it’s sweet.

 

But beyond the sweet, I’ve yearned for a tree I could freely decorate without causing an uprising. A tree I could change up year-to-year. So gave in to my yearning last year and acquired a second tree. A faux lighted one for the family room. Last year’s theme was all about the white. But this year I’m going with red and white and chalkboard, inspired by this tree I spotted in my Pottery Barn catalogue.

 

So when I crossed paths with inexpensive ($1.69) wooden 7” embroidery hoops at Michaels, I knew they could make the perfect frame to recreate that Merry Christmas sign featured on the inspiration tree. So I whipped out the gift card Michaels sent me (thanks Michaels!) and picked up three hoops.

 

I started by taking them apart. One embroidery hoop comes with two wooden circles. So I was able to double the number of my faux frames. I spray painted the hoops red – but you could also paint them with a brush and craft paint.

In a moment of insanity, I thought I would hand letter the ‘Merry Christmas’ with either chalk or a chalk marker. So I traced and cut out circles from poster board and spray painted them with chalkboard paint.

But then I came to my senses and decided instead to make a faux chalkboard look version. I just downloaded some free chalkboard paper and created my own image using the PicMonkey photo editing program.

Which I cut out.

And glued to the poster board. And then glued the frame on top.

To hang on the tree, I threaded some baker’s twine through a large eye needle.

And just poked it through poster board and tied off.

Voila!

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Now it’s time to check out the handmade ornament ideas the eleven other 12 Days of Christmas crafters have created on this 2nd day of Christmas …

 

Easy Gold Jingle Bell Wreath by Serendipity Refined | Instagram Wood Slice Christmas Ornament by May Richer Fuller Be | Modern Urchin Ornament by Thrifty and Chic | Embroidery Hoop Ornament by It All Started With Paint | Joy to the World Ornament by Lovely Etc. | Sunburst Mirror Ornament by Whats Ur Home Story | Painted Rattan Ornaments by Cherished Bliss | DIY Moose Ornament by Bigger Than The Three of Us | Angel Ornament by Remodelando la Casa | DIY Sprinkle Ornament by The Happier Homemaker | Monogrammed Wood Slice Ornament by All Things G&D | Chalkboard Rudolph Ornament by Mom 4 Real

Linda

P.S. For even more holiday inspiration, you can find more handmade ornaments by clicking here …

P.P.S. All 12 days – and all 144 ornaments – can be found by clicking here …

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 * Some of the products used in this post were purchased with a gift card provided by Michaels *