Do you think they would have held onto them since some had pictures in them? (our wedding picture, boys pictures their first Christmas).
I had collected ornaments for years, mostly personalized.
This will be our 4th Christmas since then, and even though I don't cry anymore, I still get a sick feeling when I think about it.
Here is possibly some help for the photo ornaments. If you still have the old photos archived, you can recreate similar ornaments with the photos and back date them to the year the photos were taken, "Christmas 2006". I posted this on the DIS Arts & Crafts Board last year:
Photo ornament balls
You can make personalized photo ornament balls like these very easily. They look so professional after they are done, especially if you use ultra-fine glitters for the background. Of course, use your Disney trip photos inside or any photos really special to you for keepsakes.
The directions are here:
http://www.craft-ware.com/project3_magic_bubble.htm
Make sure you use a photocopy of your picture printed from a copier store instead of printing one off your home copier. The powder inks are more permanent, won't fade & will last for years.
As for the bottles of "Magic Bubble Adhesive," in the picture on the right, all it is, is any clear acrylic varnish you can get from any craft store, like Michael's. You don't have to spend the dollars or search for the Magic Bubble brand.
Ceramcoat is a good brand, available at most craft & art stores.
And the "Magic Bubble Brush" is any long Q-tip securely taped onto a long, skinny stick that you can insert into the ball & maneuver. Or, if you go to Sephora or a cosmetic counter, get those free mascara applicator wands for testing mascaras. They are exactly the Magic Bubble Brush. Also, securely tape it to a long skinny stick and bend the fuzzy applicator part into a curve to match the inside shape of the glass ornaments.
If you just want to make glittery balls with the kids, or if you prefer the background to be assorted colors, just sprinkle a different colored glitter in on one side, after you've poured out the excess varnish, empty, then sprinkle in the next on another side & empty. If you rotate & tip the ball so the glitter adheres to different places of the varnish, you'll get something like this:
Or, skip the varnish & dribble in pearlized acrylic paints, you can get this effect:
Directions:
Marbleous Ornaments!
what a great idea!
