It is simple and classic and I'm in love with how it turned out. I didn't want anything over the top or fancy because, to me, the picture speaks enough for itself. It's their wedding picture over 50 years ago. I've seen these ornaments done all over blogland and didn't ever really read a tutorial, I thought "how hard can it be?" Well I don't know how other's made their ornaments but here's a few issues I ran into.
Originally I was going to make wallet size copies of the picture, cut them to size and put them in the glass ball. FYI, it doesn't work. I bought regular glass ball ornaments so I had to roll the picture up to get it inside the ornament and the photos don't unroll all the way. Luckily I practiced with another photo first. What I ended up doing was scanning the photo into my computer, printing it out on regular computer paper in a 3x5 size. I cut a circle shape (trimming as needed), rolled it up, stuck it in the ornament, then used tweezers to maneuver it and straighten the paper out. Once it was situated to my liking I stuck the top of the ornament back on making sure the metal things that stick down in (have no idea if they actually have a name, but you know what I'm talking about hopefully) were positioned behind the photo. This prevents the photo from falling backwords. I used some simple red ribbon to tie the bow on top and TA-DAAA, all finished. I made 8 total one for each of my aunts and uncles as well as my Grandparents and plan on giving them at Thanksgiving so they can hang them on their trees this season.
Total these ornaments cost about $0.33 each since all I had to buy was the ornaments, everything else was already in my craft stash. This is the perfect gift for a group of people or if you have multiple family members you want to gift to without breaking the bank. Best of all it brings back memories for people and I think that's the best part of it!
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