DIY SPARKLE FILLED CHRISTMAS BAUBLES.

Decorating some plain glass (or plastic) baubles is a great way to add a little personality to your tree.

These sparkle filled Christmas ornaments are such an easy do-it-yourself project that I'm not sure a step by step is even necessary but you're going to get one anyway ;) I can't help myself.

I wanted to add a little sparkle to mine so I filled baubles with shiny confetti foil and iridescent sequins. If rustic is more your style you could use feathers or Christmas tree trimmings. I love these cacti filled ornaments over on Eclectic Trends and these holly filled ornaments from Martha Stewart are another great alternative.

Supplies: Clear glass baubles // iridescent sequins // confetti stars // diamond table confetti // silver icicle tinsel // sparkling snow // confetti foil

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1. Carefully remove the top of the glass ornament.

If you're crafting with kids this part is for the adults as the glass can shatter if you're heavy handed.

2. Fill with your chosen sparkly filling. This can get messy so you might want to put down some scrap paper first.

For the one above I used some multi-coloured confetti foil from my local craft shop. I used a pencil to help push the confetti in when it got stuck in the hole. This part can be pretty time consuming depending on how full you want to fill your bauble.

3. Replace the top and hang.

If you have any trouble filling your baubles you can try making a paper funnel. This would work really well if you wanted to fill your ornaments with glitter.

To make the silver bauble I filled it with some silver tree icicle tinsel. It twists round as you thread it through and looks so pretty hanging on the tree. If you don't have icicle tinsel you could trim some normal tinsel and use that instead.

For the last one I filled it with some small plastic diamonds you get to scatter on tables at weddings, some iridescent sequins, sparkly snow and some silver star confetti. This was easily my favourite. I love how it catches the light.

And that's all there is to it. Simply hang them on your tree and enjoy.

Happy Christmas crafting.

Make sure to check my other Christmas crafts and recipes for more diys.

DECEMBER DAILY UPDATE: WEEK 1.

6 days in and so far I'm loving my December Daily album but I have to admit it hasn't been as easy as I thought. It probably doesn't help that we don't have our tree up yet and won't until next week so the album is missing all of those sparkly tree shots I see in other albums. Some days it's really hard to remember to take even a single photo and other days all I seem to do is snap shot after shot. 

'This album is not about any single story rather it is the sum of all the parts.'

Ali Edwards.

I love this quote from Ali Edwards and it's something I'm trying to remember as I fill my album. It doesn't matter if some days I have no photos or other days I have too many. It all adds up in the end to make a complete story so I'm trying to stick with it even on the slow days.

To make the first page I covered a chipboard divider that comes with the Simple Stories 6x8 album with with some Maggie Holmes Scrapbook paper. I love this paper, it's talking about how all the big moments and little moments add up to make life full and complete so it seemed like the perfect way to start the album.

For day 1 I used one of the 3x4 pockets that came with the album and filled it with some more Maggie Holmes paper, a photo of our advent calendar and a favourite quote. The grey heart paper is from the Amy Tangerine Stitched scrapbook paper pad. I tried to keep it as simple as possible. I printed the text out using this font before cutting it out and sticking it down.

Day 2 was a busy crafty day so I included some photos of the things I'd been making. A scarf that's going to be a Christmas present, some leftover chocolate truffles I'd made a few days before and one of the clay tree decorations I shared on the blog, if you missed them you can find them here. I used one of the Simple Stories Insta Pocket Pages for day 3 with more of the Amy Tangerine Stitched paper and a couple of the cards from the Sn@p gold pack. This was one of the days I forgot to take any photos until we were about to sit down and eat dinner so I snapped a couple of quick photos and jotted down what we were watching.

Day 4 and 5 were more Maggie Holmes paper. I included a currently list, what I'm watching, listening to, reading and making, some photos and another quote. I'm making my Mum one of these simple crochet cardigans for Christmas. I'm about two thirds of the way through and I've been crocheting it for the last few nights so I thought it was time it made an appearance.

We're in the middle of decorating the bathroom and spent most of the day painting so all I managed to include on day 6 was a photo of my paint splattered jeans and the wrappers off some of the chocolate coins I was snacking on.

It's hard to tell in the other photos but I've stuck all the glitter stickers on the outside of the pockets. I like that it gives an extra dimension and if I change my mind about what I want in the pockets I'm not wasting any stickers. I can just peel them off and pop them somewhere else.

Supplies: Simple Stories 6x8 Snap Album, Simple Stories Snap Insta Pocket Pages Variety Pack, Simple Stories Gold Snap Pack, Maggie Holmes 12x12 Scrapbook Paper, Amy Tangerine Stitched Scrapbook Paper, Glitterations Alphabet Stickers, Gold, Glitterations Numbers Stickers, Silver

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If you're not familiar with December Daily it's a way of documenting the 25 days leading up to Christmas. You can read more about it  here on Ali's site.