by Jim Balushi


Personalized Christmas ornaments can be used to develop and continue family traditions. When you are in search of a way to start a new holiday tradition for your family, consider the following options for using personalized Christmas ornaments. After all, the holidays are all about enjoying and appreciating your family and friends.

You will find that there are several types of children's ornaments on the market today. You can choose from collectible ornaments, fun ornaments, or ornaments that represent your children's favorite toy or game. You can even have each ornament engraved with your child's name and the year that they received the piece. This way your items can be kept for years and you will always remember the special year that the item was bought or made.

You can also find ornaments that are perfect for the happy couple. Whether you are enjoying your first Christmas or your twenty-fifth, you can find the perfect item. Choose wedding bells for your first year and silver for your fifth. Each year you can have the decoration inscribed with the date or a special message. You can add a simple "I love you", if you are giving the gift to your spouse.

You can place a folded up towel or some other thick soft cloth on the surface you will be working on. You also want to use something that you are fine with getting dirty or any glue on. Old t-shirts layered on top of each other will also do the trick. You also want to take a handful of paperclips and fold them out one by one. When you fold one out, the paperclip should form the letter "S." The reason you are doing this is so you can hang your ornaments to dry later. Also, hang up the string or yarn in a clothes line type fashion.

Second, have some sort of design in mind for your ornament. It can turn into a large hassle if you start decorating and realize that you do not know what you want to draw out. Homemade Christmas decorations can be fun, but they can also be disastrous if you do not plan ahead of time. It will be very easy for you to end up with a bunch of glittery globs of mess if you are not careful. - 39969

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