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Southern State of Mind Blog by Heather

Dollar Store Metal Tray Silhouette Ornament

in Christmas, create, Dollar Store Crafts, Holiday Crafts, holidays on 11/21/17

Last week I officially kicked off Christmas around here and I must admit that the Christmas tubs all came out yesterday. Decorating the new house is super fun, but definitely a challenge to figure out! Over the next couple of weeks I will be sharing some fun Christmas crafts, DIYs, Home Tours, Style Favorites and Gift Guides chock ful of holiday cheer. 

And today I am sharing a fun DIY Keepsake Ornament idea. This one is super easy and inexpensive! AND I am also partnering with lots of other creative bloggers to share their DIY Ornaments below- I am excited to see what everyone came up with! 

This year I knew I wanted some keepsake ornaments of the little guys… and our sweet pup.  So I came up with this Dollar Store Metal Tray Silhouette Ornament. 

I haven’t shared this on the blog yet because this blog is my happy place and this is sad news so let me go ahead and get this off my chest. We had to say goodbye to our sweet Bella Bean a few weeks ago. For those of you that don’t know, Bella was our loyal Chocolate Lab and my sacred gal pal around here. She was 13.5 years old and was our first “child” that we have had basically our entire marriage. She had a wonderful life and we are at peace with all of it but it still triggers lots of emotions for me. 

So, between that and having babies – ahem- I mean big boys- that are growing at the speed of light- I knew I wanted a way to see their sweet little faces on the tree this year. Doesn’t Christmas just bring out all of the feels?

I followed the same method these ornaments as I did for for creating silhouettes that I outlined in this post. It’s truly the slacker girls way of creating silhouettes and SUPER INEXPENSIVE! 

Here’s a quick run down- for my silhouettes I actually print photos of the silhouettes and then just cut the profile out and paint them directly with black paint. It’s easy peasy y’all.  (there are step by step directions in this post)

For these trays, I just painted the interior of them with an off-white acrylic paint. Once the paint was dry, I used  matte Modge Podge to glue them onto the tray. Then after those were attached, I went over them several times to give it a solid coat. 

To hang them, I used my hot glue gun to attach some ribbon and voila! 

I am glad I was able to come up with a little tribute to our sweet girl this Christmas. She will forever be in our hearts. I hope you are inspired to create a keepsake ornament this year with your precious ones! And for lots of good DIY Christmas ornament inspiration- check out what some of my friends have been up to below:

Today I’ve joined up with some of my talented blogging friends who are also sharing a DIY Ornament Idea. Head over to see what they have in store for you!

The Happy Housie / The Wicker House / A Pretty Life / Place of My Taste

The Turquoise Home /Satori Design for Living / Hymns and Verses / Fynes Designs

Green With Decor / Southern State of Mind / This is Our Bliss /Blue I Style

xoxo-

Heather

 

FOLLOW ALONG ALL CHRISTMAS LONG:

Day 1: Pom Pom Gift Wrap
Day 2: Mrs. Meyer’s Hostess Gift
Day 3: {Style Favorites} Casual Holiday Style
Day 4: Easy Egg Strata Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Day 5: Christmas Cards with a Cause
Day 6: {Style Favorites} Ruffles & Plaid Holiday Style 
Day 7: Dollar Store Metal Tray Silhouette Ornament
Day 8: Gift Guide for Him
Day 9: Cyber Monday Sales Round Up
Day 10: Simple Southern Christmas Centerpiece
Day 11: Joyful Christmas Table
Day 12: DIY Dollar Store Tiered Tray

 

Related posts:

{Five Minute Friday} DIY Paint Dipped Ornament DIY Antelope Print Christmas Ornament DIY Dollar Store Tiered Tray Tutorial {DIY} Dollar Tree Three Tier Tray Tutorial

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  1. AvatarMeg Green With Decor says

    Nov. 21, 2017 at 10:15 am

    These are so cute, what a sweet memory of your dog!

    Reply
  2. AvatarMary says

    Nov. 21, 2017 at 3:43 pm

    You always have beautiful taste! I too have 2 boys but mine are 13 and 15. We just lost our beloved Luther who would have been 16 in January. I wish I had a portrait of him but my boys and I will continue great memories with these sillouettes

    Reply
  3. AvatarShauna says

    Nov. 21, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    So sorry to hear about your dog. It’s so hard to say good bye to them, isn’t it? Anyway, I think these are a fab way to keep her memory alive. So cute!

    Reply
  4. AvatarHope says

    Nov. 22, 2017 at 5:56 pm

    This is so sweet. So sorry about your sweet Bella. What a perfect way to keep her with you always.

    Reply
  5. AvatarRachael @ This is our Bliss says

    Nov. 23, 2017 at 10:54 am

    I soooo need to try your method! I don’t have any silhouettes of the boys yet. And I love that you now have a silhouette of sweet Bella!! Hugs 😉

    Reply
  6. AvatarVirginia Fynes says

    Nov. 24, 2017 at 7:51 am

    These are really great!!

    Reply
  7. AvatarJo-Anna Rooney says

    Nov. 27, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    What a nice idea! And such a great way to keep memories of the kids!

    Reply
  8. AvatarIvory says

    Dec. 11, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    These are not simply and beautiful to me, they are simple and elegant to me. Thanks for sharing them. I can hardly wait to make some f my kids.

    Reply

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