Just for you Julie, here are some of my puffy Target bag ornaments (and no, no 3-D nativity scene!) I am stuffing them with leftover bag bits. I started making them puffy out of necessity. The bag scraps had buried the majority of my office and I needed a place to put it all! They are way more fun than flat ornaments of course so now I'm making the majority of them that way. I have a few designs that I like flat (wreaths, snowflakes, holly, trains) but most of them are better puffed. I have around 70 ornaments made so far (my goal is 200). I'd probably be further along if I just stuck with a few designs but I get bored with them after awhile so I keep making new designs. If anyone has suggestions for things I can make I'd love to hear them! I've been adding some rick-rack and decorative stitches to some of them. I even machine sewed each of my kid's names on an ornament. Those were a major pain in the rear! They really liked them though so it was worth it. Destructo Boy loves to play with them all and aside from one train losing a wheel they have held up fantastically! 
Fabulous! C'mon, you know you wanna do the nativity! Other ideas... The letters N O E L, a garland of small stars or christmas lightbulbs, reindeer, a sleigh. A google image search of Christmas stencils might be inspiring. 200 ornaments is quite the goal. Do you shop that much at Target? lol
ReplyDeleteI just love these! So cute and great reuse too.
ReplyDeleteLove your recycled ornaments.
ReplyDeletePatrick just got a job at Target!
Jill xoo
I like the way you add a decoration to one ornament. A garland of gingerbreadmen or snowmen would be cute with the hands connected with a brad for flexibility and to add to your garland. A house shape with a puff of fiberfill coming out of the chimney and/or a wreath on the door. I make wreaths from plastic bags or strips cut from bags. Your Target bags would work well for that. Good luck on your goal.
ReplyDeleteThese are looking good!
ReplyDelete~ Jennifer