Easy Chic Pink and Gold Ornaments
How to make chic pink and gold ornaments for your tree using inexpensive plastic embossed ornaments from the craft store!
Custom ornaments that perfectly match your tree don't have to cost a lot! Let's make blush pink ornaments with gold highlights using inexpensive plastic ornaments!
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Easy and Chic Pink and Gold Ornaments
I knew I wanted to head in a certain direction for my Christmas tree this year, but I didn't own many ornaments to support the blush pink and sage green colors I wanted to use for this year's tree.Exciting news: Click HERE to see my 2024 magical vintage Christmas tree, which is a FINALIST in the Cottages and Bungalows Christmas Tree of the Year! I would be so honored if you visited this link to VOTE for me!
I did purchase some new glittery ornaments, but to get the most bang for my
buck-on-a-budget, I made many of the ornaments! These blush and gold ornaments
were really simple to make, and I love the vintage chic look they added to my
tree!
Here's what you'll need.
Supplies
- clear plastic embossed ornaments (I purchased mine on clearance last year at Michaels but can't find them to link...check out THESE similar ornaments)*
- pink acrylic paint (I used THIS pink and THIS cream)**
- metallic gold acrylic paint
- craft brushes
- dowel rods
- optional - instant coffee crystals***
* embossed ornaments are more forgiving than solid ones when you're
painting by hand
** rather than purchasing multiple colors of paint, I added various amounts
of white paint to my pink to get a different color
*** the coffee crystals, when dissolved in acrylic paint, add a little
deeper of a tone
Step One - paint ornaments
The first step is mixing up your paint and painting the ornaments with the
various shades of pink. I found a dowel rod inserted into the ornament helped
me hold it while painting, and made it easier to dry the ornaments.
As mentioned above, I mixed some instant coffee crystals into my paint to
develop a deeper, richer color. I found it easiest to start with the darkest
color, and paint all the ornaments I wanted that color. Then I mixed in a
little white to soften the tone, and continued in this way to paint all the
ornaments.
Insider Tips:
- paint ornaments with multiple light, even coats
- use a dowel rod inserted in the ornament to help hold in place while painting, and for drying
- speed up dry time by using a heat tool
I ended up with two different colors of pink, just by adding a little creamy
white to the darkest color. By using the same pink, I was able to adjust the
tone for DIY ornaments that matched.
Step Two - add gold
Squeeze out a little dab of the metallic gold paint onto a work surface. Dip
just the tips of a wide, flat, loose craft brush (
a brush like THIS is what I used) into the paint and quickly brush the gold onto the ornaments. The idea is
not to completely cover them, but to highlight them with gold.
This is where the embossed ornaments make all the difference, because
it's much easier to just hit the embossed, higher areas with gold
paint.
It's amazing to me how paint can so transform something cheap and plastic
looking into something with beautiful vintage vibes!
The glossy metallic gold paint adds shimmer and shine to the painted
ornaments and really makes them special for Christmas!
I sprayed the silver tops with
gold spray paint
to match, and then hung them on my tree with a beautiful dark olive green
velvet ribbon.
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Thank you friends xx
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