The Possibilities of Ornament Balls

I have a confession: I am NOT a crafty person. I can paint a mean wall, I can fluff some good pillows, I can come up with a design for a room and match colors and drapes, I am super good at renovating a drab space.... but I just don't do crafts.

Hanging on my front door, inside

Thrifty Decor Chick introduced to me this amazing, cheap, easy, beautiful wreath using Ornament Balls. Read her tips, they were much needed in my case. But I do have a few of my own (from a non-crafter):

1. Make sure the hanger is perfectly rounded, the way you want, before you put the balls on.. otherwise your wreath will look like a square...
   
2. Don't freak out early on thinking yours is not going to turn-out (like I did), just stuff as many balls on there as possible and it will turn out fine.
3. There is no way in heck that you will be able to twist that darn wire at the end to close it up, I sealed mine with a big FAT blob of hot glue (this is the "non-crafter" way of doing it).
4. The wire may show when it is done and hung... that is ok! The balls are so pretty no one will notice (except my anal husband).
5. It really is EASY and VERY PRETTY!

After doing this little craft project and realizing that I, too, can craft I took the idea and ran with it. I thought... why not make trees out of them?

HOW TO:Get Styrofoam cones from Michael's and your balls (got mine at Walmart)

1. Take off the tops, hot glue gun the tippy top to the Styrofoam pressing them right into it.
2. I made lines from the bottom and staggered the lines going to the top. Once you get about 4 rows from the top start using your smaller balls
3. Top with a large ball glued right into the tip. For filling in between the holes click HERE
   
4. My little secret: I didn't cover all the way around... who's gonna know (besides all of you...). saved me time and money

I added some blue lights and it really makes it Glow (still need to get those stockings up...)
After doing this (and thinking I was so creative to make this up), I saw it has already been done. Of COURSE it has! DUH! THIS one was done by a TRUE crafter. Filling the holes with little balls is a great idea, and adding a stand was genius!.... hey, I still love my novice version :)

After the trees turned out so pretty, I decided to make round clusters of them for my railing (I know, I am turning into a crafter before your very eyes...)


How TO:

Just put them on a string

Tie the string in a TIGHT knot and you got yourself a "cluster"! Super easy.

Finish it off with pretty ribbon and it turns it into a festive dream.
Did these little projects convince me to craft?... nah. I will stick with painting and decorating

*I know I look like a nerd in the reflection of the balls, please don't hold that against me :)


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