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Vintage Style Egg Ornaments

November 20, 2008 by Jessica 7 Comments

Every year at Thanksgiving, my family stays at a beach house together. We do some Christmas related traditions, because we won’t see many of them at Christmas. One of the things the ladies do is an ornament exchange. I made these egg ornaments this year to be from Jaala. They are inspired by the egg ornaments my grandmother made a long time ago. My daughter loves eggs, so I had no problem collecting them. I love how they came out. The pictures don’t do them justice. They sparkle so much! Since they are a vintage style ornament, I kept with the theme and used vintage miniatures on the inside. I’m making cupcake ornaments from me and will post those as soon as I’m finished.
Yellow Egg Ornament with Deer
Red Egg Ornament with Bear
Pink Egg Ornament
Almost Finished....
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Comments

  1. Amy says

    November 20, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    Love them Jessica! Grandma’s ornaments are still my favorite ones to put on the tree.

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  2. adrienne says

    December 12, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    I love these and have been looking for directions on how to make them. They are so magical and remind me of christmas when I was a child. Did you find directions anywhere? or would you mind sharing your secrets? like, how to make the egg hard, is that icing used to decorate the outside of the egg, etc. thank you so much for the inspirations!!!

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  3. Happy Together says

    December 13, 2008 at 10:24 pm

    I was planning to do a tutorial. I will try to have it up soon ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Stephanie says

    December 14, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    My mother made these when she was younger and recently showed me how. There are actually a couple of ways but THEN they drained the egg, covered it with masking tape (minus the hole), then cut the whole bigger (the masking tape giving it strength. Covered the inside with elmers glue, shook glitter in there. Then covered the outside with elmers glue, using sequence wrapping it in a circle from the outter edge all the way to finish in the center. Used another lace to cover the rim (opening-glued) and then put “ANGEL HAIR” under where the figurine will be.
    Apparently Angel Hair was banned because it had glass in it! So whatever you could find. Glue the figurine. Glue the string with a decorative base on outter top (to hang ornament).

    I figured you can do this with a paper mache’ style modgpodge and newspaper too. But the above was the supplies they had at the time 60s?).
    Now we can use super glue/glue guns, and have way more laces and such.
    Hope this helps.
    Looks like there are other decorative ways to do it too!

    http://ohsohappytogether.blogspot.com/2009/04/vintage-egg-ornament-tutorial.html

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  5. Tip says

    December 27, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    Love, love, love these ornaments. When I was a little girl our neighbor, Marge Fussell, made a set for my mother. Mrs. Fussell had cancer and passed away shortly after Christmas. I was priveleged to get them after my mother passed away, but some are in rough shape after so many years. I look forward to seeing your tutorial and especially wonder where you found the tiny innards. ๐Ÿ™‚ That’s where I usually have problems.

    Thanks for this post, and for bringing back some wonderful memories!

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  6. Terry McMillin says

    December 13, 2018 at 10:50 pm

    I’ve been making these ornaments since the 60’s and love putting them together. Most craft stores sell tiny ornaments so it’s pretty easy to find them now. I use super tacky glue,
    size 11 & 15 seed beads, thin ribbon and lace, all of which can be found at most craft stores. You can also make your own decals from old Christmas cards and modpodge. Enjoy!

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    • Jessica says

      December 14, 2018 at 2:22 pm

      That’s wonderful! I’m thinking my two girls are old enough to make some now so we should give them another go. Thanks for sharing your tips ๐Ÿ™‚

      Jess

      Reply

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I have this idea for Valentines decor on our mantl I have this idea for Valentines decor on our mantle and these fun confetti hearts I made are going to be a part of it. You can find a tutorial to make your own from @amanda_evanston . A few of the items I used in mine were: shredded Anthropologie shopping bag (and cut up the fabric handle too), cut up newspaper, hole punched card stock, fringe from yarn, cut up gold circle confetti, crinkled gift filler paper, etc... It was fun using all kinds of random things ๐Ÿ˜Š
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