Dollar Shop Metallic Tray Ornaments

As I'm working on this post, we're watching the alive production of The Sound of Music.  Did you lot encounter it?  I'm hence proud of our Oklahoma daughter Carrie together with those children were amazingly talented!

After the tray garland together with tray wreath, I hope you're non tired of seeing projects made amongst my dollar shop silvery trays, but I hope this is the terminal one!

Cousins together at my sister's wedding!

One affair I peculiarly savour displaying at Christmas is photos of my kids from past times Christmases.  Mommies of petty ones, they actually exercise grow also fast!  Being able to add together these precious memories to the tree makes them fifty-fifty to a greater extent than special,  and these trays brand the perfect frame to use.

The alone supplies needed are the metallic trays, a printed photo, mod-podge, a foam brush, ribbon, together with a hot mucilage gun.

Trim the photograph to fit only within the bottom of the tray.  For the rectangular trays, my newspaper trimmer worked bully together with a corner rounder punch was perfect to tally upwards the corners.  On the oval tray, I traced the bottom on a slice of wax newspaper together with cutting it out.  Then, I could position that transparent pattern just where I wanted it over the photograph together with trim.

Just to larn a experience for the size of these ornaments, the photos I printed were 8x10 together with I only did a petty combat of trimming off the edges.  So, they create got upwards quite a combat of room on the tree.

After your photograph is trimmed, brush a coat of mod-podge on the bottom of the tray together with stick your photograph downward to it.  Let that dry out for a petty while, together with hence pigment a coat of mod-podge on travel on of the photo, roofing it completely.

While applying the commencement coat of mod-podge, I kept the brush strokes consistently going all 1 way.  On the 2nd coat, I made the brush strokes become the reverse way.  I works life this gave to a greater extent than of a "canvas finish" look.

My babe together with her favorite bun-bun.  My heart.

Speaking of babies, my nigh 2 twelvemonth former petty guy...smooch!

I allow mine dry out overnight, together with hence used hot mucilage to attach a ribbon to the dorsum to hang them with.  I know I'll savour pulling these out to role twelvemonth later year!

You're getting only a tiny peek of my tree, I'll present you lot the remainder side past times side calendar week when I'm honored together with hence excited to participate inwards 2 dwelling identify tours.  On Thursday, I'll hold upwards hanging out amongst over 50 bloggers for the Blogger Stylin' Home Tours hosted past times Lindsay at The White Buffalo Styling Company.

Then, on Fri I'll hold upwards sharing inwards The 12 Days of Christmas Tour of Homes hosted past times Jenny at Evolution of Style.

Check the schedule for both tours together with follow along.  There's certain to hold upwards closed to major vacation inspiration!  I hope you lot all create got a fabulous weekend...we're out for a snowfall twenty-four lx minutes menstruum today!

Linking upwards amongst Hi Sugarplum together with Michaela Noelle Designs for the Holiday Craft Party!
Also linking upwards amongst Fox Hollow Cottage for the Dollar Tree Christmas Ideas Party.

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