The Christmas Ornaments Formerly Known as Jewelry

Gabi Ralea
by Gabi Ralea
2 Materials
$3
15 Minutes
Easy
Is your Christmas tree up and ready yet? You might think it is, but it’s not! It’s missing these glamorous ornaments that you can easily make out of old broken jewelry!
Here’s the DIY project you should work on, since it take only $3 and 15 minutes of your time to solve this problem!
Look for any broken jewelry and old beads you might have, in different sizes, colors and textures. You also need some aluminum wire (I bough mine from Michaels, 30 gauge worked fine for me), but fishing line / wire works too if you know how to make the proper knots.
Start with a 15-in long piece of wire, and a small bead in the middle of it. This small bead will work a stopper for the next beads you are going to use for this ornament.
Place the small bead in the middle, bend the wire in half and pull it through the rest of the beads so you would get a 4-in long ornament. 
Once you are done with the base, start working on the loop. You know, that 3-4-in long loop that you need for hanging the ornament in your Christmas tree. You can make the loop pulling each end of the wire through a few small beads, then knot them to close the loop.
There are so many other ways to make these lovely ornaments, as the limit is only our own imagination.
Check the article on my DIY blog to see more tips and pictures for this project!
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