By Katja Kromann

Jingle Mingle: leaf and jingle bell ornaments

Jingle Mingle: leaf and jingle bell ornaments
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Gold leaf jingle bell ornament

If someone gave me a jingle bell and asked me to come up with an ornament, this is what I would make. I know, because that is the challenge we posed among a group of bloggers.

Jingle mingle

I will post links to everyone else's creations at the bottom of this post.

Here is how I made mine. I picked a couple of branches from a tree in the common area where I live. Don't tell.

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Then, I got out some embroidery floss, some red beads and some jingle bells. Ignore the moss. I ended up not using that.

The tree I got these branches come from look like this. I really want a tree like this in my back yard. I just love those leafy branches.

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jingle mingle leaf jingle bell Christmas ornament 1

I picked a few and made them into circles by tying them with green florist wire.

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Here is a closeup of how I tied them with wire.

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Next I hung them and the jingle bells from some chicken wire on my tarp. I spray painted the circles gold and the jingle bells white.

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After everything was dry, I threaded some red floss through the jingle bell and strung a red bead onto both ends of the floss.

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Then I separated the floss and put on on either side of a wreath, then gathered the floss again and added another bead.

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This way I could use the first bead to position the white bell in the center of the wreath and the second bead was used as decoration at the top. I tied a knot.

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And that's it. A sweet little ornament ready for the tree.

Now I am anxious to see what everyone else made. Here are the links:

Julia from Cuckoo 4 Design

Cassie from Primitive & Proper
Anu from Nalle's House
Gabbi from Retro Ranch Renovation
Bethany from Dwellings by Devore
Kristin from Bliss at Home


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Katja Kromann
About Katja Kromann

I am a Danish American decorating life in Seattle. I love all things design and DIY.

I can’t think of anything more fun than coming up with project, making it, photographing it and sharing it with you on my websites.

I am a Graphic Artist, a remodeller and home maker by day.

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