Give your old Christmas Ornaments a facelift this year

Tired of your old Christmas ornaments? Give them a facelift using an old CD.

Most of us have converted those CD's over to our iPods and other electronic music devices. The CD just sits there collecting dust. Why not give it a new purpose with some holiday flair?

I found the idea above on DIY Crafts and Projects. It's an interesting blog with photo only instructions. This one looks simple enough... an ornament you're bored with, a CD that was just collecting dust, some glue and a pair of scissors. I think it would be interesting to try with a colored ornament.

If you decide to make some of these let me know and send a pick - I'll post it here for you and give you credit for your work.

Recycle Christmas Cards

Every year I receive tons of beautiful Christmas cards. Unfortunately many of them have embellishments that prevent them from being recyclable. I hate throwing them away, so all those cards have been sitting in a pile waiting for me to figure out what to do with them. Today I discovered "Recycling Christmas Cards: Craft And Template Collection. It's an e-book containing 50 projects and 40 craft templates to recycle Christmas cards or other greeting cards. Since it's an e-book we don't have to wait for it to arrive or pay for shipping. Being an e-book means it's also not wasting paper or killing trees. I'm about to purchase it. My daughter's best friend is on her way over and I bet this would be a great project to work on with them. I'll post our recycled Christmas card results when we're done.

Ornaments From Roll On Deodorant

Stumbled across this one today. It's an ornament made by beading around the ball from a roll on deodorant bottle! It would work on a ping pong ball too.

Picture borrowed from kiloalphatango.com