The Curtsey Boutique: Shabby Chic Snowflake Ornament Tutorial with Andrea Amu

I love to mix in little bits and pieces of Shabby Chic décor amongst my favorite pieces of vintage and primitive fixins as I decorate. The fresh white and glitter aspects that are common with each make it a very good style combination to pair up! Ornaments are especially fun to decorate with this time of the year plus they make the perfect little gift too. So, I started this project off by purchasing an unfinished wood snowflake ornament at a craft store.

Here are the steps:

1. First I coated the wood snowflake with several generous layers of spray color mist. I used a combination of Hot Chocolate Chalkboard Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels and Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold mist by Ranger. Allow this all to completely dry. Now spray the ornament with a heavy coat of Spray adhesive. I used "General Purpose 45" by 3M. You will want to cover the entire surface of the wood ornament with glitter of your choice. I used one of my favorites, Fairy Dust glitter in Pralines & Cream by Donna Salazar Designs (Clearsnap). Make sure to fix all the glitter to the ornament by spraying the surface with a clear coat fixative spray.

2. The rest of this project involves lots of embellishing... with lots of gorgeous Curtsey Boutique goodies! First up, I layered on a pink heart paper doily from the shop. Apply it to the top of the snowflake ornament using some strong adhesive glue-dots.

3. Next I selected some white glittered mini snowflakes to add in. I layered each of them to the ornament having them peek beneath the pink heart doily and attaching them to the ornament with smaller glue-dots.

4. To finish this ornament and to really give it a boost of shabby chic-ness, add a fabulous Curtsey Boutique glass pearl and fabric tulle flower embellishment to the very top. Adhere with a dab of hot glue. Last, tie off a piece of jute twine through the hole at the top to use as the hanger.