Homemade Vintage Jar Lid Ornaments

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I decided to create homemade vintage jar lid ornaments for my Christmas tree.

Do you remember the old distressed window with glass panes I had hanging on the wall with vintage children’s images in it? It fell and broke.

So, without the decorative window to hang on the wall, I was left with the photos from it. I decided to recycle some of those photos for my jar lid ornaments.

I used vintage images printed from the internet for my homemade vintage jar lid ornaments.

Directions:

I took a jar lid and a pencil and drew around the outside of the first image I wanted to use. Then I laid down sheets of waxed paper because I was going to be using Mod Podge, and it can get messy.

Round inside portion of the jar lids.

I took the round portion of the inner part of the lid and laid it over all the images. Then I drew a circle around the outline and cut around it with scissors. This gave me my round vintage image to use inside the jar lid.

For my homemade vintage jar lid ornaments, these are the images I cut out in circles.

With a foam brush, I applied decoupage glue to the backs of the images and pressed the round images inside the jar lids. Then I let the jar lids dry.

Tying a jute hanger around the lip of the lid for hanging on the tree.

I used jute as a hanger for hanging the homemade jar lid ornaments on the Christmas tree.

Once everything was dry, I wrapped the jute/ribbon around the lid edges and made a double knot. I did this with all the homemade vintage jar lid ornaments.

The finished homemade vintage jar lid ornaments.

What You Will Need For This Project:


1. Mason jar lids
2. Foam brushes
3. Mod Podge
4. A sharp pencil
5. Ribbon or jute
6. Vintage images (I printed mine off the internet)
8. Scissors

Here is my tabletop Christmas tree with the homemade vintage jar lid ornaments when I plugged in the tree lights.

The tabletop Christmas tree with the ornaments on it.

I also hung candy canes and other ornaments from last year on the Christmas tree.

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  2. I have been looking for a way to bring my family together this year. I am going to find photos of my brother and sisters from when we were children and do an entire tree (small one). Many, many thanks for the idea!

  3. I love your old photo ornaments, Brenda. I'm going to look through my photos and see if I have some good ones. I think they'd made terrific family gifts.

  5. Brenda, these are adorable! You always figure out the neatest ways to decorate anything. My prayers are with you and the puppies. Thanks for sharing another neat idea.
    Hugs,
    Connie, IN/FL

  6. I LOVE this idea! Looks like something that would cost a fortune in the shops. Thanks Brends!

  8. These are so stinking cute!! Thanks for the directions!

    How is the weather in your area? I heard OK was very hard hit and a lot of people lost power.

    Jane x

  11. These are really nice Brenda!…They would also make a nice garland to hang..I will give it a try..Thanks!

  12. Oh- How sweet are those! That is something the grands could do, too. They would love it. Thanks for the idea, Brenda. Hope you have a great night- xo Diana

  13. These are cute and the images you could use are endless.

  14. I love this idea. This may be something I do with the photos that are on regular paper of my grandpa, grandma and greats….. Such a neat idea!

  15. Those are adorable…… good thinking ~!

  16. Brenda, you're amazing – what a cute idea!!! I'm anxious to see how the red ones come out!!

  17. They look great. I love your attitude for crafting. I need to adopt yours. I want to make some ornaments for the tree. If they don't turn out, I'll head out the door to buy some! You made me smile.

  18. Oh, Brenda, if I could find images as darling as yours, this would be a good idea for tree ornaments in the shop.
    Ginene

    1. You can google old photos. there are a lot of them. download them, save them to a disk and then take the disk to Walmart to have them printed.

  19. Thanks for the idea to tie the string around the "frame," Brenda! I used Dollar Store small metal frames for family photo ornaments and just tucked them in the branches but I like your hanger idea much better. Appreciate you sharing!

  22. Looks like fun and you could use any images to suit your style! Cute idea!

    Linda

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