decorating christmas ornaments?
i’ve decided to decorate christmas ornaments for my families christmas gifts this year.
i’m a college student so i’m on a budget.
this is the first year that i will be buying all of my christmas gifts myself (first time i’ve had a job) so i’m pretty excited.
i found these really nice off-white porcelain ornaments that i’m going to decorate. i have a couple ideas on how to decorate them but i need more ideas. i don’t want them to look cheap. (i am a creative person and i spend lots of time on my arts and craft projects because i want them to look really good.)
anyway…. does anyone have any ideas on how to decorate them besides painting them? also, if i do decide to paint on some of them… would it look bad? the porcelain is shiny and i would like the ornament to stay that way… if i paint on the ornament will it not be shiny anymore?
thanks for the help 
also, i want to make them all original. so a couple different ideas would be great thanks!
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You should get paint pens and paint a small accent such as a flower or a stocking on each one. Write the person’s name on in gold paint. It will be lovely.
You might want to check out some of the glass ball ornaments at my site (many of which have polymer clay on them). Those might give you some ideas whether you used polymer clay or not**, and you could also remove the white coloring for a few and do them in some different ways if you want (instructions for that also on that page):
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Christmas.htm (click on *Glass Ball Ornaments*)
**for some of those things, air-dry clays could work too (though they usually shrink at least a bit, and must be sealed to prevent damage from humidity and/or bugs)… homemade “bread clay” is cheap but excellent, and “salt dough” clay is almost as good…Creative Paperclay is the best purchased one:
http://www.google.com/search?q=bread+clay
http://www.google.com/images?q=bread+clay
http://www.google.com/search?q=salt+dough
http://www.google.com/images?q=salt+dough
http://www.google.com/images?q=Creative+Paperclay+ornament
Not sure what you’re asking in the last sentence. If you paint on the shiny ornament, wherever you paint will be the glossiness or non-glossiness of the paint you choose.
If you use a paint that’s not shiny enough though, you could always give the parts (or the whole ornament) a coat of clear polyurethane sealer (gloss, water-based/indoor) or a few other things.
HTH,
Diane B.