Courtney’s Glittery Holiday How-Tos
Get into the spirit by adding your own shimmer to your decorating and entertaining.
Courtney Sixx is sharing some simple ways to bring sparkle to your season’s greetings.
Ornament Wreath
Without the standard Christmas colors, a gold and silvery wreath can make a statement from Thanksgiving through New Year’s with a nod to all those other holidays in between. Hang it on an interior or exterior door, a mantle or use on a tabletop surface as a surround for a Champagne bucket or floral arrangement.
- Start with a foam wreath form. Spray all over using gold spray paint.
- Using different ornaments, some shiny, some glittered, and a hot glue gun, start gluing ornaments butted next to each other around the outer edge of form, covering the foam as much as possible as you go. You can use same or varying size ornaments.
- Continue adding varying ornaments working your way to the inside of the form.
- Once form is covered, glue another staggered layer of ornaments over the first, filling in holes and spaces as you go.
- Hang by looping a gold or silver ribbon through and tying to surface or fastening to a hook.
Glittered Gift
Dress up any gift box—inside and out.
- Spray paint a brown or other plain box and top in gold.
- Using painter’s tape, section off three “stripes” on the box top and along the smaller side edges. Be sure that part not to be glittered is completely covered in tape.
- Spray tacky glue over exposed box top areas; sprinkle with super fine hot pink glitter and let dry.
- Trim stems of one pink and one red rose (can use more if you like) to just at the flower base. Blow into center of bloom to open slightly and then gently tug back petals to open more.
- Spray petals gingerly (to try to get close to tips) with tacky glue; and sprinkle with gold glitter. Set aside.
- Use a 3-inch wide rose gold ribbon to tie box and create a bow.
- Using hot-glue gun, glue roses on to bow, just at center where knot is tied.
Champagne Cheer
Champagne tastes even more festive when you drink it from a decked out flute.
- Use painter’s tape to mark off design on outside of glass, being sure to completely cover the part of the glass to remain unadorned (do not spray inside).
- Spray paint the outside of flute in gold and let dry.
- Spray outside of flute with tacky spray and then cover in gold glitter and let dry.
Impress your guests at every gathering
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