i've been ornaments every year for a long time now... maybe 15 years. i'd pick one style each year and pass them out when i was done. one of my aunts even has a "sam tree" full of ornaments i made. this year i decided to make dough ornaments.
and i planned to stamp the dough before baking with this custom stamp i had made. i uploaded my design to simon's stamps and they did an awesome job. great quality and fast service. i would definitely use them again.
but i made my design a little too intricate for using with the dough. and the design just didn't come out as clear in the dough as i wanted it to so i changed my plan a bit. i ended up using the stamp i ordered for some other paper projects, but for the dough i used some simple stamps. after stamping i used a snowflake and heart cookie cutters to cut them out. and i used a straw to punch the whole for the hanger.
i baked them following the recipe instructions....except they did take longer to cure than the recipe states. now, i was a little skeptical on how hard the dough would be considering how few ingredients were involved, but they're pretty tough. and they are pure white when they are done baking.
next, i decided to use glass paint because i wanted a translucent look as if they were a glazed ceramic piece. it has to bake at a higher temperature so the actual dough got a little yellowed from baking, but they kind of have an antiqued look because of that. here they are all finished and hanging on the tree.
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