For this year’s Chinoiserie Christmas, I mostly used decorations I already had from our “white and woodsy Christmas,” with the addition of these hand-drawn ornaments! This post is coming late, because it took me all month to finish these ornaments, and now I am sad that I am putting them away already!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• White ball ornaments. I found glass ones at Michael’s.
• Blue marker: I used a paint pen and also fine and extra-fine blue Sharpies
• Ribbon
• Ornament hooks
• Post-it notes
• Ideas for patterns – I have some guidelines below, and I collected a ton of inspiration on this Pinterest board:

Here’s how to do it:

If you’re like me and don’t do much drawing, I warn you that drawing on a slippery round object takes a little practice, but it does get easier! Some tips:

• Break your design into components: a border pattern around the top, central design(s), and a filler pattern
• To draw regular geometric shapes, I used a post-it note as a template – drawing precise shapes on a slippery round object is tricky!!

Progress shot:

I’m really happy with how these turned out! I mixed them in with other white ornaments, like these DIY felt poinsettias, and our classic blue and white theme really came together! And now for a gazillion pictures of these pretty ornaments!

Happy holidays!

I am going to miss these ornament – I have another idea for next year’s Christmas – but I am sure they will be making another appearance down the road!

Julie aka “Jewels”