I've Been Pinspired! {Wedding Invitation Ornaments}

I've talked before about my serious obsession with Pinterest. {Find me HERE!}

I've been working these past few weeks at really turning some of my pins into projects. I'm also working on my very own little Pinterest Challenge, complete with a giftcard as prize!! Stay tuned for that in September!

I recently pinned this to my "Gift Ideas" Board:

(Repinned from my good buddy, Katie-find her blog HERE and her Pin Boards HERE...you'll be glad you clicked!)
Find the REAL DEAL, original post about this ornament HERE!

It just so happened that we had a wedding to attend this past weekend, and though I still bought a food processor from their registry, I'm always a big fan of adding my own special, meaningful touch to gifts. I knew immediately that this would be a great project to do!

So I made a quick run to Hobby Lobby and grabbed my supplies and got to work.

One great thing is that this is a really inexpensive, yet very meaningful gift. At first I grabbed a 4-pack of the larger ornaments, but I ended up exchanging them for a size smaller. They were just a little big.

I spent $6 on 4 ornaments (but only used one, so I call that $1.50). It would have been less but I forgot my coupon!
I also got a roll of matching thin organza ribbon, $1.
I grabbed a small gift box that was nice and sturdy, too. This was optional but I didn't want it to get crushed, so that was $2.50.

So from start to finish, I spent $5.

I cut the invitation into small slices. I failed to think about curling the pieces before stuffing them, but I still like how it turned out.

Here is a view of everything as I had it stuffed in: 

Once they were all in, I slid the entire roll of organza ribbon in. This just made the ball look full and given that the organza is sort of shiny and see-through, I think it will really look beautiful on a lit Christmas tree.

As a finishing touch, I added the ribbon from their invitation and voila!

I love that you can see little glimpses of their day...the date, each of their names, the church, etc. I love this so much that I am now on the search for our own wedding invitation (NO clue where those are!) and I want to finish one for our Christmas tree.

Thanks for reading!