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Vintage Christmas Ornament Wreath

Modified: Dec 31, 2024 · Published: Nov 4, 2013 by Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist · This post may contain affiliate links · 10 Comments

Vintage Christmas Ornament Wreath: How to make a beautiful Christmas wreath out of vintage ornaments.

Christmas wreath with vintage Christmas ornaments.
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I've decided to go with a vintage inspired Christmas theme this year, and I just love how this vintage Christmas ornament wreath turned out.

After shopping for vintage ornaments this weekend, I was feeling a little worried. They're tricky to find, to put it mildly. I did have some already. And over the next few weeks, I'm planning to visit my local thrift stores on a very regular basis. As luck would have it, I did manage to find some on Friday. I visited a fairly new thrift store nearby, and since this is their first Christmas to be open, it seems they were saving up Christmas items until the day after Halloween. I didn't find the beautiful glass balls I was hoping for, but I did pick up a few vintage plastic ornaments. They weren't in mint conditions, but grouped with other things on the wreath is the perfect way to hide their flaws.

how to make a vintage inspired Christmas wreath

Materials:

  • tinsel wreath as the base
  • vintage plastic ornaments and floral picks
  • vintage Christmas glass balls
  • some new pink and silver Christmas glass balls
  • white floral wire

How to Make a Vintage Christmas Ornament Wreath

I was inspired an old  Christmas centre piece with pink satin balls. It was .49 cents...and I could see the potential. I remembered that there were tinsel wreaths at the dollar store for 2 bucks.

pink vintage Christmas ornaments

I started out removing the vintage picks from the old centrepiece and adding them to the tinsel wreath. Then I added the vintage plastic ornaments.

I wanted to add some vintage pink glass ornaments, but they're so hard to find, and expensive that I didn't want to use too many. I ended up adding some plain pink and silver balls -some old and some not so old.

Then I added in only about four of my super special vintage glass ornaments. With the picks, the vintage plastic ornaments, some plainer balls, and a few vintage ornaments, it looked nice and full and all shiny and pretty. 😉

Vintage Christmas Ornament Wreath

One other little trick, I used white floral wire to attach everything, so it isn't permanent, if I want to remove the vintage pieces later I can.

how to make a Vintage Christmas Ornament Wreath

I love how it turned out. After feeling earlier this weekend that maybe I should have gone another direction for my Christmas decorations this year, I am now fully sold on the vintage direction.

Vintage Christmas Ornament Wreath

I'm also convinced that it doesn't need to be all vintage. I can take my few old pieces and showcase them, and mix them in with some new vintage inspired pieces, and some other plainer pieces.

Vintage Christmas Ornament Wreath

With a pretty, pink, shiny Christmas wreath like this, life really is a party!

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Comments

  1. Jan says

    August 09, 2024 at 9:04 am

    can't wait to get the materials to make the wreaths.

  2. JR says

    November 11, 2013 at 8:42 am

    Fabulous! Your gorgeous wreath was my favorite decoration on the Holiday Idea Exchange. Can't wait to try it! Merry Christmas!

  3. Holly @ Coconutheadsurvivalguide says

    November 10, 2013 at 7:30 am

    Hi Dannyelle - Oh wow, I love this! We are going all out for Christmas this year, and have a lot of vintage ornaments from the MIL's attic. I know what I'm going to do with the extras! Hugs, Holly

  4. dnr says

    November 04, 2013 at 7:15 pm

    Thanks Sabrina, it's on an old tin ceiling tile that I found at an antique market. Lots more Christmas posts on the way, hope you enjoy!
    Dannyelle

  5. sabrina says

    November 04, 2013 at 5:24 pm

    Absolutely beautiful! Love how you've placed it on a vintage looking plaque. Is that made out of wood?
    Looking forward to more blessed Christmas awesomeness from your wonderful blog!

  6. Kay @ Hey Mama says

    November 04, 2013 at 10:15 am

    What a cute idea!. I love it so much.

  7. Heather says

    November 04, 2013 at 10:26 am

    I love this! that little white reindeer reminds me of the decorations my Nana had:) what a great way to give old things a new life:)

  8. Becky says

    November 04, 2013 at 10:21 am

    Oh my goodness.....

    I love and adore this!!! Especially in soft pink. I'm reminded of my grandparents beautiful old ornaments.

    Dude - this post has me jazzzzzzzed for holiday decorating!

  9. Jackie says

    November 04, 2013 at 8:06 am

    That is GORGEOUS!!! Any chance you would want to come decorate my house for Christmas?? : ))

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