Mom, We need more Sparkle!!! Day Eight

I have a young daughter who loves jewels, sparkle, shimmer, and glitter. I am a tomboy type gal who loves high heels and earth tones. Sparkle and glitter really don't fall into my wardrobe selections. So this ornament idea was a wonderful compromise for both styles. It's a rock, that is wrapped in wire that are jewel tones, and hung in front of twinkle lights it gives an added sparkle to the tree that a 6 year old loves!

 I bought a strand of rocks that are meant to be used as a bead. There were 6 rocks on the strand which was perfect for each member of our family. The wire came in a package of 8 different colors. And ornament hooks I had on hand. (Any craft store that sells jewelry supplies will have the rocks and wire)

 Straighten out your ornament hook. Slide the rock onto the "ornament hook". Fold one end into an "L" shape about a 1/4 inch long. That will be the bottom. Get your colored wire and starting at the very top of the "ornament hook" twist it around until you get to the stone. Take the wire and loop it down the stone and slide it under the "L" and back up to the top of the stone. Repeat this process until you have the stone "woven" and about 2-3 inches of colored wire left. You need to end at the top of the stone.

Fold over the long "ornament hook" wire to make a loop. Pinch it as close to the bottom of the loop as you can, and then wrap the extra colored wire around both "ornament hook wire" to secure the loop.

Repeat with all stones.

Then you have all these beautiful "jewels". String with ribbon and hang from your tree. Next year I will get more rocks to make more "jewels" but these are nice this year because they will have a memento from this handmade Christmas.

Here's how they looked in our tree: