I love the Christmas season. Everything about it is just so wonderful…the lights, the food, the general spirit of this time of year is fantastic. Decorating for Christmas is a big deal for me, and I admit, I can be overly enthusiastic about it at times. But how can you not? It puts me in such a cheery mood and I love it.

While I’m at college, I still try to carry on my Christmas traditions even though it’s a little harder to in a dorm room, or even in a house like I’m in this year. Although I don’t have many decorations, I like to get a good use out of them for the season.

So I have this tiny, pre-lit tree. It’s not much, but it ads a little something to the atmosphere of the house. But I wanted to do something extra special since I’m in a house with all these wonderful girls. Something to make it personal for everyone…so I decided to make ornaments!

These are super simple and don’t take a lot of expensive supplies to make, which I love. All it takes is felt, stuffing, some embroidery thread, and jute twine.

First, cut out circles from the felt. I traced around a circle that was about the size I wanted and then cut out around that. The marker side was on the inside, so it didn’t matter if it still showed up. Then I printed off a page of the letters I wanted to use for the monogram on each ornament. I ended up using a bold Times New Roman font in a larger size {I don’t remember exactly, but it depends on what size of circles you use.}

I used puffy paint to put the year and our house name on the back, but you could also put a nice greeting on there if you decide to.

The rest was pretty simple, I just hand sewed the letter to one circle of felt, then sewed the two circles together. When they were most of the way closed, I stuffed them to make them puffy, like an M&M. And I just sewed the little twine loop into the top so that I have a way to hang it! Easy as pie. {I didn’t think to take pictures of all the steps, so you just get before and after this time.}

And there you have it! Now go forth and create many ornaments for your loved ones!