Vintage Christmas Music Ornaments Featuring Names of Christ

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     I've been noticing that there are a lot of crafts and ornaments made with vintage sheet music around the internet this year.  Another trend are the ornaments that have the names that Jesus Christ is known by throughout the scriptures.  I love both of these trends and decided it would be great to combine them into one style of ornament.  I love keep Christ in Christmas and this a beautiful reminder of Him that can hang on the tree the entire season. 

     The first thing I did was design the names onto sheet music.  I found a vintage copy of O Holy Night that I used as my background and then I came up with 12 names for the Savior and framed them on the sheet music.  There are many more than 12 names, but I thought 12 would be perfect to use to put on the tree for a 12 days of Christmas idea, and you wouldn't necessarily have to have your tree up from December 1st like you would if you did 24 days.  Does that make sense?  
     After I printed out my paper copies of the names,  I had to decide how I wanted to mount them as ornaments.  

     My first idea was to put them on raw wood circles of wood with jute hangers.  My husband was going to slice up a branch that we have to allow me to do this.  But, he had trouble with his saw and asked me if I couldn't just buy some this time. I said that I could, but when I went to price them, I didn't want to spend $3.99 per circle to do 12 ornaments!  So, I found another option. 

     I went to Hobby Lobby and lucky me it was their 50% off everything Christmas sale day!  I found these round wooden ornaments in packages of 6 for $1.25!  What a deal.  I bought 4 of them!  Unfortunately they are out of stock online, but you may be able to find some in the store.  The regular price is $2.49 when not 50% off, which still isn't bad for 6 ornaments! 

     The ornaments are slightly larger than my printed circles, so I needed to decide what color to paint the ornament itself. 
      First I chose purple.  It is a royal color and I felt like the music would stand out on it nicely.  I removed the red ribbon that the ornaments came with and later replaced it with a gold ribbon. 

     My husband thought that they would look good in bright Christmas colors, so I tried red, blue and green.   I used the same red ribbon that the ornaments came with for these.   They do look good, but I still wasn't sure I'd found what looked best! 

     After doing the colorful ones, I decided I should try some creamy white ones with gold ribbons.       

The vanilla white color that I used is almost the same color as the plain wood, but it gives the ornament a more even tone. I still painted the top gold.

I used Mod Podge in a matte finish to decoupage the music onto the ornament. I'll explain that in a minute.

These are my favorites so far! Which style is your favorite? Let me know in the comments!

     But, then I went to Michael's and I found these!  

This picture is similar to what I purchased at Michael's. They came 5 in a package and were 40% off when I went! the regular price was $9.99 for the package! So of course I bought them so that I could do my original idea!

What do you think? I left the original jute ties that came with them in the package. The beauty of these is that there is no painting! The bare wood is beautiful!

Tips On Making These Ornaments: 

1.      The first step is to cut out your names that will be decoupaged onto the wooden ornament.   When I designed the ornament, I framed the names with a very forgiving frame.  Just cut around it with your scissors.  Because of the way the lines sort of overlap, it helps to hide any cutting mistakes. 
2. If you are going to paint your ornament, do that next and allow the paint to dry.  Give it another coat if it looks like it is necessary.  You can do the backs now or save them for last. 
3. Use Mod Podge and apply a thin layer over the wood with a sponge brush.  Be sure to also cover the top golden part of the ornament if you are using that style of wood.  If you don't, your ornament will be smoother and shinier than the gold top and look funny. 
4. After applying the Mod Podge, carefully center and smooth on one of the names of Christ.  I was careful to try to center the name and not the music onto the wooden disc.  Rub out any air bubbles.  You can use your fingers or a small squeegee or any tool that you like to use.  The beauty of this project is that since it is a vintage look, a few bubbles won't be that distracting.   Allow the Mod Podge to dry.    
5. Next, spread a light layer of Mod Podge over the music and allow to dry.  Cover the entire surface.  Repeat this process two or three times.  Be sure to also cover the back with a coat or two of Mod Podge so it will look like the front and feel smooth.
6. When dry, put in your hanger and there you go! 

Side Note:  When I went to put the music on the natural wood rounds, the jute was right where the music needed to be.  So, I used a paper punch and cut out just a bit at the top so it would fit right up against the jute.  You can see what i mean in the photos below. 

Additional Ideas:

• You could also put some embellishments at the top by the ribbon, such as greenery or tiny pinecones.  
• On the back you could decoupage various thumbprint pictures of the Savior that would go with the name.  
• Or, you could look up the scripture references where the names are found and write them or print them on the back.
• You could use the names to decoupage onto other things rather than ornaments, such as coasters or art pieces. 

Okay, here is the pdf of the names for you to download.  Just click on the image and print it in color. There will be 2 pages to give you 12 names. 

     One of the fun things about this print is that I merely put the names up randomly without looking at the words of the hymn behind them.  But look! 

     I'm torn as to which one is my favorite version of these.  I have a friend who loves purple who I will probably give those to.  I think families with little kids will enjoy the colorful ones because they will catch their eyes more.  I love the cream colored ones and the natural wood ones both.  Which version would you choose?  I may have to put up a poll!