I guess you could say I’m not a traditionalist when it comes to holidays.  I’m a gal who likes to live on the edge (LOL!). Seriously, who says Christmas has to be only red and green? I’d like to think everyone can celebrate in their own personal style!

These ornaments are partly inspired by my fiancé who loves all things glow-in-the-dark.  He’s done his own DIY projects using glow, everything from glow fish rocks to screenprinting using glow in the dark pigments. I had a few leftover plastic bulb ornaments from years past and decided to give it a go…or should I say GLOW? I’m so inspired by these ornaments that I just might have to make William his own mini glow in the dark tree!

I wish I could say I slaved away on these, but honestly they need little to no explanation. I’ll give you one anyway. Here goes…

1. Take the cap off the ornament.
2. Squeeze in some Tulip Glow in the Dark Dimensional Fabric paints. Random side note: If you buy the 6 pack at JoAnn or Michaels, I actually designed the packaging. Here’s a peek at it.
3. Shake and swirl the ornament, pour out any excess you don’t want.
4. Put the cap back on.

I’m very curious to see how long it takes for them to dry. I’ve seen other acrylic paint ornaments done this way and they take actually a few weeks to dry in the glass ornament because it’s hard for the air to get in there to cure the paint.  I don’t anticipate opening them up or dropping them, so I don’t think there’s any problem for wet paint to be inside.

For honesty’s sake, I will admit that I did shine a blacklight on these to make them glow more powerful.   Glow in the Dark always looks best when under a blacklight, because the light gives it a super charge, more than an average lightbulb does!  I plan to hang these ornaments on a fake white or tinsel tree and the lighting for the tree will be blacklight mini bulbs instead of regular white or colored lights. I think this will look amazeballs!

Here’s some more pictures of my glow creations.

I realized how this project would be perfect for a rave…a craft Rave, that is.  Haha. Actually, my friend Kathy (The Crafty Chica) helps put the Phoenix Craft Rave together. It’s actually this weekend, so head on out if you want to experience a 10 hour make and take marathon.

So this crazy animated gif is in their honor.  It’s so funny!

What do you think? Would you give them a try or have to take a pass?

Until next time Swellions!