The Great Ornament Show-off Thread - 2017 Edition

[Jules]

Cute as a bug!

[davidgal2]

I like it.

[kelly]

I love the retro-feel of these!

[jws]

I love it!

[jfo]

I think this is the first thing I’ve posted here (out of the hundreds of things I’ve made on my GF), but here’s some ornaments I made a few of back in December.

[jbv]

glorious!

[PlGHEADED]

Almost forgot my “H2O molecule” ornament

[dcarolan]

This is absolutely, positively NOT a 3D representation of a famous cartoon mouse. Nope. Why, it’s silly to even suggest it.

(That should keep the lawyers away… )

[amandamedmonds]

How fun! I’m a swing dancer, too! Haven’t done any dance inspired design yet though-- but I could tell that these were swing dancers before even reading your caption…

[custserv]

Here’s mine from Alaska.

[jimmyciesla]

Nice job, are the stars cut all the way through?

[custserv]

Thanks. Yes I thought that would look cooler.

[za.pope]

What kind ofmarkers do you use? These are beautiful.

[smvigneau]

Cool ornaments. I followed you Instagram, what kind of baked clay do you use that can be etched on the Glowforge?

[dominicwgv]

I got the blank ornaments from Hobby Lobby.

[jasonmontello]

In honor of my GF dying.

[fernlily09]

Would someone be able to assist me with figuring out how to cut negative space like this? I’m still new when it comes to advanced designs with cutting.

[Jules]

There’s actually a tutorial that shows how to use the technique for making a necklace…what software are you using?

Basically you overlap the shapes by a little bit and then join them together.

Make a Name Pendant in Inkscape

(Yes, thank you Discourse, I know the title is similar to the titles for AI and AD.) Open the software and select your font, type out the name: [ink1] Select everything, click on Path > Object to Path. [ink2] Select everything, right click and Ungroup. (Might also require Path> Break apart.) Resize or shift the letters over so that they overlap at some point. Select everything, click on Path > Union. [ink3] If you want to add a small hanging ring, draw up a couple of Fi…

Make a Name Pendant in Adobe Illustrator

In response to a response to a question: Open the software and select your font, type out the name: [AI1] Select everything, right click and Create Outlines. Select everything, right click and Ungroup. Resize or shift the letters over so that they overlap at some point. [AI2] Select everything, click on the Unite button in the Pathfinder menu: [AI3] If you want to add a small hanging ring, draw up a couple of Filled circles, center the smaller one over the larger one…

Make a Name Pendant in Affinity Designer

Okay this is just a quickie in response to a question about how to do it…the customer wanted to create a name pendant in Affinity Designer: Open the software and select your font, type out the name: [AD1] Select everything, right click and Convert to Curves. Select everything, right click and Ungroup. Resize or shift the letters over so that they overlap at some point. [AD2] Select everything, right click, Geometry >Add. [AD3] Set the fill color to Null and give it a stroke …

[dale3]

Hi,
I’m new to this. Your ukulele is awesome, is the template available? Thanks!

[donnalynn829]

OMG!!! I love those Star Wars flakes!!