How to Style a Rose Gold Christmas Tree
I loved creating this beautiful Christmas tree. Today I am sharing with you how to style a rose gold Christmas tree.
I spent a lot of time trying to decide what the theme of my tree would be for this blog post. I considered green and white. Then I thought about red and white. I also considered all white. I finally decided on my favorite color of 2020 … rose gold and I created a rose gold Christmas tree!
Of course, there was one catch. Where would I find rose gold ornaments? That answer was easy.
I made rose gold mercury glass ornaments for my rose gold Christmas tree!
I love them. The complete DIY is listed below.
Here is my rose gold Christmas tree. I am so in love with it!
The tree is from Balsam Hill. I added eucalyptus and lambs ear to the tree, then added the ribbon and all of my mercury glass ornaments.
The ribbon wreath is a DIY I made last week. You can find the complete step by step process on my blog post here.
Here is another view of my rose gold ornaments.
I also spray painted my metal tree collar. I used Krylon Metallic Rose Gold spray paint and gave it one solid coat.
Doesn’t the tree collar look great?
How to Make Mercury Glass Ornaments
What You Need to Make Mercury Glass Ornaments
Clear Glass ornaments (don’t get plastic)
Krylon Looking Glass Spray Paint
Rose Gold Metallic Acrylic Paint
Black and gray acrylic paint
Tools You Will Need
A hairdryer
Small cups to hold the ornaments while they dry
A brown paper bag
Before I get started, I wanted to mention that I believe this only works with Krylon Looking Glass Spray. Don’t buy anything else.
Spray the inside of the ornament with a small amount of the Looking Glass paint. Swirl it around. If it hardly covers the inside, spray a little bit more. Rest the ornament on the paper cups so you can turn the ornaments as it dries.
Dry the inside with a hairdryer for about ten seconds. Spray a few medium-sized droplets of water inside the ornament with the spray bottle. Swirl again. Dry the inside of the ornament completely with the hairdryer.
Next, add a few droplets of the Rose Gold metallic paint into the ornament. Swirl around. If the paint is too thick, add a squirt of water with the squirt bottle. You can see how the rose gold paint fills in the area not covered by the Looking glass paint.
The inside of the ornament takes a long time to dry. Dry as much as you can with the hairdryer. place on a small dixie cup and rotate it every half of an hour. If you don’t do this, the paint on the top of the ornament will thin and pool at the bottom of the ornament.
This is what the ornaments can look like when you are done.
II didn’t like the metal hangers that come with the glass ornaments because they are too shiny. So I put a small amount of gray and black paint in a paper bag, added the metal tops, and shook the bag for about thirty seconds. Lay the tops out to dry. You can see the before and after in the photo below.
Can you believe the difference?
I can’t believe how great these turned out! The ornaments were so inexpensive and fun to make. They did take a long time to make due to the drying time. But it’s so worth it.
Here is another glimpse of my ornaments on my Rose Gold Christmas tree. I love the imperfections.
Here is a peek at what our tree looks like at night.
I am going to make a set of green mercury ornaments next. I cannot wait!
Today I have joined some really talented bloggers who have each designed their own tree.
Aren’t these incredible? Click on any of the links for more information.
Land of Sweets Christmas Tree // A Blue Nest
Red and White Christmas Tree // Happy Happy Nester
Candy Cane Themed Christmas Tree // Tatertots & Jello
Elegant White Christmas Tree // Jennifer Maune
Rose Gold Inspired Christmas Tree // My 100 Year Old Home
Christmas Trees Through the Years // Finding Lovely
White Flocked Christmas Tree With Neutral Wood Accents // The Happy Housie
Scandinavian Inspired Christmas Tree // Modern Glam
How to Decorate a Sparse Christmas Tree // The Ginger Home
Mixed Metals Inspired Christmas Tree // Sanctuary Home Decor
Simple Nordic Christmas Tree // Twelve On Main
Snowy Golden Christmas Tree // Craftberry Bush
DIY Boho Modern Ornament Tree // Jennifer Rizzo
Winter Theme Flocked Christmas Tree // Lolly Jane
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So beautiful!! Thanks for sharing and the thoughtful directions for me to do this. Love it!
I LOVE the ornaments. Going to try it! They are beautiful!!! Thank you so much for the tutorial.
Jann
Wow. Those ornaments are simply lovely. I will have to try making them also.
Thank you for all the beautiful inspirations in your blogs. They are the highlights of my day.
What an absolutely gorgeous tree, Leslie! Are the eucalyptus and lamb’s ear sprigs real or artificial? I love how they look on the tree.
Brilliant Leslie! Magical.
Just when i think there are no more great ideas, you think, “rose gold mercury”!!! Lovely idea and such a pretty shade.
what kind of tree did you order from Balsam Hill
Leslie, the ornaments are gorgeous, as is your tree! I am going to try this. I hope you will share your green ones with us as well. I love how you aged the hangers. You never disappoint. Thank you.
That tree is gorgeous! Going to try to make those ornaments 😄💜
Thanks for that great tutorial Leslie, I can definitely see doing this next year. Your tree is gorgeous!
Beautiful! And such a great DIY for the holiday. Can’t wait to try it!
You ornaments are FABULOUS! Thank you so much for your detailed instructions. Can’t wait to see the green ones you create.
I am in love with it all!! Rose Gold is my color for 2020 as well!!! Your instructions are wonderful and very easy to follow!! I can’t find the finished tree base that you spray painted. I will continue to look for it in upcoming posts!
I see it now! It is gorgeous!! I don’t know how I missed it!!
Thanks so much.
Leslie
Your tree and ornaments are just beautiful. Love the color. 🎄🎄🎄
What a beautiful job!!! They look so vintage and classy! I need to try this!
Leslie,
I always love your projects! You’re a wealth of crafts! Your tree is gorgeous and so sparkly!
Wow! These ornaments turned out amazing! Seriously in awe of them. Great job!
Oh goodness, thank you.
Leslie
Is the rose gold paint also a spray paint (maybe the one used on the tree collar as well?) or did you use a tube?
I used a small bottle of metallic rose gold acrylic paint. It’s linked in the blog post.
Leslie
When I make painted ornaments, after putting paint inside and turning the ornament so the paint flows in various directions, I just turn the ornaments upside down over small paper cups and allow the paint to flow out. After the first paint dries I repeat with a different color. Would this work with your project? These are gorgeous, by the way.
Be sure and dry the Looking glass paint with the hairdryer. I think it is ok to do it the way you did. Just make sure the paint isn’t too thin. Let me know how it works.
Leslie
One of my very favorite colors – I LOVE this tutorial, and your tree of course! Thanks for another round of fabulous inspiration!