As the name suggests, memory baubles are created using materials that remind you of something. You could use birthday cards, wedding cards, Mother's Day cards or party invitations. There may also be small embellishments on greeting cards such as ribbons, bows, buttons or little stickers, which you can reuse and add to the bauble.
You could also create a memory bauble of a favourite holiday or day out. You could use part of a travel ticket, an admission ticket, a leaflet, postcards or any photographs. The possibilities are endless!
You will need 20 circles for each memory bauble. For mine, I used a 1.5" scalloped circular punch, but you could draw around something circular and cut them out, or use a cutting machine to do the work for you!
Follow my Christmas memory bauble tutorial to find out how to make one, or watch my video tutorial below:
Whilst creating this New Baby memory bauble, I took a few embellishments off some of the cards and attached them to the finished bauble. The blue ribbon was also on one of the cards, so I used this to hang the bauble up.
And here it is finished, complete with upcycled embellishments!
This next memory bauble was created using stickers from The Wildlife Trusts' 30 Days Wild activity packs. I had saved the stickers from previous years and, as I had over 20 of them, I stuck them onto thin white card before punching the circles out. I love the colours on it, and it reminds me of all the wonderful wild activities that I have taken part in over the years for 30 Days Wild.
Memory baubles are a great way of celebrating an event or occasion, and can be put on display for you to remember forever. But they can also be made to celebrate a favourite theme.
I created this next memory bauble from an old Super Mario calendar. The pictures on the calendar seemed too good to just throw away, so they are now part of something which can be kept and displayed and remembered for years to come.
As I love anything to do with nature, I created this next memory bauble to remind me of Autumn walks in the woodland. I cut out pieces of old greeting cards and packaging for the main structure, and embellished it with little images that I cut out from wrapping paper, serviettes and magazines, and the string was an old piece that I found in my garden shed.
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