Try my simple 3 step process to turn vintage trinket dishes into ornaments for Christmas like I did with my collection of Wedgwood Jasperware.

You can take beautiful vintage trinket dishes, butter pats, ashtrays, or small plates and turn them into Christmas ornaments in a snap with my easy method, and the best part is you won’t damage the dishes at all! They can be turned back into trinket dishes for tables or hung up on a gallery plate wall!
If you read my Chinoiserie Christmas inspiration post, you know that one of my themes for 2020 is Georgian Chinoiserie Garden. Wedgwood’s Jasperware line with Classical scenes and motifs was greatly influenced by the rage for all things Greek and Roman in the Georgian period. Of course, I had to use some of these charming ceramics in my Christmas decorating for this theme!
Small Jasperware trinket dishes and ashtrays are pretty easy to find at reasonable prices. They come in beautiful pastel colors, and the design is timeless, elegant, and the high contrast silhouette cameos have a graphic quality that is modern feeling. I love Wedgwood Jasperware, so I decided to turn these sweet little novelties into Christmas ornaments.
I think my Wedgwood Jasperware tabletop Christmas tree turned out beautifully! What do you think?

Materials to Make Trinket Dishes into Ornaments
- A collection of small dishes: Jasperware trinket dishes or ashtrays for example. You could also use porcelain butter pats or other small dishes in a pattern and style you love.
- Flatirons disc adhesive plate hangers – 1.25″ or 1.5″ diameter
- A small bowl of water
- Ribbon and scissors
3 Steps to Turn Trinket Dishes into
Ornaments for Christmas: