During the yard sale adventures on Saturday I purchased a box of pine cones for $2.00. There some large ones, a few medium sized and lots of little ones. The small ones are about the size of my thumb.
I have several old old grapevine wreaths that were weathered as they had been outside for a number of years. Most of them have had a variety of things glued to them at one time or the other. After cleaning off the old glue I proceeded to decorate a couple of them.
Here is the first one:
This is a much smaller wreath:
This one is not very round – seen too much out door weather I suppose. It is placed on the front porch for the time being…final resting place is unknown.
Because the wreaths and the pine cones were rather dull looking I gave both of them a few blasts from the paint can. The color is a hammered copper.
I still have a large number of pine cones left…but they are the small ones. Hopefully I can go to Michaels on Saturday and get another small grapevine wreath. I still have large ones – but not enough pine cones to cover it
I only burned myself once with hot glue….I thought that was a miracle considering the amount of glue sticks I used in the process of these wreaths.
Enjoy the week ahead – we are supposed to get some rain! Plus grandson is coming for a few days during his fall break…Grandpa and I are doing the happy dance!
Amelia
6 comments:
Very pretty ,I remember my daughter making me one ,we also made trees about a foot and 1/2 high out of them .They looked lovely on the mantel at Christmas .
Your wreaths look lovely Amelia, I love to see the things you get up to with your seasonal decorating.
The pine cone wreaths look great. I love the copper paint you used. It really gives them a nice "finished" look!
Your wreaths are beautiful. Enjoy your visit with grandson, and have a great week!
Ohhhhhhhhh, it's only Tuesday, isn't it? Ok, so have a great Tuesday, and a great WEEK!
You're right, Amelia. Some of them DO look like flowers! What a beautiful wreath!
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