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A Little Taste of Spring

Happy Monday!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Dave and I had a fabulous weekend away in Vancouver with lots of relaxation time.  We had a gorgeous suite overlooking the ocean and Stanley Park.  The sun was shining and the taste of Spring was in the air.  And then today…SNOW!!!  Such is life on the Westcoast!!

Well, I didn’t let a few flakes of snow stop me from looking forward to Spring.  And to bring a little Spring inside, I created this paper tree:

MATERIALS

  • Styrofoam cone form 
  • wood dowel or stick
  • paint
  • scrapbook paper in 4-5 different patterns {My paper is from My Mind’s Eye}
  • 2 inch circle punch
  • glue {I used Quick Grip}
  • black ink
  • berry twigs
  • tin or ceramic pot
  • Spanish moss
  • Styrofoam ball or florist foam to secure the tree in the tin

TO DO
First off, sorry about the lack of photos.  Our camera broke a couple of weeks ago so I was using a really old one and most of the pictures ended up blurry.  It’s an easy project to do though so I am sure you will be fine!

  • Before you get going, poke the wooden dowel into the bottom of the cone and then remove it.  {It is easier to get the hole set before you add the paper.}
  • Trace the bottom and top of your cone onto the scrapbook paper.  Cut out the circles and glue to the bottom and top of your cone.  {This is the large pink circle on the bottom of the cone}

  • Punch out circles from the patterned scrapbook paper.  Ink the edges with black ink.
  • Starting at the bottom of the cone, start gluing on the circles overlapping them as you go.  I just ended up placing glue on the top half of the circles.  You do not need to cover the whole thing.
  • Work your way up to the top of your tree.  At the very top I wanted my circles to extend over the top of the tree form.  You could also add an additional row of circle if you wanted it to come more to a point.

  • Paint the wooden dowel dark brown.  Poke a hole through the paper in the bottom of the cone form to line up with the dowel hole that you made at the beginning of the project.  Insert the dowel.
  • To get the tree to stay upright in the tin, I placed an old Styrofoam ball that I had lying around in the middle of the tin and then shoved cardboard pieces around it until it was a snug fit and the ball was stable. {You could also use florist foam.}  Stick the dowel into the ball and add some Spanish moss on top.
  • I added a few berry twigs to my pot and the top of my tree.  Add ribbon or other embellishments around the pot.
And there you have a cute little tree to tide you over until Spring!

My tree is looking a little crooked from this angle but I promise that it is actually straight!  Hope you all have a great week!

l

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  13. Hi I’m new to your blog and I am enjoying it. You have lots of great ideas. I was wondering where did you get your owl graphic from? It is very cute.

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