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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Rusty Spring Garland - On the 2nd Day of Christmas Past

Luke 1:14

On the 2nd day of Christmas Past I'm sharing my Garland.

Bed Spring "Bell" Garland, Super simple to put together

Shared this Last year on my "old" and "gone" blog, so here it is again

Keeping this one simple, few words, mostly just pictures

After all, isn't that what we really want to see?

Let me know if you have any questions...

Thank you for visiting with me today, hopefully you have been inspired in some small way...

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God's Blessing to you and your families, have a wonderful day!

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Monday, November 5, 2012

How to make a Bed Spring Christmas Tree

Matthew 1:21

"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." (NIV)

Bed Spring ChristmasTrees
How to:

I made 3 Trees, each slightly different

Materials:

3 Rusty Old Bed Springs (from an old bed)
3 Rusty Old Small Springs (they were from the Bed also)
3 Old Clay Pots, aged even more with candle wax and paint
Floral Foam (from the Dollar Tree)
Jute
White Puff Paint (for the snow)
Spanish Moss (from the Dollar Tree)
Moss, (from the Dollar Tree)
Red Berries (from my Yard)
3 Sticks (from the Yard)
Old Book Pages
Clear Glitter
Spray Adhesive
Hot Glue
1 sheet of Cardstock
Brown Stamp Pad

As you can see, that's alot of stuff! I already had everything, so I didn't have to go out a buy anything specifically for the project.

Cheap, but messy and time consuming

Double 3D Stars:

I used my Cricut to cut 2 sizes of stars out of cardstock, I cut 6 Large, and 3 small. (The actual book pages were to brittle to run through the Cricut) I then traced the stars on the pages and cut them out by hand and glued them on the cardstock stars.

I made mine double, just make a single sided 3D Star and attached to the front of the bigger ones.

I used the these instructions to make the Stars 3 D, found the instructions via Pinterest, Just like these from:

http://thegluegungirl.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-make-3d-cardboard-stars.html

Source: thegluegungirl.blogspot.com via Sarah on Pinterest

I further aged the book pages using brown stamping ink around the edges, added glitter and puff paint, "snow".
I attached them to the tree top with the small springs and a hot glue gun.

Trees:
I stuck a stick into the foam in a clay pot, and glued the top of a Spring to the top of the stick, and added some "stick" braces here and there to hold it straight.

I added snow to 2 trees by appling puff paint and using a heat gun to activate (puff) the paint. Then added red berries to all 3, sprayed the tress with spray Adhesive and just sort of "patted" the moss around. I covered the foam in the pot with moss also and added a snow around the bottom.

Hot glue a little Jute bow and we have a Spring Tree!

Aged Terra Cotta Pots:
You can use new or old clay pots, just randomly rub a candle over the surface, then paint (I used white paint). Take a clean dry cloth and wipe the paint off, some of the paint will remain giving it that wonderful aged look.

This is really my time doing a post with instructions, so let me know if I missed anything or you have any questions!

Thank you for visiting with me today, hopefully you have been inspired in some small way...

Please leave a comment so I know you were here, they really do make my day!

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God's Blessing to you and your families, have a wonderful day!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Candlelight in the Garden

John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. (NIV)

This is my little garden cart, isn't it cute? I acquired this at the end of last summer, {Free!} Orange and Rusty, it sat in my shed as I debated, leave it Orange, or paint it?

As you can see painting won over,

I have been collecting old wooden candlesticks, and decided to paint a set, with my new obsession color.

I call them my Perfectly miss-matched set. All painted the same color, but all different shapes and sizes, there are 2 sets, and 3 singles

The possibilities are endless for using and arraigning!

Since I'm spending most of my time outdoors, I decided to display them on my old Flower Cart, with a 2 White Metal Stars.

I love the combination of Flames and the Flowers...

The Flames reflecting in the glass panes, creates a very comforting ambiance

I love the contrast of the Purple Sage and the Turquoise Candlesticks

I love how these candles dripped, most candles don't drip, probably due to safety reasons.

I could sit all night and watch these candles burn, but as you can see from the size of the candles above, they are not going to last long. I knew I took a ton of pictures, but I still think they burned down quickly!