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Friday, November 2, 2012

Sparkly Christmas Trees


I found this while checking out Pinterest, one of my favorite activities these days. So here is another Pinterest challenge for me.

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I have a lot of neat old thread spools just sitting around gathering dust and in my quest to either use it or get rid of it I decided I would make some of these cute little trees. I checked through all my stuff and had everything needed to make my own version of these trees. I didn't include a tutorial since she already had a really good one.









I used a vintage star shaped cookie cutter for the base of this one.


I had an old silver tea pot lid that didn't have a tea pot to go under it so I used it for the base of this one.


I then decided to glitter some of my bottle brush trees and came up with this idea. Love the rust next to the fancy glittery tree.

What do you think? Cute huh? My husband even asked if they were for us or to give away. I said for us, but I also have put some in my Etsy shop. They were too fun to make to stop at two. So hop on over and check them out.
Awesome, I was featured on Cowgirl Up this past week, thanks Linsey:


Sharing at:
Blissful White Wednesday
Cowgirl Up
Inspiration Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Songbird

20 comments:

  1. Those are really cute. Love the rust thingy with the bottle brush tree.

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  2. Love them! Rust is great with sparkly things or refined things. :)
    -Revi

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    1. Isn't it interesting how old and rusty can play off of new and sparkly? Love the contrast. I just sold two of these cute trees. Kind of sad, now I must make more... Happy dance.

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  3. These are adorable! You did a great job! I'm your newest follower-I invite you to visit and say hi :)
    Susan

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  4. These are so cute! Pinterest is an addiction isn't it? Love the bottle brush tree, Jean

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    1. I so love Pinterest, didn't know what people were talking about when I heard about it at first. How can you spend two hours on Pinterest? Then I joined, oh my!

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  5. Adorable! You did a wonderful job on those, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the bases you used! The doorknob...now really that's a great idea!
    thanks so much for joining me for Pearls and Lace Thursday!! I'm so glad you did!
    Blessings,
    Doni

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    1. Thanks Doni, I just made one with an old glass doorknob, that one is now my favorite. A good idea from a sweet lady who bought one of my spool trees.

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  6. Hi Vikki, how have you been? Very sweet little trees, great idea, I have tons of wooden spools,nice job on yours, take care, Celeste

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. Just dropped over to say hi to you as well. thanks, Vikki

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  7. Vikki~
    I absolutely love your trees! You did a wonderful job on each one. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, entering my giveaway & following! I now follow you too. I'm thrilled you love my trees. I love making them. ;-) Good luck in the drawing! Have a wonderful Christmas!
    Blessings,

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  8. Vikki~
    Also thank you so much for your kind words about the girls. So sorry to hear of your twin grandson. Only those who go through it can really understand. But I have so many wonderful friends that pray for my family & listen when I mourn. I appreciate your beautiful sentiments...
    Blessings,
    Cindy

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  9. You rocked that pinterest challenge. I love these trees, so pretty.

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  10. those are ADORABLE!!!

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  11. SO cute! You did a great job with your versions - so great that you already had everything you needed to create them. I love the different 'stands' you used making each one even more unique!

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  14. So pretty! I am obsessed with unique trees...but I missed these :)

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