Whoa that was a mouthful.
And this project was a handful. (but it was free!)
This weekend my Mom gave me a big box of pine cones,
so immediately a pomander type project came to mind.
so immediately a pomander type project came to mind.
Although I do love the end result, it was one of the more tedious little projects I have done. I spent nap times for the past 3 days glueing teeny tiny little pine cones onto a styrofoam ball. Good times.
(Well, I was watching General Hospital at the same time, and that’s a party in itself I tell ya.
Now my dirty little secret is out. Yes I watch a soap opera. There I said it out loud. Don’t tell anyone….)
Now my dirty little secret is out. Yes I watch a soap opera. There I said it out loud. Don’t tell anyone….)
Kinda cute?
It looks nice in my spring inspired set up.
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| A little close up of my teeny tiny cones! Aren’t they cute! |
Here’s How To:
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| Just get out your handy little glue gun, and glue each little piece on the ball. You can use anything – Easter Eggs, buttons, flowers, I could go on…. |
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| Glue, glue, glue |
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| Happy times, not. This is how I felt about a quarter of the way through! |
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| Purrrtaaay. |
Don’t burn your fingers! ;)
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Hi I'm Jo-Anna! I mom. I blog. I cook. I craft. I like pretty things.
OMG! Look what you did with my precious little cones! I loved my little cones and you have created a little masterpiece with them! Love your funny/sad face! Awesome post!
that is beautiful! i can’t believe you had the patience to glue each of those on!!! impressive and it looks wonderful!
This looks so awesome. You did a great job.
That is just fabulous! It is Fall here in Australia so I am going to start collecting these little cones.
Best wishes,
Natasha.
What a great idea!! It’s looks awesome!
xoxo,
Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things}
The frown face is hilarious! (I’ve felt that same way so many times in the midst of a project) In the end, your little pomander/topiary is adorable and will be so useful throughout the year!
Love the sweet little cones and laughed when the face turned up! I like your bowl of ball, each one so interesting.
So simple, yet so fabulous! I love the frowny face…totally know how that can feel. Thanks for yet another great project.
I love this, and Im not sure I would have 1/10th of the patience you must have had to get it finished! Great job!
This came out beautiful. I love the earthiness of it and the mix with the other balls is great.
I love how this turned out!! I just did one with boxwood greenery so I feel your pain!
I love this idea! I featured it today on my blog, please feel free to stop in and check it out!
http://jen-simplyliving.blogspot.com/2011/03/stuff-i-like-sunday-9.html
this is incredibly creative! I’m so impressed and I didn’t know pine-cones could be so darling and small!