7 Days Left Until Christmas!
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| The bottlebrush Christmas tree. A proud tradition in retro crafting. |
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| Day 17's miniature village is surrounded by a forest of bottlebrush trees. |
Today's retro craft comes from the 1961 book "A Second Treasury of Christmas Decorations" by Beth Hemingway.
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| Plate 45 at top was created by Mr.s Joe T. Mizzell, Jr. |
Let's get started.
Materials Needed:
- Bottlebrush trees
- Spray paint
- Beads, trims and mini-ornaments
- Glue gun
Instructions:
Step 1: Find bottlebrush trees. For me, this was the single hardest part of this craft. I finally found them at a craft store. You might want to try a hobby store that sells train sets or miniatures.
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| The elusive bottlebrush tree. |
Step 2: Spray paint the tree. I used pink, green and blue. Make sure your tree is thoroughly covered with the color you are using. Once dry, grab a can of silver metallic spray paint and go over the trees very lightly to give them a little sparkle.
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| You can see the silvery sparkle on this blue version of the tree. |
Step 3: Get out your ornaments and your glue gun. I used glass pearl beads, gold mini-ornaments, silvertone beads, and some colorful striped glass beads. For garland, I used plastic pearl trim. Wrap the garland around the tree and glue each end. Give each bead a glob of glue and stick them on the tree.
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| Pink is a classic retro color. |
You've now got your own beautiful bottlebrush tree.
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| Striped glass beads look like candy. |
Day 19 is next. Can you believe we are getting so close? See you tomorrow!
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1 comment:
love 'em sarah! and particularly the colors you picked ... my faves: pink green & blue! cannot wait to see what you're up to tomorrow!
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