Today I want to share with you a quick and easy project that I made for a Christmas gift. I can't believe we are in November already, it feels like we just had Christmas! The reality is we have only about 8 weeks left! I have 8 grandchildren that I need to buy presents for so I've had to put on my thinking cap. Their ages range from 21 down to 18 months. I have a few members in my family that love homemade gifts especially my Ellie who is 18 because they know that a lot of love goes into making them. She has an all white bedroom and every time I visit she has changed something. At the moment she has shells hanging on twine, so she loves decorating with natural elements. I've been seeing blues used in autumn decor instead of the traditional autumn colours and I really love it. Maybe because blue is my favourite colour! So this is for Ellie, I hope she likes it! OK let's start:
Supplies needed:
. Hessian (burlap) cut to size
. A small branch
. Craft Paint
. Paintbrush
. Glue
. Embroidery thread
. Pearls
. Twine
Instructions:
Firstly cut your hessian to the size you require. Mine is 1 foot long x 8" wide. Next I painted my autumn leaves with blue craft paint.
Once I'd painted all the leaves I glued them onto the hessian. I used a waterproof glue which dries clear because I didn't want any glue to show where it wasn't meant to show. I am very messy!. Then I applied my pearls to the hessian, again using the same glue. I already had these in my stash. They are flat bottomed and have glue already on them but I added mine as well to make sure they were well and truly stuck on!
After all the glue had dried I attached my branch to the hessian with embroidery floss in the same beautiful blue shade as my leaves.
Once I'd sewn on all the embroidery floss I wrapped twine to each end, tied it and it was ready to hang
Here is the finished product! Quite rustic. What do you think? Do you think Ellie will like it? I'll have to wait and see, I'll let you know after Christmas.
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The branch I used |
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| Pearls and embroidery floss |
Once I'd painted all the leaves I glued them onto the hessian. I used a waterproof glue which dries clear because I didn't want any glue to show where it wasn't meant to show. I am very messy!. Then I applied my pearls to the hessian, again using the same glue. I already had these in my stash. They are flat bottomed and have glue already on them but I added mine as well to make sure they were well and truly stuck on!
After all the glue had dried I attached my branch to the hessian with embroidery floss in the same beautiful blue shade as my leaves.
Once I'd sewn on all the embroidery floss I wrapped twine to each end, tied it and it was ready to hang
Here is the finished product! Quite rustic. What do you think? Do you think Ellie will like it? I'll have to wait and see, I'll let you know after Christmas.