Christmas Trees ~~~ Work in Progress

Here's what I've been working on lately.

  They're not finished yet.

 I'm sure you can find 

 complete and informative online

tutorials for making bottle brush

Christmas trees.  So, I'll leave

that explanation to the experts out there.

But I did have a hint or two

that might help if you want to

add some glass pearls to your

bleached and glittered trees.

      

1.  The thicker glitter glue from

Martha Stewart's craft line

works better than

 the thin clear permanent

glue for getting the pearls

to stick where you want them.

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It took me awhile to figure that out...

2.  Laying the Christmas trees on their

sides helps the pearls to stay put

while the glue dries. 

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The ping of pearls dropping off

the Christmas trees onto a cookie sheet,

sounds very much like 

canning jar lids pinging after

coming out of a hot water bath.

  

 It's not nearly as satisfying though...