…… I’ll make no apologises for all the wet glue that’s still visible in the pictures, I’ll have you know that I was up at 8 o’clock on Thursday morning getting it done, I was so sick of it!
And am I pleased? Well. yes I am, I am pretty chuffed with myself, I am so glad Marc wasn’t with me while I was doing it though, as he would have been tutting as only Marc can tut, and remarking on how impatient I am, he, Marc the Prince of Patience!
I used a glue gun to attach all the flowers and leaves, as it dries almost instantly, I wouldn’t have been able to cope with flowers and leaves sliding everywhere! There are a few stands of glue here and there, but these are easy to pick off, and anyway, I can always say it’s strands of spiders web.
I used a tacky PVA glue to stick the gem centres, I can’t remember what they are actually called, but they look like little jelly sweets and came in tubes …… I got them from HobbyCrafts Show many moons ago, they were quite the thing at the time, but it has taken me until now to use them. I did try using flat back gems but they looked too shiny and sort of tacky.
I am frustrated at my lack of crafting this past two weeks, something seems to have been happening every single day, however I have reserved Sunday, no matter what, to get back on track. Laura goes back to work on this Wednesday and I will have Iris and Bertie on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. I am hoping that Fridays will be my housework day, leaving me the rest of the week to do at least some crafting …………
6 comments:
This is so you. Hugs Mrs A.
Your wreath is gorgeous! The green fronds add so much, and now the colors look perfect. I love it. Your door announces "SPRING!" to everyone who stops at it.
a lot of punching gone on here lol....it does look great now it is hanging on the door and very spring like
Tilly
It's absolutely stunning Helen! Well done on persevering. I heard the best way to get rid of glue trails is to use a hair dryer on them to melt them.
All the hard work has paid off - the wreath looks super.
Toni xx
Stunning Helen! As my pal Mrs A says - it's definitely so 'you'! And I might have said before, Mrs A and I became pals through our monkey adoptions, then following one another's blogs and then discovering we only live 11 miles or so apart! She's mad as a box of frogs so it's mayhem when we get let loose together.
Hugs
Di xx
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