This isn’t my idea, it was Martha Stewart’s, but I’ve always loved it, so thought I would give it a try this year as I have a wonderful “real” silver Christmas tree in my garden
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My father in law has cut me lots and lots of little branch slices for tags and other festive ideas that might pop in my head over the next few months. I simply drilled a hole in the middle with my modellers drill and then just stuck in the end of a Christmas tree branch that I had sprayed with glue and sprinkled liberally with translucent micro glitter
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I was then tempted to over egg the pudding by adding sequins and beads, but then controlled myself, less should be more …..
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…… and these, I thought, had the “cute” factor ….. I shouldn’t turn them into brash and gaudy for my festive table …… that’s not my style …… LOL!!!!
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So in the end I just added a tasteful wooden star (stuck on with a glue gun)
Obviously Christmas is a little away ahead still ….. but I am curious to see how long these little trees keep their needles so that I can work out how far in advance of a special meal I could make them.
What perfect ornaments for your place settings! You will have a beautiful table.
ReplyDeleteHi Helen. What a cute idea, and so simple. I love them. Take care.
ReplyDeletelove them fab make i would do one with little charms ect to see what it looked like big love marc
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