Spring has sprung! Okay, so I know it's still freezing and snowing now and then, but Spring is on the way, and here's a little project to make you feel a bit more Springy!
First, take a pulpboard cone and cover it in your chosen patterned paper. I used 7 Gypsies Notting Hill for mine. It was quite difficult finding the cones, but I eventually found them at Panduro.
Fill it almost to the top with any old paper. I used scrap brown paper I had from packaging. Then, using a Cropadile, punch a hole at either side of your cone. Thread through and twist some gold wire as shown for your hanging loop.
It's then just a case of decorating and letting your imagination run riot! I decorated the front using an image from a sheet I got from Artchix Studio and trimmed this with Distress Stickles in Antique Linen for a bit of sparkle. I tea dyed a piece of lace for around the top and a piece of leaf ribbon to weave around my hanging loop. Dried moss was glued to the top of the cone, and I then added two mulberry roses which I again trimmed with my Distress Stickles, some little wired gems and pearls and a plastic quail's egg. Everything was bought from the florist department at Hobbycraft, apart from the egg which, like the cone is from Panduro.
These would look great decorating the house for Easter. You could even let the kids have a go at their own versions over the Easter holidays!
Hope you enjoy having a go at this project. TFL! Joanne x
Wow, this is just stunning! Love all the gorgeous bits and pieces you've added to your cone and especially love the tea-dyed lace and moss. Beautiful :)
Posted by: Sharon Dale | March 29, 2009 at 10:17 AM