Making your own decorations can be wholly satisfying, especially when you know a similar item is over £3 to buy. Today's post is a set of doll's gardening tools, to which I have added a sprig of (fake) eucalyptus and a few buttons.
This blog-make only took 10 minutes and was rather fun to do.
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| Lella Loves... Decorations |
This blog-make only took 10 minutes and was rather fun to do.
These are in my local garden centre but I didn't want to pay £7 for two decorations!
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| Lella Loves... Decorations |
To make your own, you will need:
Doll's tools or miniature tools from a Zen sand gift set
Small cutting of greenery
Selection of buttons
Copper wire
Pliers
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Wrap the greenery to the tool using the copper wire. Be generous as you will not want your sprig coming off. Snip the copper wire leaving 3 inches.
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Choose your buttons and simply thread them in place with the copper wire. Wrap any remaining wire around the back.
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Repeat with your other tools.
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Use different buttons to vary the look on each tool.
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And there you have it :) Two rather cute decorations for your Christmas tree.
If you are proud of your creations, don't keep them just for Christmas. Maybe you have a friend who enjoys gardening. These would be super on top of a birthday cake. All you would need to do is alter the trim to suit the occasion.
I hope to put my tree up today and I can't wait to share that with you. Oh, and someone has asked me for some ideas on a door wreath so watch this space!
See you soon,
Lella xx
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