We've started the countdown !
We've started counting down to the New Year ! and I want to wish you all a very blessed and prosperous year. Going to hook up with Beverly and her wonderful Pink Saturday .. and I'm 250 at My Romantic Home , could not resist being 250 , hope you will join everyone there. The holiday season is always busy and full of lots to do I know you've been as busy, and sometimes as rushed. I also hurt my foot ...ouch! ouch! ouchy ... so I've been hobbling around and having to sit a lot. At least there are a lot of things I can do when I'm sitting. I was looking at this grunch (great bunch) of hydrangeas I had stuck in a corner until I could get around to doing something with them .....
....and saw this. It was very easy to do. I already had the cones (but they are easy to make if you don't have them) and all I had to do was pull the petals off and hot glue them to the cone. I used the leaves as a base first and let them show at the bottom. I also put two rows on the inside. Then I used glitter glue, which sadly doesn't show up in the photo, to make the whole thing sparkle. Added a butterfly, a glass prism at the bottom and then filled it with my Slices and Spices ™ potpourri. Perfect for New Year's Eve !
Then I hung them over the dining room chairs......
Now someone, and darn if I can remember who but my best guesses are Carol The Polkadot Closet
(because she gives out the BEST and the MOST tips.)..or my very creative and classy friend Lynn at The Vintage Nest.
Now if it wasn't one of those two fabulous ladies, and it was YOU then please leave a message so I can give you the proper credit ... anyway the suggestion was to use shower curtain hooks for hanging something over a curtain rod. Well they work perfectly for hanging over a chair too ... I just had to open them up a little bit and that was easy to do with these metal hooks. So that's what I've been doing the last few days, that and mostly sitting with my feet up...but you can bet we will celebrate tomorrow ! Oh how I have appreciated your comments and follows this past year ... thank you so much.
What are your plans for the new year? (()) PS ya'll know if you click on a picture you get a pop up and you can click on them all in a row ...
Then I hung them over the dining room chairs......
(because she gives out the BEST and the MOST tips.)..or my very creative and classy friend Lynn at The Vintage Nest.
Now if it wasn't one of those two fabulous ladies, and it was YOU then please leave a message so I can give you the proper credit ... anyway the suggestion was to use shower curtain hooks for hanging something over a curtain rod. Well they work perfectly for hanging over a chair too ... I just had to open them up a little bit and that was easy to do with these metal hooks. So that's what I've been doing the last few days, that and mostly sitting with my feet up...but you can bet we will celebrate tomorrow ! Oh how I have appreciated your comments and follows this past year ... thank you so much.
What are your plans for the new year? (()) PS ya'll know if you click on a picture you get a pop up and you can click on them all in a row ...
28 comments
Oh, what a gorgeous receptacle for potpourri! I haven't made a cone in a while and this is so pretty; love hydrangeas and sparkles! I will have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing and for your visit. Hope your foot heals up quickly. Take care and Happy New Year to you and those you love.
Blessings,
Sandi
Happy New Year.
Good luck with your foot.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Riet
Cindy
Are those silk hydrangeas or dried? I'm wondering...they look real but don't know if the glue would work on dried ones? Thank you!!
Cindy
I think for dried I would use Ailenes super tacky glue.
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CuTe Tussie. I thought you were going to say OuCh to hot glueing your fingers together. It always happens to me and I swear I'll never use one again... and then I do.
Love the hook idea too. I enlarged the pic before reading and thought you screwed some nice knobs to the backs of your chairs.... cool.
Still flashing like a crazy woman here. Looked into the herbal meds. I have to go and research some more.
Thanks for the tips.
Happy New Year my dear Francie.
Love to you and hubby and fur babies.
xoxoxoxoxo
Happy New Year
Carol
Happy New Year!
How beautiful these are!! You are most creative!! I hope you have a very blessed 2012!
Great tussie. And good ideas for some nice hangers of things! The tussie does sparkle a bit - so can't really tell the sparkle glue isn't showing up like it does in person! Sorry to hear you hurt your foot. I know your pain - having hurt mine several times. Ouch! Stay off of it and keep it elevated like the doc says (at least I think the doc would say that!) Take care. Happy Pink New Year Saturday! Thanks, Jenn
Wishing you a Happy and healthy New Year with blessings and love,
Jeanne
My PINK, please come and see. Have a happy new year!
Sorry you hurt yourself but gosh did you take advantage of the down time. Your pieces are lovely.
Thanks for joining my little site and I wish you a very Happy New Year
Maggie
You make such beautiful creations...gorgeous!
Hope your new year is wonderful!
Audrey
Take it easy on your foot. Thank you for sharing your beautiful creations. You inspire me.
Shower hooks-- who would have thought! great idea!
Hope you are feeling well and that 2012 will bring much creativity and contentment!
Happy New Year!
mary
Happy New Year to you!!
Sorry to hear about your foot, hope it is all healed up by now. I absolutely love the decorated little cones! I am going to try to do tihs for Easter, with each cone holding an Easter egg and hung from my chandelier or a big bare branch! Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea!