Spring Twigs

Remember in the winter we decorated with twigs?



Well, let's spring them up with some scrapbook paper and hot glue!

Supplies:

Scrapbook paper
Hot glue
Scissors
Twigs

Cut your leaf shapes out in pairs. I made a template from cardboard then traced onto the back of scrapbook paper and cut them out.



Next, hot glue those babies onto the ends of the twigs all willy nilly:



There. A little whimsical touch of spring for your window!



Come on back tomorrow for Tutorial Tuesday to link up your own tutorials!
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Balls 'O Moss

Well, it snowed here again last night. Seriously. If I can't look outside and see a little green, I'll have to "plant" some inside. Let's take down those tired candles:



And buy some supplies:



And hot glue bits of mossy moss all over the place!



I'm pretty sure gluing moss on stuff is a very reliable cure for spring fever! Check it out!

Two Twenty One's Mossy Ampersand:



Kimba's Mossy Basket:



If you don't have snow on the ground in your parts, you could even make a Moss Terrarium full of lovely greens!

Spring Has Sprung! Spring Branch Tutorial

Well, Easter has come and gone and I suppose that means it's Spring? I'd better get crackin' around here, because I'm still living with our winter decor. That just won't due!

Here is a photo of the bare branches that have been floating around here all winter, some are spray painted white and some are natural. They started out in my kitchen window hung with snowflakes, then moved to my mantle for an minimalist after-Christmas look, then moved down into a container on the hearth:



That's a lot of mileage from a bunch of free branches I picked up out of my yard, huh? Well, I'm not done with them yet. Let's make these babies BLOOM!

Supplies:

Small silk flower stem (I used faux apple/cherry blossoms, $2.99 / stem)

Hot glue gun

Branches




Instructions:

Carefully pop off the flowers from the stem.




Hot glue the blossoms randomly and sparsely onto the branches so they look like natural blooms.


Look, it's spring!


Keeping it real...I was gluing flowers onto branches when I was supposed to be folding laundry. Hey, a girl has to have her priorities!


Tomorrow is your chance to link up with your own tutorial for a great prize! (psst! I'll be opening up the post around 10 pm tonight for those of you who want to get a jump on tomorrow...)


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