Love Trees....tutorial

Pink and glitter is what today's project is all about. A fun display for Valentine's day that has height, texture and color.

Materials: 

Styrofoam cones (3)

package of red rose petals ($1 store)

Mardi Gras Beads (8pk from $1 store)

Glitter

Hot glue gun

Spray adhesive

Spray paint - raspberry - cone

white - base

3 candlesticks

BEADED TREE

1. Cut necklace so it's 1 long strand

2. Place a line of glue around the base and place beads. Repeat all the way around continuing up to the top adding other strands as necessary. (Styrofoam will melt a bit under the hot glue so apply lightly with thin streams of glue.) I used 6 necklaces for this project. 

3. Spray Paint in color desired. I used a Raspberry pink. 

(**extra step - While it was still wet I sprinkled a small amount of pink glitter over it)

ROSE TREE

1. Position 1 petal near the bottom of the cone so it hangs over the bottom edge slightly. Glue into place. Place a 2nd petal so it overlaps the 1st a bit. Glue into place and repeat for a complete row.
Start 2nd row so petal covers 1/2 of petal below it. Glue and repeat this process until the cone is covered.

 Place 1 petal on top and glue down around the sides.

(**extra step - because I was going for a pink theme with my 3 trees I lightly sprayed my finished tree with the Raspberry spray paint. this created a fun mix of reds and pinks. While it was still wet, I sprinkled a small amount of my pink glitter on it.)

GLITTER TREE

1. Spray with adhesive glue. Sprinkle glitter over the entire cone. Let dry.

FINISHING UP

1. Glue 3 candlesticks to the bottom of the cones. I thrifted some brass skinny candlesticks and spray painted them white. 

Arrange on a shelf, table or mantel!

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