Look out!

I told you they were coming!  You may get a couple of posts in the next couple of days...although its a bit busy around here but I'll try my hardest to get some more pictures taken of some of the things I've been doing around the house for the holidays!

First up:  Tinsel Tree

I made these a couple of years ago and LOVE them.  They are so fun and playful.  I have a couple of different sizes and different colors.  They are also super easy to make!  All you need is a cone, some tinsel, and the trusty hot glue gun (and have some scissors handy too!).  I bought my cone several years ago and then lost it....oops.  I found it again and was so excited to share with you this quick and easy tutorial!

Supplies:

First, you need to glue the tinsel to the very tip of the cone.  A lower temperature glue works best because hot glue and styrofoam are not friends. 

Then just start wrapping the tinsel around the cone.  You'll need to glue it in a few spots, especially for a large cone. 

See how I held the tinsel in place with my middle and ring fingers.  I flipped the tale of the tinsel over my index finger to give me room to glue.  Then just push it down and hold it for a sec and you're good to go.

When you get to the bottom, you're going to want to cut it and then glue it so that it covers the bottom of the side of the cone (not the bottom of the cone- they won't stand!).  Pull it back on the other side...about 180 degrees from where you put your last glue spot and glue it again so it does not slide off the bottom on one side.  You can do it several times if you feel the need but I usually only do the 2 times on the last row and have never had problems with them.

Here is what they look like with my snowmen. I actually have more but most of them go in the kitchen although they may not make it there this year.  I may put one or 2 out here to keep the other snowmen company.  We'll see.  I'm not showing you my whole black cabinet yet because I have a few things to add to it...remember my fall sign?  Yeah, I'm cooking up something for Christmas too.

And did you notice how in the first picture, the Christmas tree behind the blue tinsel tree is a little blurry?  My friend just taught me how to do that today!!  WooHoo!  Love the new camera!

Up next, a different kind of Advent Calendar!