Family Jewelry Christmas Tree

    Family Jewelry Christmas Tree

Frontgate Jewelry Tree with Pedestal

Have you seen the latest Christmas issue of Frontgate?  It features a Jewelry Tree with Pedestal that contains "more than 60 brooches and metallic buttons that are hand-set over shining gold paillettes, making each tree a one-of-a-kind masterpiece."            

When I looked at that tree, I thought about my mother's costume jewelry that I've had for nearly thirty years, and that of my mother-in-law, and the broken and damaged jewelry that I own, and the jewelry I no longer wore or wanted. My sister's and niece's jewelry - jewelry from the family.  This would be a perfect way to use the pieces of jewelry I had accumulated.

I got to thinking that it actually doesn't look like the jewelry tree would be too difficult to make.  I already had a 16 inch styrofoam tree,  a little ceramic urn for the base, gold paint, beads and rhinestones for filler, pins, glitter glue and a glue gun.

I really forgot to take pictures at the start.  This was a labor of love and I wasn't really thinking about photos. To begin, I needed to paint the white stryrofoam tree using FolkArt pure gold metallic paint. It really didn't take much to cover.

Next, I randomly glued the larger jewelry pieces all over the tree.  I broke down the necklaces and bracelets into smaller pieces before gluing.   If any pieces looked too bulky, I pressed them into the foam after gluing. I used pearl beads cut from necklaces (I had lots of these) as fillers around the tree. For a final touch, I used glitter glue to fill in any spaces after I had finished adding all the jewelry pieces.  This gave the tree a sparkly effect. 

This is a photo brooch that belonged to my mother (center with a bow on top)

I added a picture of her to the brooch .   .   .
making this tree very special.

The width of the opening on the urn was the same width as the base of the tree so I had to place the finish tree on top of a little silver dish that I had before putting it onto the urn.

This is truly a keepsake that I will treasure and perhaps pass along  .   .   .

Enjoy!

DollarTree Ornament

Deck the Walls with   .   .   .

 We all love crafting with DollarTree items.  They are so festive and whimsical!  I love my red wall decor that I made from Christmas items I found at the DollarTree.  Here is a picture tutorial on how I put it together.

                             Plain felt red ornament

                                            Decorated it using silver glitter glue

       Made a bow out of ribbon from DS, added greenery and whimsical fillers

Fa la la la la     la la   la la!

Enjoy! 

DollarTree Christmas Glitter Trees

   
Calling all DollarTree Crafts: Coming up with something to be a part of the Holiday Link Party!


Oooh-la la. Fa-la-la.  Chic Glitter Trees! 

These trees are made entirely with everything from the DollarTree store. Cheap and easy - that's the way to go.

I remember checking out Christmas items at Pier1 recently, and these colorful beaded cone trees caught my eye and I thought I would try to make this for the dollar tree link party.  They were basically made from cardboard, glitter and beads.  Although the trees were festive, I didn't want to make it in the same color.  I wanted something more christmasy. Besides, I couldn't find those colors or seed beads at the DollarTree store and I wanted this to be done entirely with items from the dollar store.

Pier1

Anyway, I got some poster board (2 for $1.00), glitter glue, and shake-on glitter (3 packs) from DollarTree.

To make the tree I rolled the poster board into a cone shape,

Roll your green piece of poster board into a cone shape and use hot glue to hold it in this shape. You may have to try a couple of times before you get a good cone shape. Trim the bottom of your cone so it is level.

Read more: How to Make a Christmas Tree From Poster Board | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5744874_make-christmas-tree-poster-board.html#ixzz2CmutC3rA

Roll your green piece of poster board into a cone shape and use hot glue to hold it in this shape. You may have to try a couple of times before you get a good cone shape. Trim the bottom of your cone so it is level.

Read more: How to Make a Christmas Tree From Poster Board | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5744874_make-christmas-tree-poster-board.html#ixzz2CmvL1z5N

Roll your green piece of poster board into a cone shape and use hot glue to hold it in this shape. You may have to try a couple of times before you get a good cone shape. Trim the bottom of your cone so it is level.

Read more: How to Make a Christmas Tree From Poster Board | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5744874_make-christmas-tree-poster-board.html#ixzz2CmvL1z5N

Roll your green piece of poster board into a cone shape and use hot glue to hold it in this shape. You may have to try a couple of times before you get a good cone shape. Trim the bottom of your cone so it is level.

Read more: How to Make a Christmas Tree From Poster Board | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5744874_make-christmas-tree-poster-board.html#ixzz2CmutC3rA

                     forming the point or tip of the cone.

I then glued the poster board cone inside and at the seam with white glue and secured the roll with masking tape until the glue dried.

                                Next, I trimmed the bottom of the cone so it was level.

                        It looked pretty good so I made three different sizes.                                                               

 To add the glitter, I diluted white glue with a little bit of water to make it brushable. I then divided the cone into sections and brushed the glue over the top section with a sponge brush.  

Working over a tray, I sprinkled the silver shake-on-glitter over the entire top area and allowed it to dry before moving on to the next area.  Skipping the second section, I repeated the process, applying glue, sprinkling silver glitter and allowing to dry. I did this every other section until the silver glitter sections were completely covered and dried. I collected all of the silver glitter that fell into the tray and put it back into the shaker bottle.

Next, I repeated the same process for adding the red glitter. I used the glitter glue to fill in missed areas.  It takes a long time, usually overnight, for the glitter glue to dry.  Next time I'll use white poster board or paint the areas first the same color of glitter.

Overall, I think the glitter trees look very festive!  But these photos don't capture their true glittery beauty.  Not bad for a Dollar Tree Craft!

Oooh-la-la. Fa-la-la!   DollarTree!  


Enjoy!






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