I love it when a plan I didn't have comes together. It came while tidying up my remaining Christmas crafting supplies and seeing how some things that weren't planned to go together, went together! It turned out to be a great stash-busting project too.
Supplies: (All of which were in my stash!)
- Unfinished Wood Sign
- Wood Slice
- Half Ornament
- Wood Stickers
- Wood Snowman
- Mini Trees
- Faux Snow
The half ornament was leftover from another project that only needed the other half. Likewise, the rest of the items were from various projects.
I used Folk Art Multi-Surface paint in Thicket, with a little Apple Barrel English Ivy to paint the base. I wasn't going for opaque coverage and liked the wood grain showing through. Likewise, the two colors of green were more natural to me since most evergreens have some variegation.
I had one leftover snowflake sticker, which I applied to a leftover wood slice. I had some wood snowmen in my stash, along with some mini bottlebrush trees, and added those.
Glued those in place with hot glue, and then added some faux snow to my half ornament, applied hot glue to its edges, then flipping my wood slice over, attached it to the ornament.
I went around the outside with more hot glue, sprinkled more faux snow atop the glue around the dome, and then glued it to the center of my painted sign. Made a double loop bow with...you guessed it, leftover ribbon!
To finish, I laid out the wood stickers, then glued them in place. I re-attached the twine hanger I'd removed, and DONE!
Easy, peasy, stash busting pleasy!
