Fair Warning .......

After all the kerfuffle having to change over to a new blog earlier on in the year, producing posts has not been as easy or fun as it used to be. Since Live Writer died, the positioning of pictures has become the real bane of my life, so after 15 odd years of pretty consistent blogging I've decided that from January 1st 2025 I shall be going out to pasture! I may still post the odd picture or two as a record of my latest project, but I won't be writing up or photographing any of the process, because, sometimes, that can actually take longer than the making itself. As a blogger, I am now something of a dinosaur, if I were starting out now I'd have my own YouTube channel, but with my Brummie accent, I don't think the world would still ever be quite ready for that! Anyway, with six months to go, there's still plenty of time for a few more projects and ideas so let's see what happens .........

Monday, 6 May 2024

Tiny Hanging Christmas Tree Domes

Another dome project today, tiny hanging Christmas tree ornaments  ........


...... made using tiny domes with a bead caps on top (both sourced from Temu) .........


...... plus the tiniest Christmas trees I could find, measuring 3.5cm tall from Baker Ross.  I've been looking for trees this size forever, when I found them on the Baker Ross site I couldn't believe it.


They weren't cheap, but I took advantage of the 5 packs offer (plus P & P) but I was still thrilled when they arrived!  
https://www.bakerross.co.uk/mini-christmas-trees


I started off by gluing the caps to the top of the domes using B7000 for a really secure fix.


I then painted the top of the corks white, before covering them with ultra fine, translucent glitter for the snow.


I did the same to the trees, after removing their wooden bases.


When everything was dry, all I needed to do then was put a small hole in the centre of the snowy cork to stick the wire end off the tree into, with a little more glue to help keep it all upright.


All that was left to do after that was fit the dome.


I am really pleased with how they have turned out, I might make a few more, but this time adding a few tiny beads and a star on the top for a decorated tree, we shall see.......

3 comments:

Cheryl W said...

They're beautiful! And they'll make wonderful keepsakes.

Anonymous said...

They’re lovely, you must have so much patience making such small ornaments.

Michele

tilly said...

how cute and they look really lovely,wish I could work with 'tiny' lol x