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| Horse "Wreath" |
I'd posted photos to Facebook, but when Butch got home last night - he asked if I'd posted something to my blog? I hadn't! Here's how it came about... I'd heard about
Pinterest for a while before I decided to join & set up a page. That done, I started looking around & finding some really beautiful, interesting & smart ideas from everywhere!
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| One of the first photos I found~ |
Looking at different decoration ideas I ran across the pin above. It looked like a lot of work & I wondered what they'd used for the wire base? I pinned this to my page & soon it was re-pinned by someone else. Checking out her ideas - I found the pattern for the base.
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| Pattern sold at Amazon.com |
Without the time to order one, Courtney & I had already scheduled this day to make our wreaths at Machias Nursery. I emailed my husband & asked if he could possibly find some wire & make me one? He's been my "go to" guy for a long time now! :-) He came home with the wire re-bar that's used in brick installations - currently going on at his construction project!
He cut & bent by hand a
freehand version of the pattern above! That's when I got worried & really thought I'd taken on more of a project that I was up to! I'd also sent another photo to Chris at
Machias Nursery & she recognized the greenery for the mane as White Pine.
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| White Pine mane |
With plenty of greenery - all fresh - (Since we were making these a week earlier than usual.) I had what I needed. I'd searched for ribbon, without any luck - but Chris had found the nice dark red with a burlap look. Once I had it home - I remembered that I have a amber, diamond cut glass piece & that worked for the eye!
It took all afternoon to get put together - but for my first attempt & I'm pretty happy with it!
