Pinterest and Christmas... Oh Yes

I haven't posted in a while ,

two reasons,

well, more actually ...

but two main reasons.

 

 

 

My little helper makes getting projects done

a little slower ...

We get distracted....

 

And ...

My first ever vendor/craft show.

Which , by the way,

I was VERY happy with.

Pretty sure I'll be doing more in the future.

 

However ,

Addie and I have gotten some decorating done.

 

 

Addie decided her "girls" ( Polly Pockets from way back )

 needed to live in my mache Christmas houses...

 

 

AND...

make snow angels in my faux ( fake ) snow .

 

My mache houses are one of my favorite Christmas decorations.

 These silver cake plates were a garage sale find this summer,

AND

 they look fabulous on them

AND

they will be the subject of a future post.

 

The Pinterst project eluded to in the title is this~

 

 

How to make green bottle brush trees from the craft store white bottle brush trees.

I just like saying "bottle brush trees :...

 

You can find my Christmas Pinterest board Here,

and the original "pin" Here.

 

But really ,

it's sooo easy peasy , that no instructions are necessary.

But , I'll give you some anyway.

AND...

I actually took pictures !

Not good ones of course,

but you get pictures.

 

The hardest part was finding the dang trees.

 I looked at Micheal's and Joann's and I thought the prices were outrageous !

Then Em found me some at HobLob.

 

 

Package of 3 for $1.99 + 30% off !

Yes, please.

 

 

My lovely assistant.

 

So...

here's what you do ,

 

 

 

Put some water in a dish

 ( I used warm water , mostly because I don't like cold hands but also when I use bleach , I feel the need to use warm water, I'm weird like that )

 

Add bleach.

(Yeah, I didn't measure, just a glob or two )

 

Dump in the trees.

( very technical )

 

 

My Lovely Assistant says,

" Grandma , this water smells like a swimming pool . "

Yep, Addie , it does.

( Please ignore the pile of dirty dishes , we were busy doing projects)

 

 

Within a minute,

the color was fading fast.

 

 

I did have to roll them over,

they wanted to float to the top.

 

 

TaDa !

Within 5 minutes,

all white.

Bonus,

 my old enamel pan is now very clean and white inside !

 

I went a little crazy...

( surprised ? )

 

 

I bleached a lot of them !

Even some I already had that I thought were a little too "yellow".

They didn't bleach as well for some reason.

I assume it was whatever dye that was originally used on them ,

who knows...

 

Over all ,

A PINTEREST SUCCESS !

 

Stay tuned to see how I use them all.

The Trailerhood is getting festive !