In Anticipation…

Aug 28, 2009

of my upcom­ing work­shop “All Hallow’s Eve” below is a tuto­r­ial I put together show­ing you how to recre­ate this super cute Hal­loween themed Bot­tle Brush Tree. You all are going to love this one… promise!

Sup­plies Needed: Bot­tle Brush Tree, Clorox Bleach, Maya Road Maya Mists Orange, Gold Mer­cury Glass Beads, Black Seam Bind­ing, Mother of Pearl But­ton, Black Embroi­dery Floss, Vin­tage Paper, Golden Rod Stick­les, Aleene’s Tacky Glue

Tools Needed: Scis­sors, Tweezers

Instruc­tions:

• In a well ven­ti­lated area or out­side place a mix­ture of 1/3 warm water and 2/3’s Bleach into a glass con­tainer. The amount made will deter­mine how many trees you will be bleach­ing at one time.  Place tree(s) into mix­ture and let set until bleached.  Once bleach­ing is com­plete remove from mix­ture and allow to dry.

• Using Maya Road Maya Mist (Orange) lightly spray onto bleached bot­tle brush tree. I lined my kitchen sink with paper tow­els, set the tree on top of the paper tow­els and lightly misted the tree. Once dyed lightly blot the tree using paper tow­els and let dry.

• Accent your dried tree using Gold Mer­cury Glass Beads, Black Seam Bind­ing and a Mother of Pearl But­ton. I used Aleene’s Tacky Glue for my adhe­sive. I found it eas­i­est to hold the Gold Mer­cury Glass Beads with tweez­ers when attach­ing them to the tree.

• Cre­ate a small ban­ner with a strip of paper that says “Happy Hal­loween”. The strip of paper needs to mea­sure approx­i­mately 7.5″ in length. Accent the edges of the ban­ner using Golden Rod Stick­les and let dry. Once dry wrap the ban­ner around the tree and attach using a hot glue gun.

Now for a few more sneak peeks… enjoy!