Decorating with Pine Boughs

<script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://oascentral.blogher.org/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/SocialBoom/OID4166_Cetaphil_SocialBoom_092/@x13"></script><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Who ever came up with the idea to package and bag pine cones to sell was just genius! </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YgmAgr0xz-A/UMZ_RGCxVYI/AAAAAAAAYpI/ubkvtzERE0M/s1600/IMG_1003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YgmAgr0xz-A/UMZ_RGCxVYI/AAAAAAAAYpI/ubkvtzERE0M/s640/IMG_1003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And here I have them lying all over the place, just sitting and waiting to be either crafted,  thrown by my kids or sold to some craft stores by some smartie pants that came up with a great idea. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I mean really, why couldn't I have thought of that!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SAcqYxmn-qE/UMZ_FCpFViI/AAAAAAAAYo4/RJ5QhoW3UNw/s1600/IMG_0997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SAcqYxmn-qE/UMZ_FCpFViI/AAAAAAAAYo4/RJ5QhoW3UNw/s640/IMG_0997.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And although I wish I was the genius making tons of money on the bags of pine cones, today's idea makes good use of them for your holiday table and is super easy to do in just a few short steps.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aDy-uqERXkA/UMalUhu8u2I/AAAAAAAAYrI/Ur2CK-EWlno/s1600/IMG_8064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aDy-uqERXkA/UMalUhu8u2I/AAAAAAAAYrI/Ur2CK-EWlno/s640/IMG_8064.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><center><a class="pin-it-button" count-layout="none" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftopthistopthat.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fdecorating-with-pine-boughs.html&media=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-aDy-uqERXkA%2FUMalUhu8u2I%2FAAAAAAAAYrI%2FUr2CK-EWlno%2Fs1600%2FIMG_8064.JPG%22%20imageanchor%3D%221%22%20style%3D%22margin-left%3A%201em%3B%20margin-right%3A%201em%3B%22%3E%3Cimg%20border%3D%220%22%20height%3D%22640%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-aDy-uqERXkA%2FUMalUhu8u2I%2FAAAAAAAAYrI%2FUr2CK-EWlno%2Fs640%2FIMG_8064.JPG%22%20width%3D%22426%22&description=Pine%20Bough%20candle%20holder"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Pine Bough Candle Holder</b></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Supplies Needed:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grapevine Wreath</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Pine Boughs or Needles</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Pine cones</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Floral Wire</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Step 1:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Collect your Pine Boughs/Needles and cones in a bucket. I like to let mine stay in the bucket for a few hours before I use them to make sure any little critter doesn't end up in my project.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LEFdNMa7xnQ/UMaBfBnH1qI/AAAAAAAAYpg/zPijjugVXW4/s1600/IMG_7889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LEFdNMa7xnQ/UMaBfBnH1qI/AAAAAAAAYpg/zPijjugVXW4/s640/IMG_7889.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Step 2:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lay out your wreath and pine needles to make sure that you have enough to cover your wreath.  Use this time to clean up any leaves or sticks that may be in your bunches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ls1KnObGAZI/UMai4LRRQyI/AAAAAAAAYp4/Iiezy0m6jRs/s1600/IMG_7893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ls1KnObGAZI/UMai4LRRQyI/AAAAAAAAYp4/Iiezy0m6jRs/s640/IMG_7893.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Steps 3:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Using your floral wire, gently wrap the wire around your bunch and secure to your wreath. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Au-cG2gw3g8/UMajDAYKfmI/AAAAAAAAYqI/fA559tJ6CYE/s1600/IMG_7901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Au-cG2gw3g8/UMajDAYKfmI/AAAAAAAAYqI/fA559tJ6CYE/s640/IMG_7901.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Step 4:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Continue to do this all the way around the wreath until it is covered. The fullness of your candle holder depends on how many pine boughs you use on the grapevine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q_Q2M2RLx8/UMajP5ONycI/AAAAAAAAYqQ/q-PQp_B2Wcw/s1600/IMG_7904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7Q_Q2M2RLx8/UMajP5ONycI/AAAAAAAAYqQ/q-PQp_B2Wcw/s640/IMG_7904.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Step 5:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">When you are finished it should look similar to this</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IMivR3u0mmw/UMaj7bVru9I/AAAAAAAAYqw/fBm913Vf5ds/s1600/IMG_7951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IMivR3u0mmw/UMaj7bVru9I/AAAAAAAAYqw/fBm913Vf5ds/s640/IMG_7951.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Step 6:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Remember those pine cones that someone is making a fortune on, you know the idea you or I should have come up with? Well go ahead and place a few of those on the ring and secure in place with the floral wire. </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And to finish the look off add some of the cones and other dried elements to the inside of the glass holder.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8zsXrkH1blI/UMak_XNybOI/AAAAAAAAYrA/f-RYLw-EZQw/s1600/IMG_8041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8zsXrkH1blI/UMak_XNybOI/AAAAAAAAYrA/f-RYLw-EZQw/s640/IMG_8041.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Easy, pretty and good use of nature.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H5ysYKoHVfs/TwEIGl8ZIgI/AAAAAAAARN0/ZQxgRse_W6Q/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H5ysYKoHVfs/TwEIGl8ZIgI/AAAAAAAARN0/ZQxgRse_W6Q/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grateful for~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The opportunity to bless those less fortunate then me during this holiday season.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><script src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br />Sharing with :<br /><a href="http://staceyembracingchange.blogspot.com/2012/12/creative-inspirations-linky-party_12.html?showComment=1355441524689#c6055108821817755957">Embracing Change</a><br /><br /></div></center>

Decorating with Pine Boughs

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