I mentioned in my last post that I’d been under the weather. Way under. Before getting sick, I was planning a dinner party and decorating for Christmas. I had to cancel the guests but I was left with a sparkling clean home and twinkly lights to cheer me as I recovered.
How nice!
Well, I almost had the house decorated. I didn’t quite have our large, white tree finished. It honestly had plenty on it, unless you compare to previous years.
While hanging the baubles, I’d suddenly got worn out. So I slid the remaining tub full of shiny brutes into the closet and cleaned up the mess that comes along with decking the halls, and called it good enough.
Now, after feeling better and living with the half done tree for a week, I decided it needed a little more. But I still wasn’t up to dragging out the tubs and going through the trouble of hanging the delicate, vintage balls.
So, I dyed some coffee filters in coffee, seemed fitting.
Then turned piles of six filters into roses, and painted the petals with glue then drizzled glitter onto them. They were quick, easy, and were simple to tuck into the branches of the tree.
The roses were ideal to solve the issue of the tree not being quite full enough. Or they would’ve been if I’d had more coffee filters.
I ran out.
To finish it, I folded sheet music into stars and used the same glitter on them. It’s a nice change up for me, I’m enjoying the new look. Don’t get me wrong, I adore vintage shiny brites and my lovingly collected, special pastel ones in various shapes took years to accumulate.
But after being sick, I just was too tired to hang them with the care they require. So they will stay safely tucked away until next year and for now I’m happy with my hand crafted paper pretties. Plus, it was good for my soul to have a little craft project to work on.
They look great to me!