Wondering what to do with that giant pile of Mardi Gras beads? This is the perfect project to use them up.
Supplies:
Mardi Gras beads – lots
Styrofoam cone
Craft paint and brush
Hot Glue
Clear glass votive holder
pom pom or tinsel for topper
The first thing you want to do is to give the base cone a neutral color since the white will show through the beads too easily. I am using a muted grayish lavender. You can use gray or any color that is not too bright and matches your beads.
Apply a thick coat of paint to your base cone and let it dry thoroughly.
Using your hot glue begin to add your beads around the bottom of the cone and trim off any excess beads. Layer the colors however you like.
Continue to glue the beads on your cone layering in colors as you see fit. Note – if a strand or two don’t look right you can always pull them off and redo them!
Keep adding your beads to until you cover the whole cone.
Choose a pompom for the top and a paint color for the base.
Add your pompom or tinsel to the top of your tree.
As always when working with hot glue be careful not to burn yourself.
Once your cone is covered add some paint to the inside of the glass votive candle holder. Swirl the paint around to cover the inside and let it dry.
Add a lot of hot glue to the bottom of your votive holder.
Position your votive on the bottom of your beaded tree.
Gently slide it so it is in the center of the bottom of the cone.
I like to arrange my trees as singles or in groups of three.
So I spied some beautiful fringe embellished sheets and fell in love. Alas, the price tag was more than a woman of limited means wanted to spend. But we are resourceful aren’t we? Yes we are. So we are making our own embellished sheets of course!!!
Create a beautiful bouquet from repurposed vintage jewelry with this tutorial, available in my shop.
Ready to make a vintage repurposed book notebook? Are you looking for a way to upcycle old books? You can easily upcycle them into notebooks using this easy DIY. Here we turn these old science book covers into fun and useful vintage book covered notebooks. And the best part is that you don’t need a hole punch or a spiral binding machine because you are also using inexpensive spiral bound notebooks and just adding a new cover.
Welcome! I’m Jane, and I am obsessed with crafting, decorating, gardening, repurposing castoffs and general DIYing.
This blog focuses on creating on a budget, creative and fun projects that will add a bit of amusement to everyday life, cause lets face it, sometimes life isn’t so easy. My projects aim to be simple while also being Eco and budget friendly with a sense of humor or a sarcastic twist.
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