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dd977chic's Green wedding

05/30/2008

Day 1: about 22 strands on this tree. The tree is very big.... I will probably use a smaller tree for the wedding

"Inspiration Picture" I will probably add white and green flowers to mine

Acrylic 6mm beads

wire for the strands

me in my Pat Benatar shirt spraying the branches silver

before I painted the branches

Silver Paint

close up of one of the gems

Found these gems at Michaels right next to the glue guns.

Day 2: cut the tree smaller and added more strands and orange silk flowers to see what it would look like.

Day 2

Day 2 : Close up!

Day 2

Day 1: about 22 strands on this tree. The tree is very big.... I will probably use a smaller tree for the wedding

Inspiration Picture I will probably add white and green flowers to mine

me in my Pat Benatar shirt spraying the branches silver

Found these gems at Michaels right next to the glue guns.

Day 2: cut the tree smaller and added more strands and orange silk flowers to see what it would look like.

Decoration

Started to work on the Crystal Tree Project

So I started to make crystal strands for the crystal wedding tree. I got a few branches from around the house so I could get an idea how long to make the strands. I bought my stuff from Michaels.

I found the clear sparkling gems by the glue guns. I made about 22 strands or so using only one box. ($5 a box)

Then I bought acrylic beads. Some I put 50 beads per each strand, but I think they are too long. So I made some with 20 & 35 beads on each strand and I like them better. I only went through about 1 1/2 boxes of the beads. ($3 per box)

The wire was only $2 and was by the glue guns.

Silver Paint ($5)

I am probably going to make a total of 45 strands for the tree and also put flowers in the tree very similar to the "inspiration picture"

I am probably not going to use these branches in the picture because I have to transport everything from Florida to Michigan in my tiny little car.

Day 2: (5/31/08) I was up bright and early this morning fixing and adding more strands. I made most of the strands with 30 beads on each strand. Some I made smaller with about 20 beads on each strand. This took me about 1 1/2 hours. Then I cut the branches off the tree to make it shorter. I counted about 33 or so strands on the tree. I might make a few more... but I dont want to over do it! I decided to take apart a silk flower arrangement I had so I could see how the flowers would look on it. I love how the orange blossoms pop! I am probably going to use green and white flowers on the tree for me wedding. It looks nice in the pictures... but it looks really cool in person!

So I would suggest to make this project on your own you should buy:
2 boxes of sparkling gems
2 boxes of 6mm beads

I would suggest putting about 20-30 beads on each strand if you are planning to hang it from a medium size tree.