Happy Day, Everyone!
Tree number four may just be my favorite project of the year!
I found this tiny little vintage (or fake vintage - I don't really know) wheelbarrow at a local antique store earlier this fall. I decorated three little bottle brush trees. The largest has beads hot glued in its branches.
The middle sized tree has a spiral of vintage dictionary paper that was colored with Distress Ink in Barn Door. The smallest tree has a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Festive Foliage Poinsettia, colored with Mustard Seed and Tarnished Brass Distress Paints.
This little elf is another adorable antique store find. I rescued her from a totally tacky flocked and glittered plastic mushroom from the 1970s. I think she looks much happier now.
To finish off the project, I lightly crumpled more vintage dictionary paper scraps, and tucked them into the bottom of the barrow. (The dictionary is a find from the "useable" section of our recycle center. Lucky me! I am determined to use every single scrap of it. So far, I have used one page for three separate projects.)
I used some Tim Holtz Idea-ology label letters to make this tiny sign. The red ink is Barn Door Distress again, and I inked the edges with Brushed Corduroy Distress.
Happy Healthy Holiday Wishes!
Elizabeth
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