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| my lovely Valentine topiary |
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| brightening up a corner in my dining room |
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| gracing my nesting tables |
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| love . . . love . . . |
I wanted to make something for Valentine’s Day but just didn’t want it to be a lot of work or cost too much. Coming up with the idea is what took the most time since I was feeling less than inspired. Luckily, I had to run into town to get some batteries (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it . . .) and as I was browsing around, I saw some packages of these creamy paper-looking flowers. They were with all the pot-pourri items and were very inexpensive. I scooped up a couple of boxes and sped home, ideas forming as I drove.
It was time to re-purpose my Victorian Inspired Topiary that I had made about 15 years ago! Oh the dust that flew as I tore it apart! What satisfaction! I saved the pot, the stem, and the styrofoam all in one piece and simply hot-glued the white flowers onto the styrofoam until it was completely covered. However, when I was finished I wasn’t completely blown away (to say the least).
It needed something ‘Valentine-y’.
Hearts. Little tiny punched paper hearts strung on a piece of thin twine and wrapped around and around. OK, now I’m getting somewhere! For the finishing touch I put some pot-pourri inside the pot. Looks pretty and smells pretty too!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
very crafty! sweet and simple.
I just love all of your decorating ideas, and especially when you “re-purpose” (the new buzz-word) something. Really sweet little Topiary. Hope you didn’t forget the batteries when you went to town. I probably would.
This is just BEAUTIFUL Barb!
You are amazing!
Wow this is beautiful!!
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I love it! It’s so beautiful and unusual:)
I love your creations. Lovely photos.
Barb, just stopping back to sat thank you so much for sharing with us this week at The Creative Exchange.
Have a wonderful day!
lisa.
So clever and artistic you are! Very cozy hearts, nice decorated and very nice pictures. Have a nice Thursday.
That’s so pretty, my mom would love it… great idea! =)
I just followed on the new linky,so follow back so we can stay connected. Thanks Lori
That’s beautiful!
Very Clever, Very Creative, I really love this…Thanks for sharing, I hope you’ll stop by for a visit too~
Cheryl
your topiary
is very sweet
and a perfect piece
for the season
thanks for sharing at Fridays Unfolded
and now following!
alison
I love it, it is art!I am your newest linky follower! Hugs!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
I wanted to let you know I just signed up to follow you and would really appreciate it if you would come over and follow my new LINKY FOLLOWER tool.
Thanks.
XO XO,
Cheri (from Its So Very Cheri)
Very creative and the photos are great!
That looks so lovely! The hearts make me think of birds or butterflies :)
Your topiary is adorable!
Dee
This looks so good! Love the little tiny paper hearts :)
LOve the creativity. Those paper hearts added the final touch. You ought to pin it up on Pinterest.
My favorite today, and I’ve visited a lot of bloggy neighbors today. This is so pretty. Glad you shared it.
Following you on Linky, hope you’ll follow too.
Much love!
this is really darling.
Hi! What a great valentines day craft. You did a great job!
Those hearts look like butterflies have landed on your flowers! Love it! Thanks so much for sharing it at the Kiss & Tell party over at I Gotta Create!
So very creative Barb, and managing to add new to the recycled,even better. Love the images, so soft and delicate. Happy Valentines Day to you as well.
This is lovely! I love the repurposed topiary! What a great idea! Your heart garland is wonderful on it! I’m following on Linky Follower now. Thanks for following on mine!
Thank you for your bloggy friendship and for participating in the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop linky Party xo
this is so gorgeous I would love you to add this and any other posts you want to show off to my What We Wore and Made party over at http://raegunwear.blogspot.com/search/label/WWWMW
Love the topiary! So pretty! Found you via the Linky hop and have become your newest follower. Looking forward to reading your future posts. Hope you have a chance to visit and perhpas follow me back.
Hello Barb, what a beautiful topiary you’ve made! It’s just lovely and I’ve got this linked to my topiaries post too today!