I am desperately trying to keep my creative juices flowing. Otherwise I just seem to get bogged down. With all thats going on around the world one just so depressed. Thank goodness I have my craft . So here is another tassel doll and a little pine cone fairy. After we moved into our new house , we realised that we are stuck with a huge big pine tree which is in our neighbours property. Its a lovely tree but the amount of mess it throws in our garden is unbelievable. At present we are getting showered with pine leaves. Come spring we will get showered with the cones. Then the squirrels will be nibbling the pine nuts and throwing them at us🤣. There is nothing we can do as it is a listed tree , so it is what it is. I collected some cones to make something out of them . Threw away a huge bin load of cones. Seems a pity but what can you do when there is a pine cone overload 😁. Anyway here is a cone fairy ornament. I have reused stuff on it. Hair is a bits of the cone the other bits are from some old decoration pieces. I tend to collect broken bits of decoration so that I can use it on my dolls. This one is going to my doll club round robin. Hope they will like it, whoever gets it.
Finding motivation can be hard, but stay with it, it keeps us sane. As for pine needles, see if you can research what kind they are and if they are the kind used to make tea. You just need to know the process and the type. I think all that's required is to dry them. The tea is good for the immune system. If you heat the house with wood as a backup even, use the pine cones for heat. Make a ton of pine cone ornaments and donate them to a cause that can maybe sell them to help with what they do. Turn all those annoying things into good things..... ;o)) Romona
ReplyDeleteRamona can only use the cones but will see how inspired i am by them to make ornaments😊
Deleteoh do i understand. my house here in the mountains is surrounded on all sides by incense cedar trees - the pine needles and then the pine seeds which we call helicopters because they have these wings ...are all over the place. We just finished with two santa ana wind events and the ground is covered all over. We want to get it all raked up before the snow. Anyway love that tassle doll and such a cute pine cone ornament.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandy.
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