Monday, December 13, 2010

Ribbon Wrapped Tree

OK, I'll admit it, trees are my favorite holiday decoration.  I really like the shape of the cone and I love how the different textures and colors work together.  I bought 2 cardboard tree forms at Hobby Lobby on super sale and have been staring at them trying to figure out what to do.  Then I found this ribbon that looked like a disco ball and decided I would wrap the tree in 2 kinds of ribbon.  I tried doing it other ways, but it wasn't turning out nice.  So I decided to alternate the ribbons and create a stripe.  I almost gave up all together and just glittered the whole thing, but I am so glad I didn't give up. I have one more left and am working on one more tree this year too so stay tuned!

I first did a dry run by cutting my ribbon and taping it in place to make sure everything was the right size.  I used 4 spools of ribbon I think it was 9 feet long. I got it at joanns.

(very sparkly ribbon. the first pic doesn't show off the sparkle)

I started at the top and worked my way down to the bottom.  I overlapped each row a tiny bit so no cardboard was peeking out.  I hot glued one side of the ribbon down first and wrapped the ribbon around the cone and hot glued the end down.  I tried to make sure the seams were all on one side of the tree.  It was pretty simple to do, mapping it out was the hardest part and it took a long time. Gluing only took 20 minutes, and was so fun.  I love hot glue guns!!!

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6 comments:

Jenn @ Peas and Crayons said...

oooh! I've never seen one like this before! Gotta love a good ribbon tree =)

xoXOxo
Jenn @ Peas & Crayons

Sophie said...

Ohh how clever! Loving your blog as I am a bit of an orange fan too! Following now.

Tina said...

Great idea... again!

Kris @ everywhereorange.com said...

thanks ladies! and welcome Sophie!!

Unknown said...

What a great idea. With so many cone trees around the blog land lately...yours stand out!

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Stacy Risenmay said...

Trees are becoming my favorite too after your posts! Thanks for linking up again :)

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