DIY ANTHROPOLOGIE RAINBOW TWINE TREE...

This was such a fun, cheery project.

It was pretty simple too.

Anthropologie is trying

to get you to buy theirs for

a whopping

$68.00

for a large tree

&

$48.00

for a small one.

Mine was free

cause I had all the supplies on hand

but if

you wanna make your own

I would put the cost right around

$5.00

                         My Rainbow Rope Tree                                                     Anthropologie's Rainbow Rope Tree

This Rainbow Rope Tree

would look cute all year round.

You could decorate it for

Easter,

or 4th July,

fall,

maybe even make some spooky black ones

for Halloween.

What I am saying 

I guess

is that the possibilities

are kind of endless

sooo-

wanna make your own?

I thought so...

Supplies

Embroidery floss in various bright colors

A tiny terra cotta pot- must have hole in the bottom

A sturdy but small tree twig that will fit into the hole in the bottom of the terra cotta pot

Hot glue gun

Assorted wood stars or hearts

Clear thread

01. Starting at the bottom wrap floss around tree, you will want to secure the end of your string with a few wraps and then begin your way up the twig. You do not need to cover ever inch of the the wood because as you layer in your colors that will happen on its own.

02. As you are wrapping the "branches" make sure to make a few areas more wrapped then others.  This will help your ornaments stay in place. When you are finished with a color simply tie a knot and cut floss as close as possible to the knot.

03. After your tree is finished you are ready to make the ornaments. Cut the clear thread into short strips.  You want the thread to be long enough to hang your stars- but short enough that your stars will hang in place and not fall down the branch.  You may have to play around with the length of the thread until you get it to hang on your particular twig correctly.  

04.  After finding the length that works best for you, you will glue a dot in the center of the star or heart place the the ends of your thread in the glue and then place another star or heart over it to cover your glue and thread ends.

In other words make a glue and tread sandwich-

does that make sense?

05.  Slide the bottom of your tree into the bottom of the terra cotta pot facing bottom up.

07. Glue into place.

08. Decorate with the ornaments {or cobwebs or whatever the season calls for : ) } and display!

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