Oh. My. Goodness!!

Yesterday I received the new Concord & 9th Take a Bough dies, and have been playing with it ever since.  I've only made 2 trees so far, but couldn't wait to share them with you.  I think these will make some darling Christmas presents this year!

For this little tree, I only used 2 of the 3 branch dies, the small and medium ones, and about half of a skewer.  Here's a shot of both trees; I used everything on the larger one and a whole skewer.  The large one measured 10" tall by itself, and the smaller one about 5 1/2 " tall.  It got smooshed further down it its little pot, so it appears even smaller than its big brother......

Each time I make one I learn something else.......for instance, I think I like the branches closer together.  They were about 1/4" apart on the smaller tree, vs 1/2" on the larger one.  I think at least I'd narrow the distance closer to the top next one I make.......

HERE's a video from Concord & 9th showing you how to construct these.  I'm planning on making some pink and maybe silver or white ones, a la vintage bottle brush trees!  And finding little objects to set them in will be another fun thing to do - I just used what I had around here this time.   I think a grouping of 3 of these, varying the sizes, would make a fun little vignette!

Thanks for coming by!