The other day, I had two funnels in my pantry. When I moved the biggest one, it knocked the next smaller one off the shelf. When I picked it up, I realized it sat on the larger one like it was stacked, like a Christmas tree. More on that later in the post. This was a labor of love and I hope you like it.
Total Time: 3 hours
Yield: 1
Supplies:
- 4 pack of funnels
- 8 hot Gorilla glue sticks
- 3 crimpers and cutters
- lots of broken jewelry
- hacksaw
- scissors
Steps:
- When I went shopping for funnels, it was amazing how many there were. I could have used the cheaper ones, but for two reasons. One, there were only packs of 3, and two, and they were rounded. I wanted a shape that looked like a tree would.
- The first problem I had was the next largest didn't go into the 3rd largest without a significant gap. The spout was too wide to fit. So I hacked off about 1" and it fit with the same space as the others. Then I trimmed off the little tabs and fired up the hot glue gun!!
- Once the "tree" was stable, I started at the bottom with the broken pieces I had. Now, yours will be different, and I will give you some suggestions at the end. I had 4 of this first gem, and that was the first glue-on for the base row.
- From there, I just kind of "went random" and glued on what I liked, and what I had. I probably could have covered more of this than I did, but wanted it to be evident that the funnel was kind of the "cake" and the "bling" was the "icing".
- I bet I looked in 5 places for a broken star. But I found this angel and it was even better. But finding something to put and keep her on the top of the tree was tricky. Finally I found an old plate hanger, and with a little work, made it work.
- I found I couldn't bend the cheap metal too much, so I left the little flat surface alone. The way it worked out, my angel looks to have two sets of wings, but I can live with that. I like how it looks and that is all that matters. N-JOY!!
- Variations on a theme: I thought of using buttons as well as gems, and might do this again for 2020.
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Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,298 Posts December 29, 20190 found this helpful
Love this idea and how it turned out.
December 30, 20190 found this helpful
Thanks so much! The irony is I found this set, which was 4.99 at wally's for 2.97 at Ace. But it was orange, and this color, while not green, worked better.
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