Mid-Atlantic Gardening: HOLIDAY CACTUS GENERAL DISCUSSION - PART #6, 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
JB--

"White Christmas" is one of the CC's you sent me. Can't wait to see her bloom!

The only ones having a bloom or two on them, at this time, are my bigger pot of the fuchsia/white
and one of the "juvenile". salmon CC's. "Juvenile is a 2-year-old cutting. Not a "baby" any more....:o)

JB--Now--just for you and Sally---

Here are my little Gnomes (3"tall), made from pom-poms and felt--boots and "leather" belt and all--hovering
under the watchful eye of their cousin, Hagar, who is fearless and will strike anyone dead with his sword.
Hagar's helmet is made from a silver-sprayed acorn cap...horns from baked Fimo clay.
Sword from a sliver of an aluminum pie pan.
See! All you need is imagination. Work backwards....Know what you want to make-and them think what,
in nature, will look the most like it. Like--in the case of the acorn caps=nice warrior helmets.

The Angel is made from an upside down , white rose. My favorite of all craft's pieces!!.
Hair is a silky yarn--wings are from real feathers. The arms are fluffy pipe-cleaners.
Head is a pearly "grape" found on Christmas picks. My "Rose Angel" is also a tree ornament.
At a craft show I went to last year--I sold each of these for $5 a piece. Inexpensive--I think.

There are many other "little things: I make....Another time....
Gita


The Gmones are X-mas tree ornaments. The Viking is a magnet for your fridge.


ALL the driftwood pieces and pine cones were gathered among the beaches of Latvia--from my trip there
in 2008. I have lots of these.
My plan then WAS to make a nice wall-hanging/mobile from them all, with little pieces of amber
dripping down from all the wood pieces. Like tears....for things lost.

I may still do it--one of these days....seem to never make the time.....so years pass...