The wood I used, of course, is driftwood found on the beach! The tree is also self standing and can be used as a tabletop tree. You'll see! The inspiration for my wood Christmas tree came from two posts, published last year: Make a Christmas Tree with Driftwood and Make a Small Wall Christmas Tree. My mini tree is a marriage between the two, sort of.
I started with the layout.
Tools involved: a drill, hammer and nails.
I drilled holes into the wood sticks so that the nails would go right through them. And I pre-drilled the stem (hole size smaller than nails). I added a dab of glue as well. Not really necessary, but I wanted to give my cute mini Christmas tree extra strength!
Hammering.
Et voilà!
You need a block of wood for the base and drill a hole in the center. Make the hole just big enough so you can push the stem in. Fill up any gaps with hot glue.
As said, this mini Christmas tree can be used as a tabletop tree. Best on a shelf, window sill, or on top of a cabinet. But I wanted it to be a wall Christmas tree!
So I used simple aluminum z-clips that my husband cut to size for me!
And here it is! What do you think? Does my wall Christmas tree need decorations? At first I thought it did, see discussion on my Facebook page here, but now I kind of like it as is, crowned with one of the scallop shells that I found last weekend, photo posted on my Facebook here also.
The wall tree is 20 inches tall and hangs in the dining room where my laptop is stationed -I can adore the tree while I blog! To see more of my home, I invite you to browse My Coastal Home.
Browse everything in the category Christmas Crafts, Driftwood Crafts and My Crafts.
13 comments:
Looks fun!
Love it!!
Jan
Very cute. I love easy, pretty projects.
Totally cute. Like you Maya. Px
This is FABULOUS...and looks pretty easy with the right materials. Hope you are enjoying the unseasonably warm weather.
Oh so clever! I love this Maya!
Your ideas are always creative, I love everything on your blog and I indicated to my friends who work with wood in the Amazon jungle river.
Very cute and simple. Love
Very cute! Love the shell on top!
So cute Maya! I like it as is. The driftwood is beautiful on it's own.
I love this! I would probably do more to it...and go overboard! It's perfect...simple and elegant! ♥
I just love the simplicity of your design Maya! It is perfect with just that shell on top. That is so clever how you designed the base too, it has such a nice clean design. ~Lili
At first I thought you should add ornaments. But now that I've seen it on your wall, I think there is an elegance to leaving it as is.
Post a Comment