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Snowy
Pine Cone Wedding
Favors
or
Place Card Holders
By Genevieve A. Sterbenz
Photo by Julie Toy
Excerpted from Instant
Gratification Cards: Fast & Fabulous Projects by
Carol Endler Sterbenz and Genevieve A. Sterbenz. Photographs by
Julie Toy (Chronicle Books, 2000).
Glittery
pinecones make wonderful wedding favours and/or
place card holders at a christmas
wedding or winter wedding.
This pinecone
painted in icy winter colors with sparkling glitter accents is
perfect for a wonderful favour for your holiday guests. Create one
for each place setting at your holiday table, then insert a slip of
paper with the guest's name in the leaves of the pinecone. At the end
of the evening, everyone will have new ornaments to bring home and
hang on their own trees. What a wonderful way to create long lasting
memories of your wedding.
You need:
• Kraft paper
• Small pinecone
• Rubber gloves
• Spray
primer in white
• Gloss spray
paint in mint blue or green
• Spray adhesive
• Plastic
winter snow
• Fine
glitter in warm highlight
• 1/3 yard of
thin silver twisted cording
• Scissors
Note: Always work
in a well-ventilated area when using spray paint.
To make:
1. Cover clean,
flat work surface with kraft paper. Place pinecone on paper.
2. Put on rubber
gloves. Apply thin coat of spray primer to pinecone. Let dry
completely. Apply one or two more coats of primer, as necessary. Let
dry completely.
3. Apply thin coat
of spray paint to pinecone. Let dry completely. Apply one to two more
coats of paint, as necessary. Let dry completely.
4. Apply fine mist
of spray adhesive to painted pinecone. Wait 5 minutes or until cone
is tacky.
5. Lightly
sprinkle plastic snow on pinecone until it sticks and desired effect
is achieved. Take a pinch of glitter and sprinkle over pinecone. Let
dry completely.
6. Make loop with
silver cording and tie in double knot around top prong of pinecone.
Trim ends.
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