Wednesday Ramblings

Yesterday, I had to drive to north Raleigh, NC for an appt with a Workers Comp-approved doctor about my thumb.  My daughter met me in Cary and went with me to the appt.  We did a little shopping and had lunch before the appt.  

I can't believe the sales going on... especially in JoAnn's where we went looking for wide holiday ribbon for a project my daughter has in mind.   Me... I wanted to pick up a couple of bottle brush trees for the manger next to the feather tree..... and I found a set of 7 trees (and 2 "shrubs") for $20 at 60% off!   I snapped that right up!

I remembered I had seen a cool tutorial on Pinterest where you can bleach and dye the bottle brush trees but opted not to tackle that this year.  However, I'd like to share the tutorial with you because if you'd like pastel trees...

Photo courtesy of Makin' Projiks

... it's easy to do as well.   These are the exact trees I purchased yesterday but there are lots of different brands available...  and you can choose any colors you'd like.

Photo courtesy of Craftnosis

Pretty much the bleaching and dying involves a couple of "baths"...

 

 Photo courtesy of Craftnosis

 

Complete instructions are found HERE.

 Photo courtesy of The Simple Things

 

There is a cool video tutorial on Elderberry Street if you'd like to do something super fancy!   And then the decorating is up to you....

 Photo courtesy of One Lucky Day

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Another proud aunt moment:  Join us tonight for Coast Guard: HMS Bounty Rescue starting at 8/7c. We have the honor of hosting a live chat with Lt. Jenny Fields. She is a pilot at Air Station Elizabeth City and was piloting one of the rescue crews in the HMS Bounty mission.

 

Do you have questions for Lt. Fields about the rescue mission during Hurricane Sandy? She will be answering your questions live tonight for one hour starting at 8/7c during the special. Please join us.  (If you have questions for Lt. Jenny, please ask them on The Weather Channel Facebook page and not here. Thank you.)