Pine Cone Week Day #2: A Gold Pine Cone Wreath

Welcome to Day 2 of Pine Cone Week!

If you missed yesterday's post, you can find my chat about prepping your pine cones found outside for crafting <--at that link.

You might have also read that here in Whimsy Renee's territory in New Jersey we never get snow. Well, today we got a whole TWO INCHES of snow! And then it turned to rain, boo. But two inches! All the grass was covered! This is few and far between in our neck of the woods.

Anyway, back to Pine Cone Week.

Today I present to you:

And some falling snow, woooo!

This wreath is SUPER simple, but makes such a nice statement (and, in my opinion, especially against my red door, ow owwww!). PS: If you'd like to read about the wreath that previously graced my front door, you can check that out here.

Your materials:

Pine Cones
A wreath form (I used a flat 18" one from the craft store)
Berry picks from the craft store or another embellishment of your choice.
Hot glue gun and glue
Gold Spray Paint

To start, you'll begin gluing your pine cones around the outer edge of your wreath form, followed by around the inside edge, like so:

And then give it a nice coat of gold spray paint, making sure to cover any bare spots to make sure everything blends in nicely (but we'll cover up most of those bare spots, don't worry!)

Once your wreath is dry, you'll want to grab the embellishment of your choice. I snagged some berry picks from Michael's (at 50% off!) and took them apart.

Sweet gold spray paint manicure. And cuticles, sheesh.

And then twisted them together in clusters of three and glued them into most of my bare spots.

Wanna see?

Complete with some blurry falling snow. How seasonally appropriate, no?

And the best part? Not only did I walk away with just one hot glue gun burn, this project cost me less than $5 if I count using sale items and a coupon to buy the items I didn't already have laying around.

Check back tomorrow for Day 3 - Pine Cone Swag!

Heyooo! Click around to get to the rest of the days of Pine Cone Week here:
Day 3: Pine Cone Swag
Day 4: Pine Cone Ornaments


Wanna see where I party? Click here for an awesome list of link parties I participate in..

Also linking up to:
Coastal Charm
Savvy Southern Style
Imparting Grace
Home Stories A to Z
Jennifer Rizzo
A Handmade Holiday Link Party at Tiny Sidekick
Link It or Lump It Party at Delineate Your Dwelling
Crafty Christmas Obsessions at Glued to My Crafts
Foodies & Crafties Soiree at Mr. and Mrs. Winslett