Saturday, April 3, 2010

Plant a tree!

I have begun making a tree in front of the Wizard`s Cottage. I found a tutorial by Betsie Treurnicht in a Miniature Collector magazine from 2007.

I used lots of wires to make the tree trunk, branches and twigs.





Next thing to do is covering it with paperclay...

9 comments:

  1. Very clever. This will look so nice when it is done:)

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  2. That looks great Mimmi. It must be hard on your hands though?

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  3. Mimmi this tree is going to be great!
    Can't wait to see how it is done, actually I would luv to make trees!
    Another project on the waiting list lol

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  4. Thanks everyone! :-) Lize, it didn`t hurt my hands at all actually, but I think the trickier part will be to add the paperclay without scratching my hands too much on the twigs.

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  5. I keep thinking about these trees for sale at the Miniature Store. They are very expensive and this post offers me a more cost effective alternative. Thank you so much for the post. Lovely idea and I'm sure it will be worth the time. So inspiring.

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  6. Great idea for a tree, hope to see it finished.

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  7. Have you ever completed the tree? I would love to see it done. :-)

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  8. I still haven't finished it, unfortunately... If you look at "The Cottage" tag, you see the latest pictures of it.

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