BrittanyMakes

I always have a lot of things going on at once. I'm a creature of multi-tasking, just ask my BF – I hate sitting still.  He would love for me to just sit next to him and watch him play Skyrim, or relax together and watch whatever dorky movie he picked.  Don't get me wrong, I get a kick watching him slay dragons, but I need to have something in my hands, something to work on, something to blog about.  There's just not enough time in the day, and I cannot waste a minute.  I even wish I could run off and throw glitter on something during my lunch breaks!

You know what annoys me the most? The fact I cannot take a photo during daylight! Thank you Mr. Sun for only shining while I'm at the office. PS, you're also torturing my running routine. Anyway, just don't hate too much on my photos, I'm struggling with our yellowed indoor lighting.

To continue with My DIY Christmas series, I bring to you the third installment – Jute Wrapped Christmas Trees! Check out part one and part two if you're behind. 

I picked up some cardboard cones from Michael's, and some Jute twine from Home Depot.  Please, don't buy jute or hemp twine from a craft store, you'll only get a couple yards, and at a ridiculous price.  I bought 190' of jute twine for ~$4.  The best price is on Amazon, you can get 400 feet for $8.  Anyway, here are the supplies you need (don't mind the mess in the background):

Supplies:

1. School Glue
2. foam brush, if desired
3. jute twine
4. cardboard cone, small or large

The steps are pretty simple, if not intuitive.  First, apply some glue to the point of the cone

You only need to apply glue one section at a time.  Next, begin wrapping the jute twine around the top.  You want to hide the frayed end of the twine, to do this you unravel the end just a bit, hold it with your thumb in the glue about a half-inch from the top and start wrapping the twine over itself.

Continue wrapping the twine tightly around the cone.  Apply glue when needed.  I stopped using the foam brush, mainly because I don't have a third hand.

And about 15 minutes later…

To secure the end, I applied a lot of glue on the frayed end and tucked the end under itself.  You don't want to tuck the end under the inside of the cone, because your cone will end up sitting lopsided.  You'll have a leaning tower of jute, instead of a pretty jute wrapped Christmas tree.

I was playing around with the table display.  In person the gold sparkly garland is really pretty, but it kinda looks like seaweed in these photos.  Grr.  AND, I bet you can see what I mean about our lame yellow indoor lighting.  I'm having the worst time figuring out how to counter it.  I'm never at home during daylight hours during the weekday, so taking pictures in natural light is nearly impossible! Here's another angle:

I made one large and one small tree in about an hour.  This is one a perfect project for multi-taskers like myself, I can sit and watch my man unlock dragon shouts and craft, at the same time.

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Thanks Layla!