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Working on the Vintage Glitter Cloche was a good learning experience in crafting. Here is my first attempt at making those awesome cream-colored bottle brush trees.
Bottle Brush tree fail.
What a hoot! I had no idea that the trees would disintegrate if left in the bleach solution too long. The green trees were placed in the big jar of 40% bleach/water solution and left to bleach. I stirred them occasionally and watched the green leach out for about an hour. Then I went Christmas shopping. When I returned hours later, the trees looked wonderful. But when I pulled them out of the solution, they were rusty and disintegrated. Such sorry little trees! I’m going to make another cloche that will fully showcase the awesome character of these trees. Perhaps a Dr. Seuss-inspired cloche. That will do nicely! Never waste a crafting failure, just re-purpose it!
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Well, I must say they are interesting…. are you sure that they don’t belong to Charlie Brown and are not anemic? Of course, if this is truly Dr. Suess… then perhaps they are Lorax Trees.
Interesting technique to bleach them…. I’ve always flocked sprigs or spray painted but let me know how this “try it again” turns out.
^j^ Mrs.C.
I looked up Lorax Trees, Donna. They look like pom-poms on a stick. ;) It will be fun creating a Seuss-inspired scene!