Cute, Easy, Diy Beehive Tutorial

I have been seeing so many cute bee décor ideas as we approach spring.
One that I keep seeing are these adorable bee hives. Inspiration hit and I had to try and create one for myself. 

Supplies

Half of a plastic Easter egg
Twine rope
Hot glue gun and glue
Wax paper
Scissors
Small paint brush
Americana Multi-surface paint -black tie
Embellishments of your choice


I bought my plastic Easter eggs at Walmart. They are nesting eggs and were the perfect size for my beehives. For best results use the rounded end and not the flat end.

Wrap the egg half  in wax paper. Twist at the top and fold under the egg. This keeps your hot glue from sticking to the egg and holds the shape.

Start at the large end. Add a drop of glue to the wax paper and attach the twine. Continue wrapping the twine around the egg hot gluing it to hold it into place. As you wind up to the next layer, and all layers after, you add the hot glue to the twine not the wax paper.

Cut the plastic wrap off the bottom and top. If wanted you can remove all the plastic wrap. 

NOTE: In some places you will not be able to remove all the wax paper from the hive. 

 

Cut a piece of twine for your loop at the top and another for the bee opening on the side. Glue into place. Paint the back twine of the opening with Americana multi-surface paint. Be careful not to get paint on the circle of twine.

Glue on any embellishments you want to finish your hive. NOTE: I added a wood base recycled from old coasters.

I hope this inspired you to make your own cute and easy beehive for your spring decor!
Shari

Creative Get Togethers -Creating an Etched Wine Bottle Windchime

Hi
My friends and I recently came together for a creative crafternoon. We searched Pinterest for fun ideas. It was hard to choose, but finally decided on a wine bottle wind chime. I added a twist on the craft....etching!

Helpful hint: Pre-cut and sand the edges of your wine bottles several days before you are ready to etch them. 

I wanted to share with you a quick pictorial on how I created mine. The results are just magical!

Helpful hint: Pre-cut and sand the edges of your wine bottles several days before your party. 

applying stencil to the bottle

Easy Etch applied covering the stencil

15 min later scrap off , wash bottle

assembled wind chime

front close up

side close up

adding the wind sail

Here is a list of my supplies in case you want to try making one too!

DecoArt Easy Etch
Americana Outdoor Decou-page
Americana Multi-surface paint
Wine bottle
Bottle cutter
Rubbing alcohol
Palette knife 
Sandpaper
Painters tape
Chain
Key chain ring
Wooden ball for ringer
Wood for wind sail
Small screw eyes
Jump rings
Needle nose pliers


It was really fun to get together with my crafty friends. What an amazing time we had creating an etched wine bottle windchime. We can hardly wait to get together for our next amazing crafternoon!!

Happy Creating!
Shari