{"id":7770,"date":"2012-11-07T12:49:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T18:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/?p=7770"},"modified":"2016-12-13T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T17:22:14","slug":"paint-dipped-pine-cones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeveryday.com\/paint-dipped-pine-cones\/","title":{"rendered":"paint-dipped pine cones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you read Smile and Wave<\/a>?\u00a0 Rachel is one of my creative favorites because she’s so real and approachable and fun and just living life like the rest of us, and sharing cool stuff.<\/p>\n

Well last month she shared a paint dipped pine cone garland<\/a> and the image was burned into my mind.\u00a0 Must. Do!
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\nThe only problem is that living in Texas….there aren’t a lot of pine cones around.\u00a0\u00a0 I guess that’s true for many of you too.\u00a0 Thankfully stores like Joanns and Home Depot carry those potent cinnamon pine cones at the holidays.\u00a0 So I picked up a couple bags, left them in the car while we shopped, and immediately regretted the decision.\u00a0 The fumes pounded my head!\u00a0 So I left them in the garage for a week, then brought them in the house in this darling (Target) basket. And you know…..they’re wonderful!\u00a0 The scent is much more subtle now.<\/p>\n

I’m rambling.<\/p>\n

So.\u00a0 Yesterday I got my pine cone on and dipped away.\u00a0 And they’re gorgeous.<\/em>\u00a0 Rustic and homemade.\u00a0 Real inviting.
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\nAnd suuuuper messy.\u00a0 I applaud Rachel for tackling this with her kids.\u00a0 I don’t have the patience.
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\nBut I stuck with it and when we hung them up, Lucy said they looked like a smile.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nYes!\u00a0 Smile and Wave<\/em> hello!
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\nWant to get your mess on too?
\nCheck out Rachel’s tutorial<\/a>!
\nAnd here are my added notes:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 It’s messy.<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh yea, I already said that.\u00a0 I would line the entire table with wax paper or something you can throw away afterward.\u00a0 And you know….you could spray paint the pine cones and it would be much cleaner.\u00a0 But the dipping gives it a real homey and less-perfect look, which I love.
\n\u2022 Use disposable containers<\/strong> for dipping so you can throw them away instead of washing.\u00a0 Just my own preference here.\u00a0 Also, it was hard to find containers wide enough to dip the pine cones so I used bowls and they were great.
\n\u2022 Paint:<\/strong> 3 small bottles of acrylic craft paint made about 6 pinecones (acrylic paint is cheap, about 75 cents each. I wish I’d purchased more of the blue).\u00a0 The gold paint turned out best. I love the way it shines in the sun!\u00a0 I used a large bottle of DecorArt Elegant Finish, metallic paint from Hobby Lobby.\u00a0 The white paint was an old can of wall paint that was a bit goopy.\u00a0 And I regret using it because it gooped up too much on the pine cones.\u00a0 They still look pretty though.
\n\u2022 Dipping.\u00a0 <\/strong>It was hard to get my pine cones fully immersed in
\nthe paint, so I found that dipping the bottom and then using a spoon to
\ndrizzle and paint worked well.
\n\u2022 Shiny finish:<\/strong> If
\nyou want a bit more shine to the acrylic paint (the blue was
\nflat\/matte), spray the finished pinecones with a clear lacquer spray.\u00a0 I
\nhad some wood finishing type stuff.\u00a0 Worked great.
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\n\u2022 Tying pine cones to the garland.\u00a0<\/strong> Okay this was the hardest part for me.\u00a0 Not sure\u00a0 how Rachel did it…but first I tried tying the long string of twine to each pine cone.\u00a0 No good.\u00a0 It was hard and difficult to space them evenly.\u00a0 Next I tied small pieces of twine around the tops of each pine cone separately and then tied those strings to a longer string.\u00a0 Much better.\u00a0\u00a0 I clipped the ends of the strings after attaching the pine cones and was able to shift them after hanging the garland so everything was even.
\n\u2022 The finished garland is heavy.<\/strong>\u00a0 So keep that in mind when hanging it!\u00a0 I hammered two nails into the wall (Casey loves that) and tied the twine ends around the nails.\u00a0 So far, so good.
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\n\"\"<\/a>
\nWith Halloween put away and Christmas on-deck, this is the perfect understated decor for a month of Thanksgiving.
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\nSee them when you come, see them when you go.
\nJust smile and wave.
\nThank you Rachel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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