Hi! We’re Nat and Holly from My Sister’s Suitcase…
We are thrilled to be here as a part of Jen’s “Happy Holidays” series. This Christmas, I wanted to create some of the simple “cone” trees, but with a little texture and whimsy. The result is really quite elegant, but can go rustic or modern too… depending on your decor. Presenting our faux fur tree…
If any of you have made these cone trees before, there are few different options available in craft stores. Paper mache and styrofoam cones are the only ones I had ever used before.
They can get a bit pricey for the larger sizes, but last week I discovered this little secret in the doll crafting aisle…
Plastic Doll Cone {12″} for $1.99
This is a perfect size, and the price can’t be beat 🙂 I also picked up a sheet of craft fur in the same aisle for $2. For under $5, I created a beautiful piece of holiday decor for my mantel!
Here’s how I did it:
Start by covering your cone with the sheet of fur to see where you need to trim it. Cut off the excess fur, and then glue it together in the back with your hot glue gun {on low heat setting}. Pretty simple right? I love it!
Here is a peek at another tree I created with a cozy {and trendy} fabric… plaid flannel! You can get all of the details for my flannel scalloped tree here.
Hope you enjoyed this simple holiday decor idea, here are some of our other Christmas projects:
Thanks for inviting us to be part of this fun series! Merry Christmas everyone!
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WOW — Nat and Holly – I absolutely love that tree idea.
I need to look for those cones!!
You can see why My Sister’s Suitcase is one of my newest obsessions.
I absolutely love ALL of their ideas – this might be my favorite:
Be sure to head over ASAP to check out their projects — you will be amazed!!
HAPPY Holidays!
xoxo
PS — It’s Friday!
My favorite day of the week.
It’s almost time for The Weekend Wrap Up Party.
I LOVE featuring you.
I hope you can stop by for the fun.
The party starts at 6 pm MST.
And this week I have an extra-special giveaway too!
Love this. I bought okra with snow on them so I want to do a white mantel. Will definately do this. Thanks for the idea!!!!!
I am loving this Idea! It looks so pretty…and I would never think to use those materials..thank you so much for sharing!
Jen
How lovely! Thanks for the tip on the plastic doll cones. Who would have thought! These are great!
Thanks for the comment Chelsea. Aren’t they just the most talented girls?? I love them!
xoxo
Awww! You guys are all TOO sweet! Thank you for all the comment love on our fur trees 🙂 And thank you Jen for having us 🙂 We love you!
I love it too! Beautiful, simple, and chic! And cheap too…my kind of project 🙂
So very pretty!!
Angelina
I LOVE those girls! This tree is adorbs. I might need to add another tree to my display now!