Wine tree

My favorite kind of tree: the wine tree

This summer I spent some time at a family friend's and she had this gorgeous wine tree. I had to get one of my own. It comes as a metal frame and my particular tree holds 98 (wow, I know right) empty bottles of wine.

 

At first I was on a mission to fill it myself, but after about 3 months with only 9 bottles, I got some help from friends and had them save bottles for me. I'm slowly filling it up, but carefully picking out wine based on all the important things: bottle color and cuteness of the label. 

I've started adding extras in to the layers that are filling up. Some feathers, leaves, and berries, oh my!

Just wanted to share a little fun to my fellow wine drinkers.

Cheers!

Katie

Upcycle, Upgrade

Upcylce = Upgrade 

I'm so mad at myself for not taking a before picture, but I just wanted to share this photo of a garage sale bargain ($5!) that I upgraded. It was plain wood before with some, let's say VERY outdated flowers.

I used some gray paint I had from painting my walls and some $.97 Walmart white craft paint and a Hobby Lobby Wall stencil I had hanging around collecting dust.

I honestly painted this thing as quick as possible in my garage (hence the junk on the floor) and let it sit in the sun/wind and dry. It's not the best drying technique, but I was 100% going for imperfection on this one. 

Then, I used a stencil brush and stenciled the pattern in under 5 minutes (4minutes of adjusting the stencil, 1minute stenciling).

Just remember that cosmetic details can be quickly fixed! 

Thanks!

Katie