The first step: Exercise a little! Go on a walk and collect some great condition, and colorful, fall leaves. Make sure you have most of the stem connected to the leaf.
The second step: Buy yourself some wax. I went to Michael's and bought microwaveable soy wax. It was pretty cheap out of the bunch. $9.00 for a pretty large container.
The third step: Melt a small amount of wax, depending on how many leaves you collected. I melted way less than 1/4 cup and collected about 8 leaves and had much left over. So, melt smaller than you expect. Follow directions on wax to get the right temperature, although I don't really think it matters. I melted the wax for about 1 minute 30 seconds.
The fourth step: Dip and drench leaves in wax, shake off extra wax.
The fifth step: Hang leaves from clothespins. (Side note: make sure you have newspaper or magazines, something you don't care about, underneath the hanging clothespins because the leaves do drip a little).
Final step: Once the leaves are dry, hang anywhere you want from monofilament or, other hanging materials.
{Source & Photos: Martha Stewart}
such an adorable idea, am doing it tomorrow. Just posted a link about House of Hollin, need to buy some of your 'recycleables' :) thanks for the ideas and beautiful pics.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! These are so cute!!! Is this from the craft encyclopedia or just Martha's website?
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous! Perfect for fall.
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