I had a lot of fun putting this topiary together. I first saw the cupcake liner idea on here, and decided to make a topiary instead of a wreath. I found these cute liners at IKEA last year and forgot about them...until today!
I know that everyone uses styrofoam balls, but I didn't have any. So I balled up some newspaper and secured it with packing tape. Perfect...and free!
Then I began hot gluing the liners to the newspaper ball. Simple as that. The other ball will be used in another project that I will share another day.
I had some flower pots in the shed, so I grabbed one and painted it black, then sprayed it with a clear coat and added black beans to hold the dowel in place.
Added a ribbon and some contact paper trim to the pot (cut with my cricut), and I was done!
Thanks for looking!
Katharine Devinney says
I love that you used rolled up newspaper because I HATE the sound that styrofoam makes and there are so many cute things to do with them. Your post also answers the question, I had, on wither or not you can put contact paper in a Cricut. Thanks!
NATALIA KOKLA says
so nice that you did not used chemical styrofoam...wonderful and cheap idea!!
SheilaE says
Love this!Making the ball out of newspaper is genius, you just saved me $$$$$!! Thanks!
Eventlookforless says
I also started taking this approach on making newspaper balls instead buying styrofoam ball...they are too expensive. Every little penny counts. Love all the different cupcake wrappers.
Lindy@Itsy Bitsy Paper says
Fantastic! I hope you will link up to my I Heart Projects Party!
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/01/i-heart-projects-linky-party.html
Tenille says
What a great idea to use balled up newspaper. It turned out amazing. I love this. Now I want to go find me some cute liners so I can make one. Thanks for sharing. I would love it if you could link this up to our linky party going on right now.
http://junkintheirtrunk.blogspot.com/2012/01/link-it-up-wednesday-12.html