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She kindly accepted and so we thought it would be a fun  weekend project idea.\u0026nbsp; They don't take too long to make, and so fun! I  want to make a stack of them (like above)!\u0026nbsp; Also visit Leanna's Etsy  shop \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/HelloFletcher\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHello Fletcher\u003C\/a\u003E where she makes some stunning \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/HelloFletcher\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efabric bracelets and necklaces\u003C\/a\u003E (I love them)! Stay tuned for her new blog coming soon where you can keep up to date on her classes she will be giving at \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/poppytalk.blogspot.ca\/2012\/11\/the-art-of-holidays-spruce.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESpruce\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E along with her DIYs and Etsy shop! Thanks Leanna. ~ Jan\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-c6kw6Sf1Ito\/UMLXJrQJATI\/AAAAAAAAybw\/9MelYWKlqSE\/s1600\/IMG_0356.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-c6kw6Sf1Ito\/UMLXJrQJATI\/AAAAAAAAybw\/9MelYWKlqSE\/s1600\/IMG_0356.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LwtHRwy1_xA\/UMLXQbGNVKI\/AAAAAAAAycA\/i9q6qoD-DBc\/s1600\/IMG_2114.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LwtHRwy1_xA\/UMLXQbGNVKI\/AAAAAAAAycA\/i9q6qoD-DBc\/s1600\/IMG_2114.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGuest post by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pootandboogie.blogspot.ca\/2011\/12\/merry-christmas-craft-tutorial.html\"\u003ELeanna Maksymiuk\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI have wanted to do a tutorial for so long! at last I have found a simple yet effective Christmas craft that I want to share. It is super simple and if you want to make a few they are reasonably cheap!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-85tfrmDjt7o\/UMLXMtCaxrI\/AAAAAAAAyb4\/FzbMWv9P7X0\/s1600\/IMG_2101-001.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-85tfrmDjt7o\/UMLXMtCaxrI\/AAAAAAAAyb4\/FzbMWv9P7X0\/s1600\/IMG_2101-001.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStep 1: My bristle brush trees had a ugly white plastic base that I didn't want on top of my car. So I pulled it off and rolled up a little piece of brown felt to make the tree trunk and secured it with hot glue.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oNvkZGsk2UE\/UMLXRA_6P7I\/AAAAAAAAycI\/2Pz2WLdWIZY\/s1600\/IMG_2120.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oNvkZGsk2UE\/UMLXRA_6P7I\/AAAAAAAAycI\/2Pz2WLdWIZY\/s1600\/IMG_2120.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5LXjqlSeXo0\/UMLXRgmyweI\/AAAAAAAAycQ\/IiFKZeAKBd8\/s1600\/IMG_2125.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5LXjqlSeXo0\/UMLXRgmyweI\/AAAAAAAAycQ\/IiFKZeAKBd8\/s1600\/IMG_2125.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStep 2: Hot glue your tree to the roof of your car. Using bakers twine or string tie the tree to the car. I wrapped the string around the wheels and then secured the string to the bottom of the car with hot glue.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-jX2l3Loe95Q\/UMLXSjxtgTI\/AAAAAAAAycY\/-kFfiIwFUp8\/s1600\/IMG_2130.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-jX2l3Loe95Q\/UMLXSjxtgTI\/AAAAAAAAycY\/-kFfiIwFUp8\/s1600\/IMG_2130.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStep 3: Set up a little scene and play with your little car for way too long!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-TUSSO9rGUgo\/UMLXUAFqKTI\/AAAAAAAAyco\/eUyHFfuV1EA\/s1600\/IMG_2142.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-TUSSO9rGUgo\/UMLXUAFqKTI\/AAAAAAAAyco\/eUyHFfuV1EA\/s1600\/IMG_2142.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStep 4: Place your car in the jar and add snow until it looks like just enough. Cut out a pretty piece of paper to cover the lid and screw the ring on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hf5BH6Z0dnw\/UMLXTlWGhUI\/AAAAAAAAycg\/-SCJbxbk3Q4\/s1600\/IMG_2138.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hf5BH6Z0dnw\/UMLXTlWGhUI\/AAAAAAAAycg\/-SCJbxbk3Q4\/s1600\/IMG_2138.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStep 5: Place on the mantle, or on a bookshelf and enjoy!   I seriously LOVE these winter jars! I went crazy and made a ton of them, you can see from the pictures that I did a bunch of different things, but basically I used the steps above. These are so simple to make, it literally takes 5 minutes.  Here's a few favorites:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YaNlNF-99Bs\/UMLXVXmwbQI\/AAAAAAAAycw\/Z3c0-umrv28\/s1600\/IMG_0349.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YaNlNF-99Bs\/UMLXVXmwbQI\/AAAAAAAAycw\/Z3c0-umrv28\/s1600\/IMG_0349.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI read that you can bleach these little trees so I tried and yes you can! It looks a little dingy white, but with a little dye can you imagine!? the little polar bear was from the small toy section in Michaels. I used an empty jar with water and a tablespoon or two of bleach to turn them white. I kept my eye on the trees and swirled them around in the water\/bleach mixture until I liked the color. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JfOYnHrSyYM\/UMLXWTfCnZI\/AAAAAAAAyc4\/sfyRgx3pj1I\/s1600\/IMG_0351.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JfOYnHrSyYM\/UMLXWTfCnZI\/AAAAAAAAyc4\/sfyRgx3pj1I\/s1600\/IMG_0351.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI love the cars and hunted through bags of cars at the thrift store looking for cars my friends and family have to give as gifts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-eZPZrxowgrU\/UMLuYUqKi2I\/AAAAAAAAyeg\/qlP9Opp51wE\/s1600\/IMG_0352.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-eZPZrxowgrU\/UMLuYUqKi2I\/AAAAAAAAyeg\/qlP9Opp51wE\/s1600\/IMG_0352.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe tractor is my favourite one of all. This one is for me!  I will be keeping my eyes open all year long for knick knacks to put in winter scenes for next year. I will be keeping my eyes open for little gnomes, foxes, wolves, and tractors! I will also be looking for Mason type jars through the year too, I much prefer them to up-cycled jam and pickle jars.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis project came from a mish-mash of ideas that I was wanting to do. I originally had seen snow globe jars on Pinterest for putting gift cards in. I wanted to make those for the gift cards I am giving at Christmas but was nervous about putting expensive gift cards in water. Then I thought I would just make snow globes, but I heard that the green bristle trees I wanted to use lose their color in water so that wouldn't work either. (They do by the way, I tried before bleaching out the white one.) Still wanting to make a snow globe type thing I made these!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI am daydreaming about next winter already!  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI really don't like it when bloggers won't tell you where they found their supplies. So here you go!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMason Jars: Local thrift store (not Value Village) .30 cents each with lids.\u003Cbr \/\u003EBuffalo Snow: Michaels $2.99 with a 50% off coupon! one bag did all 11 jars, plus I still have some left.\u003Cbr \/\u003EDeer, Mushrooms .60 each, .20 each respectively, from Scoop and Save which is a cake decorating store. \u003Cbr \/\u003EBristle Trees- Michaels has packs of 22 trees and with 50% off coupon I paid $16.  \u003Cbr \/\u003EPaper- I had in my stash\u003Cbr \/\u003EToy cars- local thrift store .25 cents\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDepending on what you put in your jars, you can do this for under $4 a jar! Fantastic I say!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGuest post by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pootandboogie.blogspot.ca\/2011\/12\/merry-christmas-craft-tutorial.html\"\u003ELeanna Maksymiuk\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBlog:\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pootandboogie.blogspot.ca\/2011\/12\/merry-christmas-craft-tutorial.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPoot \u0026amp; Boogie \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShop: \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/HelloFletcher\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHello Fletcher\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ECopyright 2005 - 2021 Poppytalk. 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