Christmas Craft 2008

As many of our friends and family are aware, we have a Christmas craft that we do every year. We complete over 100 of the pre-decided craft. This years craft was our "charlie brown" tree. I chose this craft because of the simplicity (as though I thought) there was no wood for Mike to have to cut out, and sand, and paint. Just simply putting bells on wire...yeah right!!! Turns out, we had to rust the wire with a lethal mixture of bleach and vinegar. Then, to my surprise, I looked all over on-line and could not find colored bells. We then got to spray paint barn red, pine green, mustard yellow, and a rustic orange color. Only 1000 bells, come on family, what are you complaining about. Then as my nails pulled away from my fingers and began to bleed, I would have to take a break from wrapping the wire around the bells to get them to stay on. The stars...that was another problem. They would not stay on. We tried saudering, super glue, and hot glue. The end result was a cute tree which we couldn't stand to look at, but our friends and neighbors loved and enjoyed. Next year, when we pull them out, I am sure they will look much cuter!!