Roan
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Post by Roan on Aug 21, 2008 21:37:48 GMT -5
Okay, as promised here is one of the very first trees I made, no stones. I was still learning how to wrap the wire:  Yes, you can laugh  Eileen |
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Aug 22, 2008 2:19:00 GMT -5
I wont laugh at all
Its a gem tree in Winter ! !
The bark ! wrapping is amazing as well as the ground looks natural
How much wire do you use ? on one tree
The more I see these trees The more I marvel at your tallent
Thanks for showing
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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Post by Toad on Aug 22, 2008 7:07:05 GMT -5
Very nice start
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Post by Noosh9057 on Aug 22, 2008 7:45:47 GMT -5
Very cool.
Roger
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Post by connrock on Aug 22, 2008 8:58:24 GMT -5
You tols us we could soooooooooo,,, ;D  ;D You have to start somewhere and it's nice to keep some of your "firsts" just show yourself that you ARE improving and just how bad you were when you started. Personally I'd put that baby on a shelf with a price tag and call it "Blight" !!!Tee Hee Hee!!! connrock |
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Roan
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Post by Roan on Aug 25, 2008 18:06:29 GMT -5
ROFL, Connrock The tree is my hubby's, actually. He always keeps my first "works" of anything. That one he has sitting on his desk in his home office. |
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Post by connrock on Aug 26, 2008 14:14:43 GMT -5
Did your hubby have to rake the leaves when he set it on his desk or does he have a blower?? LOL
connrock
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Roan
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Post by Roan on Aug 26, 2008 14:29:57 GMT -5
Yer a bad man, Connrock |
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Post by sitnwrap on Aug 27, 2008 0:05:39 GMT -5
Oh, maybe you've started something. Perhaps a stickied thread so others can show off their firsts. It is fun to be able to see just how much better we get as we go. Eileen, what is at the end of the branches and do you do that with every tree?
Lori
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Roan
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Post by Roan on Aug 27, 2008 0:19:35 GMT -5
It's green enamel paint, Lori. Mr. Valino, the guy from whom I learned how to wrap, does mostly bonsai trees and many of them have painted "leaves".
I do have a couple others from my first tries and a couple of them aren't all that bad. One was supposed to be an apple tree with green and red E beads and the other is an autumn type thing with zebra marble accents.
Hrm, another style I want to try with stones are apple trees et al. Some cherries also flower when they are green -- ours does. So, I'd be combining green leaves with flowers --> green quartz and rose quartz, for example.
Eileen
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Post by sitnwrap on Aug 27, 2008 10:33:07 GMT -5
Would love to see a Cherry Tree with Green and Rose Quartz  |
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Roan
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Post by Roan on Aug 27, 2008 10:47:59 GMT -5
Would love to see a Cherry Tree with Green and Rose Quartz Me, too On my list! I've several new things I want to try -- like a lapis lazuli winter tree. I'm going to put some of the sand mixture on the trunk and branches et al and paint it in whites and blues to resemble snow. Hrm, sodalite might be better for this since some of it has a lot more white in it. Food for thought and I'll have to wrangle a nice sodalite slab or two off stonesthatrock if I go that way. Eileen |
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