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Rustic Wood Slice Snowflake
by
Kelli @CraftShackChronicles
(IC: blogger)
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I love wood slice wreaths. Every year about this time they start coming out. I've wanted to make one for a long time. I decided this year to finally do it! I also decided that I wanted to put a little spin on the beautiful classic round wood slice wreath.
Instead of the usual round wood slice wreath I decided I wanted to make it in a snowflake shape.
I arranged my wood slices on a non stick surface (very important!). I used a vinyl mat so the glue that will leak between the slices just peels up when dry. I put a generous amount of wood glue between each slice. To stabilize any parts that felt they needed additional help, I glued wood craft sticks to the backside of the slices holding them together firmly.
After the glue is dry, I hid the excess glue amounts with Epsom salt and white glitter. It looks just like snow!
I cut up pieces of an evergreen garland and attached the pieces to the back of the snowflake after it was all dry (You can see the craft sticks and huge amount of glue on the back of the flake here)
I love the beautiful birch wood slices! The light colored bark looks amazing in snowflake form!
Hang the snowflake with a ribbon attached to the back and you have a beautiful, rustic wood slice snowflake that will last all winter! This project actually required very little active time to achieve. Most of the time was spent waiting for glue to dry since you do use a large amount of glue to help stabilize the unusual shape.
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Published November 1st, 2016 2:38 PM
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Eleftheria Hliadou on Dec 31, 2016very inspired.Beautiful work,May be i try same time.Thanks.
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