I'm back, and I'm sure you are all really, really curious to know how my Festival of Trees for 2015 worked out. So here goes. I got the wreath from on-line. It was only 24 inches, because that is what the instructions said to make it, but there were plenty of wreaths that were bigger than that at the Festival. I could have made a 36 inch wreath, no problem. Oh, well.
Consequently, the door they gave us was tall and thin. I could hardly reach to put the wreath on the hanger. As it turned out, this was actually a good thing. By the time we got the quilt set up it needed to be that tall.
I found this highway sign at Hobby Lobby in Idaho Falls when I went home for Thanksgiving. Someone actually asked me where I had got that old sign. I almost hated to break his bubble. Hobby Lobby.
Let's see if we can get a close up of the wreath.
This might be a little fuzzy because I blew it up, but it should give you an idea. There are eight little cars, fun bulbs, Blue ribbon and this big drippy thing I found at JoAnn's fabrics and a bunch of little route 66 and car travel stickers. Those I actually had to glue on.
Here are close ups of a couple of cars on the wreath. I really wish I'd taken better pictures of the orange tanker. I used decals that were intended for skin tattoos. It's fun what you can find when you are not really looking.
Dad had also given me an ebony truck with a handrail tanker. These I sprayed clear. The green truck, tractor and trailer I made as a matching set. I think they turned out very cute.
Here we both are. All done setting it up and pleased as punch with how it turned out. The night of the auction, it didn't sell right away, but it did sell that night for at least $475.00. That's about what we put into it, financially. The hours could not be counted. Neither can the life of a small child.
To be continued - in a few months.
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