St. Pat's Topiaries

I just love topiaries, for me, they combine whimsy and formal in one form.  I've made topiaries in the past, but this year I wanted to make something for St. Patrick's day.

 I started by going to my garden.  I cut twigs from my apple tree, found old flower pots and rocks to serve as a foundation.  Then I hit the craft store (yes, I broke down), I found 5" moss covered balls, Spanish moss and fake ivy.  I already had the small Styrofoam balls from the dollar store.

 I sprayed the flower pots gold-still working off my enormous arsenal of gold spray paint, them filled them with rocks.

 Stuck a twig in a ball, then painted it green.

 Then covered it in cut up Spanish moss.

 Then hot glued small ivy leaves and added moss to the bottom.

I did the same thing for the larger ones.

 I added some ribbon and here is the finished product!

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