Did I mention my brother and his partner are visiting? They arrived today from Athens, they live in Canberra, Australia, so its been a long time getting here.

Anyway… while cleaning, tidying, organising and generally making space for visitors in my tiny home, I finished this project for one of my cousins. Its to hang over a bed in one of her studio apartments.

It was easy to make, I just had to find, scavenge, buy and put together the various elements, so it takes a little patience and imagination.

The branch I found while walking Vincent one morning. The little bottles I had to buy. Except one which I recycled. The wooden beads and raffia were from something I’d bought a while ago that I pulled apart. The string ‘vine’ I got online when thinking of making this. The hemp string I already had.

I always have different ropes and strings on hand.

Firstly I had to trim and clean the branch. And make sure there were no bugs on it or in it… Learned that the hard way…

I added some sea glass from my collection to a couple of the bottles (those with larger mouths), then randomly added a few dry bits and pieces collected on other walks.

I found some rusty wire in my collection and cut and twisted that to add a bit of whimsy. Plus I’m partial to rust…

I did have to buy some of those puffy grass things – no idea what they’re called, cause the ones I picked locally were pretty pathetic looking.

And a tiny bit of lavender and a small piece of driftwood, cause why not…

I especially love the way it looks when the sun begins to hit it in the afternoon.

I’m wondering whether I want to part with it now… I love it over my couch in the sun.

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