Wednesday, September 24, 2014

DIY Tomato Cage Fall Tree

A few months after the Mr. and I were married, Fall came around-and I adore Fall.  I was obsessed with making our little home cozy and warm, an inviting safe haven for my sweet new husband.  I had dreams of a sweet, simple, but beautifully decorated home for Fall for this sweet new season of marriage.  
Then reality hit the fan.
I had zero Fall decorations.
And we had zero money for Fall decorations.
Heartsick ya'll.  Eventually I got determined and went to the garage and tried to scrounge up anything I could and found the following items:

A tomato cage
2-3 zip ties (though at the time I just knew them as "my new cute husband's plastic, really strong twist ties)
1 strand of Christmas lights
And some plastic leaf garland/small sprigs of leaves

I began by trimming off a bit of height off the bottom because I didn't like it so tall.  Then gathered the top to make it look like a tree and secured them with the zip ties.  Next I simply wrapped the tree in the lights, making sure the lights were plugged in for this step to make it easy to see where I needed more lights.  Then taking the leaf garland just started wrapping the tomato cage over the lights, ending by simply taking the small pieces/sprigs of leaves and poking it in the more sparse areas to make it look more full.  That's it! 

These days I do have a few other beautiful Fall pieces-but this one is still my favorite.  It looks beautiful on the front porch or inside the house, which I prefer because I love being able to have it on in the evenings, making the house feel so warm and cozy as the nights turn cooler and we stay in a bit more.  


13 comments:

  1. I love your fall tree! How creative (genius)!!! Thank you for sharing on the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!

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  2. I love your creative style! Sometimes trying to make do with what's on hand can produce some amazing results, as you did! I love the glowing fall colors. Thank you for sharing. Pinning and sharing on my FB page.

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    1. Thanks so much for pinning and sharing Karen!!

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    2. And thank you for sharing with us at Wake a Up Wednesday! :)

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  3. Love this! Very creative use of what you had on hand. It turned out just beautiful... It's amazing what one can create, with love and determination.
    Have a beautiful day :)

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  4. Oooo...this is lovely and such a good idea for the fall. Thanks for linking up to What You Wish Wednesday! Come back next week.

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  5. Very pretty! Love it, and thanks for sharing!

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  6. Wow! that is really pretty! Those fall colors are so peaceful.

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  7. What a cute tree and I love the addition of the lights. I just love Christmas lights and wish they could stay up year round. What a great way to extend the season of lights. Thanks for sharing this at What We Accomplished Wednesdays! Have a super week!
    Blessings, Deborah

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