For some reason, I had crazily swollen feet yesterday.  So I needed a project to keep me busy while still sitting.  Enter the pinecone wreath.  Actually, the puff ball wreath or whatever these things are called.

I’ve loved them ever since I saw them for the first time during my freshman year at Houghton.  We don’t have these kind of trees in Alaska so I was fascinated by them.  I think I even saved some to give to Mom.  (Right, Mom?).  I decided to make a wreath out of them, based on this tutorial.  I started it last December but didn’t get far.  The only complication I didn’t anticipate?  Pinecones have flat bottoms.  These don’t.  Enter the hot glue gun and LOTS of glue!  A few hours later, here it is!  It’s not quite finished – I still have to pull off all the hot glue strings and add some ribbon.  But it’s done enough for me to be proud of it!