Sweet Southern Me: More Spring...

I love food. I love baked food, fried food, candy, cakes, soups, and even salads! I simply love food. One of my favorite places to eat is cracker barrel, mostly for the biscuits. A few weeks ago, Hubby and I had gone in for dinner. After we had finished I was browsing the "store" for things I wanted. I stumbled upon this beauty:

Okay, so it was only $20 each-but I wasn't crazy about the really green moss-but I hold a special place in my heart for blue hydrangeas. I had seen a few tutorials on topiaries, and figured I could do one as a hydrangea instead of greenery. It would be the perfect size for a centerpiece, or to place on an end-table or something. I'll figure that part out later. The first thing is... pots.

At first I thought a tarra-cotta. I happen to have two of them. I painted them brown and stenciled on flourish.

Next I used two styrofoam balls from the DT.

Awesome. Next I added some pretty hydrangeas...ONE BLOOM AT A TIME...I mean, I guess I could have just stuck the whole lot on there in bunches, but that wasn't what I wanted. Its important to use glue as well-this can be a painful process, but I discovered, if you cover in a pattern-start at the hemisphere, and work your way out to both ends, your coverage is better and its a little more organized. Unfortunately I did not discover this until after I had covered the first ball.

I picked up these silks at the DT as well. It took 4 or 5 to cover a 2" and 1" ball. Very worth it. I stuck the balls on my dowel rod, and stuck the rod in the pot. I wasn't satisfied with the pot. So I went to HL. I LOVE this store. This week they had all wooden pots 50% off. SCORE! So I found this adorable set. Re-inserted the dowel and got:

Please do not mind Brinks...he wanted his picture taken. I covered the base with spanish moss and added some glitter eggs for Easter. I think I am going to cut the height of this just a bit...

So-what do you think? My first topiary!

Tomorrow I'll be adding something else...here's a hint.