{"id":14174,"date":"2017-02-21T10:33:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T18:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/?p=14174"},"modified":"2017-02-21T10:33:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T18:33:49","slug":"diy-faux-olive-tree-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2017\/02\/diy-faux-olive-tree-tutorial.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY Faux Olive Tree Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have had my eye on faux olive trees for quite a while now, but those little things are dang expensive! I’m talking around $100 for ONE! Nooooo thank you. So, I found a photo of one I liked and set out to make them myself for so much less. Below is how I did it. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask!<\/p>\n
Materials:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Most of these supplies I got at Michaels, but they were out of brown floral tape, so I bought this kind from Hobby Lobby.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This bag of rocks was enough\u00a0for both trees, and I even had some leftover.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A closer view of the foam and pots I bought.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n Start by trimming the lower branches off of the stem.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Use the brown tape to attach the removed stems to the higher stems to create a rounder “tree.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a photo of all the lower branches from one stem attached higher using the tape.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then remove the branches from the second stem and start attaching to make the tree fuller.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then, to make the tree sturdier, hold the wooden stake next to the stem and wrap the floral tape around the stake and the stem to create one larger “stem.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n That’s it! The tree is finished.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I then put the square foam at the bottom of the pot and pushed it down firmly before topping it with the circle piece of foam.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Push the tree down to the bottom and it should hold firmly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then, cover the top with the rocks and you’re finished!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The floral tape I bought came with two and this is all that I used for both trees.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That’s it! I LOVE how they turned out and I saved so much money making them myself. And they didn’t take long to make, either!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pretty pretty.<\/p>\n Thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n (See how we painted our brick fireplace HERE<\/a> and how we added shiplap above it HERE<\/a>.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have had my eye on faux olive trees for quite a while now, but those little things are dang expensive! I’m talking around $100 for ONE! Nooooo thank you. So, I found a photo of one I liked and set out to make them myself for so much less. Below is how I did […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[77,85,98,115,184],"class_list":["post-14174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-craft","category-organize","tag-diy","tag-diy-olive-tree","tag-faux-olive-tree","tag-handmade-home","tag-olive-tree-tutorial"],"yoast_head":"\n\n