Projects: preparing for the holidays

We are surrounded by gorgeous trees so on our morning walk today we gathered fallen branches with pine needles, pine cones and bright yellow and fiery red maple leaves. I started by untwisting an unused hanger to make a circular frame.  I used some twine to tie on the pine needles, and then stuck in a bunch of pretty yellow and red leaves in two layers. I used a glue gun to make sure they didn't fall out and also stuck on a few of the pine cones.  The final step was to spray on a layer of lacquer to make sure the leaves didn't shrivel up too soon.  

I trimmed off all of the stems and extra twine and left it to air-dry outside.  Voila!  All within the time it takes to watch "Little Women" on Amazon prime.