{Tutorial} Branches Bling Lighted Centerpiece

Creating beautiful centerpieces for your wedding celebrations is a snap with the David Tutera Bridal collection! With just a few simple materials you can add sparkle and a bit of glamour to your tablescapes. Here are the instructions to make your own:

Materials:

David Tutera Lighted Branch {White – 31.5″}

David Tutera Bling on a Roll

Silk Flowers

Strong Adhesive

Vase {I used a vintage candle mold}

Instructions:

Remove the individual silk flowers by gently pulling them from their stems. I chose a flower garland for this project because it was budget-friendly and contained enough blooms for several centerpieces. Take each blossom apart and remove the stamens and other pieces holding them together.

Stack the flower layers back together and slip them over one of the LED lights on the branch. The blooms should fit snugly on the branch, but if you’re concerned about keeping them in place, simply add a bit of floral tape or washi tape to secure them.

Adding Bling on a Roll to your vase or container couldn’t be easier! Just trim the bling to fit and use a strong adhesive to attach. I discovered that the bling is actually fairly flexible, so it will even fit around ridges or fluted sides. When all the blooms have been added simply make sure the battery pack is filled and pop it along with the decorated branch into your container. The instructions on the branches say that the lights will last for 48 hours. Plenty of time to add some sparkle to your tables!

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As a knitter, I love a good sheep motif, so let’s take a look at some cute sheep cross stitch patterns.

If you want to stitch a little sheep, this mini square from Good Dog Needleworks is a nice choice. It uses just three colors and measures 32 by 32 stitches. That’s 2.2 inches or about 5.5 cm square if you stitch it on 14 count fabric.

I also love these two little sheep, which you can stitch together or in individual hoops and shown. The designs are form Threadbound Art and use six colors. They are slightly different in size, with one being 21 by 17 stitches and the other 21 by 20. They fit in four inch frames if you work them on 14 count fabric.

You can stitch a sweet sheep bookmark with this design from Kits by SA Stitch. This is not for the person who doesn’t like back stitch, because there’s a lot of that here, but it is really cute. It measures 30 by 91 stitches and uses 10 colors. That will make your bookmark about 2.4 by 6.5 inches, or 6 by 16.5 cm on 14 count fabric.

Stitch a pretty scene of sheep in a meadow with this design from Motok Nytok. It uses 21 colors and the design is 99 by 73 stitches. On 14 count fabric that makes it about 7.07 by 5.21 inches, or 17.96 by 13.24 cm.

This yarn full of cross stitch sheep has a bit of a knitting twist because the sheep all look like they have sweaters on. The design is from Soda Stitch Design and it measures 179 by 216 stitches. The full design uses 27 colors. On 14 count fabric it will work out to 12.78 by 15.42 inches, or 32.48 by 39.19 cm.

Another great one with a knitting theme is this one where the wool is coming off the sheep and straight onto the needles. This one is from Happy Cross Stitchers and uses 12 colors. The pattern is 137 by 137 stitches, which comes out to 9.7 inches or 24.86 cm square on 14 count fabric. This would be a fun one to stitch for the knitter in your life (even if that is you).

Or you can stitch the field of sheep of a knitter’s dreams with the Happy Sheep chart from Charts and Stuff. These per-colored sheep can be stitched as shown or worked in any colors you like. The eyes are French knots but you can just stitch them in white if you’d rather.

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