{"id":439,"date":"2016-11-29T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2021-08-11T19:28:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T23:28:19","slug":"pine-cone-christmas-garland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/pine-cone-christmas-garland\/","title":{"rendered":"Pine Cone Christmas Garland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instantly give your home a festive look by installing this Christmas garland on your fireplace mantel. Don\u2019t have a fireplace? Simply hang it on a wall, above a credenza!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>10 pine cones<br>10 evergreen branches<br>Acrylic paint (your choice of colour)<br>1 pack eye screws at least \u00be\u201d in diameter<br>Ribbon or rope about 2 metres in length to hang pine cones<br>Ribbon to make decorative bows (optional)<br>Drill and bit the same diameter or slightly larger than eye screws<br>Galvanized wire or cable ties (tie wraps)<br>Temporary hooks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>1.<\/strong>&nbsp;Using a drill, drill holes the size of the eye screws into the centre of the pine cones.<br><strong>2.<\/strong>&nbsp;Insert the eye screws into the holes.<br><strong>3.<\/strong>&nbsp;Using a clean brush, paint the bottom half of a pine cone. Repeat with each cone. Let dry at least one hour before handling.<br><strong>4.<\/strong>&nbsp;Meanwhile, form two bunches of greenery by tying a few evergreen branches together with cable ties or galvanized wire.<br><strong>5.<\/strong>&nbsp;Thread the main ribbon through the eyelets of four pine cones and position them at the centre of the ribbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rougemontcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Rougemont-Foyer-detail-3-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rougemontcanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Rougemont-Foyer-detail-3-3.jpg\" alt=\"Rougemont-Foyer-detail-3\" class=\"wp-image-1236\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong>&nbsp;Next, form two bunches of three pine cones by threading galvanized wire through their eyelets. Assemble the evergreen branches and pine cones with the same type of wire.<br><strong>7.<\/strong>&nbsp;Hang the main ribbon on temporary hooks you\u2019ve placed on the fireplace mantel or a wall, above a credenza.<br><strong>8.<\/strong>&nbsp;Attach the two bunches of evergreen branches on the hooks and camouflage the galvanized wire with decorative bows or tape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instantly give your home a festive look by installing this Christmas garland on your fireplace mantel. Don\u2019t have a fireplace? Simply hang it on a wall, above a credenza! Materials 10 pine cones10 evergreen branchesAcrylic paint (your choice of colour)1 pack eye screws at least \u00be\u201d in diameterRibbon or rope about 2 metres in length &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/pine-cone-christmas-garland\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"431,417,403,419,429,437","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rougemont.wpbeta.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}