I decided to make some plastic globes with my 3Doodler Create. I’ve had the kit for a year, and I need some more interest on my wreath, so I decided to give it a try (and I’m avoiding cleaning.)

The kit has latex balloons and a clip so you can hold the air in the ballon to make a sphere form, then easily let the air out when the form is mostly complete. Love it. I doodled enough to get the sphere, removed the balloon, added a pick, and closed up the hole. I think they turned out nicely.

The pick on each globe slides easily into the vine wreath and stays well even when the door is opened and closed. I started with the globes arranged relatively evenly around the wreath. Eh.

I rearranged the globes to be clustered around the bottom, but off set. I like this better. And it was easy to rearrange. This is becoming a living art project, as I can’t usually walk by it without adjusting something!

I love making things, but I didn’t get the decorator gene. Strange, no? I can make rooms look OK, but staging a room doesn’t float my boat. I prefer comfort and utility (although, seriously, if you are selling a house, stage it, regardless of comfort, it really does make a difference). I’ve tried my hand at making wreaths, but they never turn out quite right. It doesn’t stop me from trying, though.

In that vein, I picked up a $6 grape vine wreath at the hobby store. Could I have made one? Yes. Would I? Maybe. But I was at the store for other bits and bobs, so I gave it a go.

So I rather like the grape vine wreath all on its own, but I also like the smell of pine wreaths. I didn’t really want to cut my cedar trees, but my rosemary bush was overgrown, so I cut some branches and threaded them into the vines (which is surprisingly easy, by the way).

It smells nice, but still looks a little plain. Maybe I can can find something else to go on there. Hmmm.