we have got some great ideas here for
decorating it and it all has to do okay
us and zero fight society and Mandy
Ballmer is here so again I always think
of these as being summertime they're
year-round really okay yeah and also the
nice thing about it is and I've got
approval on this race these are the
idiot-proof plan it's okay to say that I
are they're very easy to take care of
you're not one of those ago oh forgot to
water the plant and then shrivel up
that's what you want to do with these
forget the water I'm right because if
you water them to mention you can kill
him okay you have the combination here
too with some of this for Christmas and
the holidays and so this is what we're
making and a wreath as well today right
today we're gonna make two things we're
gonna do the succulent grapevine wreath
okay let's start with okay yeah when
you're making one of these the first
thing you're gonna do is you're gonna
put the ribbon on the back it's easier
to start with that first day versus
doing the way to do that
luckily that and then we've already got
the little greenery on there you just
hot glue it and then you just start
placing your succulents okay so if you
want to take that one and just you're
gonna glue around the edge of the stem
leave the bottom so that the roots can
tell us why that's important because we
want to make sure that we don't design
it yeah the roots will grow out from the
bottom and along the stem so we will
sprout roots even though those you've
you've snipped it and let it kind of
tell ya we've let it kill us over for a
little bit but this will still keep this
will grow roots and so cool water than
though all you do is give it a spritz
maybe once a month once a month is good
you might not if you did these today you
might not even need to water them for
the whole season oh really it isn't last
year yeah this will last you through new
year Oh anymore you can get these little
all the little goodies there at home
centers home centers your local
nurseries mm-hmm
yeah any of your local nurseries your
hobby stores obviously the succulents
are all real so we've gotten those from
live nurseries and then you just let it
sit in there you go you have a
decoration for your tree and if you
do a bigger version even like a wreath
for your door yes by the larger wreath
and pick larger cuttings and go for it
how pretty without me and that will do
fine outside except if it's gonna freeze
yes if it's gonna freeze you're gonna
want to pull it inside for the night all
right
these I think are just adorable as can
be and hanging so how do we start with
these so those we start with a large
pinecone might have come from Alabama
igloo a ribbon to the to the base of it
to start off with that and then your
next one I just took some greenery you
can also use the reindeer moss instead
of the greenery if you didn't want to if
you didn't have that handle eventually
not going to eventually die would you've
actually used in this well this last
longer than the yes because that'll last
forever so you can't spritz the greenery
well you can the second yeah but you can
spritz them but after the season they're
gonna die just like your Christmas tree
your life because mister you you're
gonna throw it away and the same same
plan of attack here as far as gluing not
on the little stem but right on the
little leaves right there and just a
little spot so yeah and you don't have
to be delicate you can you're not gonna
hurt it it's a little I'm just laying
just been there it seems like you can do
that with with pretty much anything so
you're using pine cones but succulents
just are those that's yeah do you can
cook they're so versatile you can do
almost anything with them and then to
put the little little bald in there the
ball I just glued same thing hot glue
gun mm-hmm stuck that in there when I
was done so you can you play with the
succulents and then add your bling we've
got the balls and then we've got some
with a little sparkly sticks and then
some cranberry looking's candy canes on
here anyway yeah anyway get yours
ways to use it around the house you said
if you were doing swags of Garland like
I want to go try that at home
the bottom you know I said if you could
kind of fashion a little hook or
something like that this could be your
Christmas stocking here this could hang
on the mannequins anyway so you can hang
that there so tell us more tell us more
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