Lightbulb Pears

So lately I have been very addicted to Pinterest! I love pinning new recipies, DIY crafts and projects and new ideas for our home. And I have tried several new recipies but this was my first DIY attempt, simply because I haven't have the time to tackle anything big just yet.

I saw one of my friends had pinned this really cute idea to cover lightbulbs with Natural Jute/Twine and they come out looking like pears! Brilliant, I thought, to fill one of the many bowls I have sitting around our house. It was so simple!

First you have to find a little stick to hot glue on for the stem. This was really easy for me, because our little Maci loves bringing sticks on the porch for people to throw. Then you just start wrapping the twine around. Hot glue the beginning then just a little as you wrap.

I wrapped mine pretty tight so the bulb wouldn't show through and probably used more hot glue on my first one than the last few combined...I just wanted to make sure it wasn't going anywhere. I definitely learned you don't need much glue at all, espically if you wrap it tight.

This is not their final resting place I just put them in this footed bowl for a picture...altough I do like them here on the kitchen counter!

I got a little crazy with the twine and decided to do an old bottle to put fresh flower on our coffee table. I'm really excited with the way this turned out and I am going to do a smaller soup can and a bigger bottle to cluster with it!