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Home Stager Addicted To Glue Gun

By Stacy Cavanaugh

Home Stager with Stage and Sell by Stacy, LLC

October 19, 2007 01:50 AM

This week was a shopping and organizing week.. I have several projects beginning next week and I was looking for harvest decorations. A local floral and craft store had some absolutely beautiful floral arrangements and harvest wreaths.. with some absolutely outrageous prices..... What to do???? Until this week, I have never attempted floral arrangement requiring more than just sticking flowers in a vase.... But as I walked around the store, I realized duplicating their arrangements would not be that difficult....

I loaded up on supplies....glue gun, glue, wire cutters and flowers, fruit, pine-cones...etc.... An investment of $60 yielded 2 door wreaths and a centerpiece..... FYI... The wreath I duplicated with $49.99.... The store is Trees and Trends.. I believe they are a national chain and all the floral supplies are 20% off this week.. They also give discounts to designers...

You will see my first attempt in the below photo...

I LOVE MY GLUE GUN........

Stacy Cavanaugh

Stage and Sell by Stacy

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Marci Toliver

438-4642 - Mauldin, SC

Anderson SC, Spartanburg,Greenville SC, Home Staging

As the resident florist of FED, I love my glue gun also! This looks great!

Oct 19, 2007 05:24 AM

Cindy Richter

Interior Motiv Home Staging - Flower Mound, TX

IRIS Dallas, TX Home Stager

You have done a great job! I too love the glue. When you want to do a lot at one time...try the "pan-melt". It's glue in a small pan that you just plug in and scoop out with a wooden spoon, spatula, whatever. That will save the glue gun burns! Have fun!

Oct 19, 2007 11:21 AM

Stage and Sell by Stacy, LLC - Hattiesburg, MS

Marci: Thanks for the comment.. My second wreath turned out even better... I am addicted...

Cindy: Thanks for the tip.... I will try that next week.....

Stacy

Oct 20, 2007 05:51 AM

Janice Sutton

1st Stage Property Transformations - Murrieta, CA

Home Stager - Temecula Murrieta

I'm "FALL"-ing for this wreath! Great job. Thanks for sharing.

Oct 20, 2007 07:38 AM

Janice: Ha, Ha, Ha.... i bet you are a real cut-up...... love a sense of humor...... Thanks for stopping by....

Oct 20, 2007 01:35 PM

Kathleen Lordbock

Keller Williams Realty Professionals - Baxter, MN

Keller Williams Realty Professionals

I did a blog on fall wreaths as well a few weeks ago - I like yours- now I have to try to duplicate it.

Oct 20, 2007 03:42 PM

kathleen,

I read your blog on the fall wreaths and the centerpieces....... What is the glycerin you referenced in the fall wreath blog?

Oct 20, 2007 03:48 PM

Glycerin preserves and keeps the leaves soft - It is in Drugstores and on line - you can also put a little in some water and soak your feet after a hard staging day in your spike heels and they will be soooo soft.

Oct 20, 2007 04:06 PM

Anthea Click

Fresh Perspectives - www.InsideNashvilleHomes.com - Franklin, TN

Nashville Home Stager - Selling Nashville, TN homes quickly!

Stacy,

Great job! I am known as the Glue Gun Queen in my household while my husband is the Duct Tape King. We both couldn't live without 'em.

Oct 29, 2007 02:55 PM

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Patty Ouellet

Has anybody used 'Museum Wax' to glue items to each other or in-place? Have a small container and was going to try it out. Of course it wouldn't work on this beautiful wreath, but I'm talking napkin to small plate to larger plate to place-mat for a place-setting???

Sep 14, 2012 03:34 AM

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