Floral Coffee Can

One of the last projects I did before changing jobs at the library, was this floral coffee can! I had been saving coffee cans like crazy for not specific purpose other than the fact that I knew I could use them somehow! I had also received a donation of artificial pine branches from an old Christmas tree and had a tonnnnnn to use! It was my goal to use some of these up before I left and I think I barely made a dent even though I had 20 people and each person got 5 branches! Wow! I also used up some random Christmas/winter floral decorations that I found in a box for this because, why not! It really jazzed up the cans! 

1. Wrap the can with whatever you would like. I chose yarn because we had a bunch! And it would give it a nice soft look! I added some hot glue at the beginning to make it stick and began wrapping around and around and added glue every so often to make sure it would all stay secure! 

2. After wrapping the can in the yarn I chose to add a thick, sparkly, holiday ribbon for some added design!

3. I didn't like how stiff and square the pine branches looked. I wanted them to look more "natural" and changed their look by just trimming away pieces (veryyyy messy!). This was the exact look I was going for!

4. I thought that I would need floral foam for the artificial pieces but there ended up being so many pieces that they all kind of stood up on their own the way I wanted! 

5. Lastly, I added a small strand of battery operated fairy lights and a white sparkly snowflake to the front to finish it off!