MAPLE LEAF MOBILE
Leaves suspended in midair bring autumn indoors in a most literal way. Use whatever leaves and twigs you have on hand to make this easy mobile.
Excerpted with permission from The Wreath Recipe Book: Year-Round Wreaths, Swags, and Other Decorations to Make with Seasonal Branches.
Step 1
Ingredients 13 leaves of various sizes and colors 3 twigs
Materials 2 large branches or sticks 1 yard of leather cord Thin-gauge thread
Place the branches across each other in an X and bind them together using the leather cord, leaving at least 12 inches for hanging.
Tie a piece of thread around each leaf and twig and attach at varying lengths along the branches.
Step 2
Excerpted with permission from The Wreath Recipe Book: Year-Round Wreaths, Swags, and Other Decorations to Make with Seasonal Branches by Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2014. Photographs by Paige Green.
