Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Décor on a Dime: Ballard Design DIY topiary dome

Ever come across pictures like this in the Ballard Design or Pottery Barn catalog?

 

I love topiaries!  But I don’t love the price Pottery Barn or Ballard Designs wants to charge for one. Like the dome topiary on the far left.

 

Ballard Design cost - $49.00!!!!

How about my DIY version?  :)

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  • some sort of container (I got mine on clearance at Michaels for $1.99)
  • a foam ball (if you have coupon this would be cheaper) but mine cost $3.00)
  • Boxwood faux bush from Hobby Lobby ($7.99 reg. price but I got it on sale 50% off for $4.00)

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Start by taking the small bits of boxwood plant off the bush – you can just pull them off. 

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Then push the small stem into the foam ball fairly close together.  (Some of mine wanted to fall out so you could secure with a glue gun if you wanted.  But if this is going to just sit on display somewhere, there is probably no need for the glue.)

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Make sure all the gaps are filled in and you have your own DIY version of a Ballard dome topiary !

ballard topiary 3

Here is the breakdown of cost:

$3.00 for the foam ball - I didn’t have a coupon :(

$4.00 for the boxwood plant from Hobby Lobby -50% off.  (And I have more of it left to do a smaller ball.)

and $1.99 for the white pot (clearance from Michael’s)

Total cost: $8.99! :)  I like that price much better than $49.00!  How about you?

Next up – I want to make a double ball (or maybe even triple ball) topiary like Ballard’s! :)

But for now, I am loving my Ballard inspired dome topiary!

ballard topiary

I am linking this up to the Ballard Designs Inspired party at the CSI project!

Visit thecsiproject.com

10 comments:

  1. I know that you don't know me, but this is awesome! What a great job! Love it!

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  2. Thanks! And it is nice to "meet" you! :)

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  3. What a great topiary, I love ballard designs topiaries but don't want to pay full price for them! Way to go!

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  4. Hi Christina! I featured your fabulous topiary in my "Bloggy Clips Thursday!" Thanks for the great idea!

    Here is a link to the post http://clickableparty.blogspot.com/2010/09/thursdays-blog-has-bloggy-clips-92310.html

    Best,
    Krysten
    Clickable Party

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  5. Thank you, I have recently been searching for information about this topic for ages and yours is the best I have discovered so far.

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  6. I just found your blog because I was looking for a ball topiary tree! Love your blog and love this idea! Thank you for sharing!

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  7. Thanks for the inspiration! Such a simple project.

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