Back in 2014 I made this vine ball for cheap, because I didn't want to buy
one this size for $24!
It looked perfect in this aged, chipped urn planter for several years.
I made a base framework with wooden embroidery hoops and a thrift store grapevine garland. I soaked it in hot water and gently took it apart to make this ball.
I LOVED how it looked!
But now, 6 years later the vines are breaking down and the ball is looking really sad.
Even spray painting it blue last year didn't save it.
So this year I decided to revamp it with WIRE, not vines,
and I couldn't be happier with the results!
Hardware stores and building supplies have this roll of wire and
even at our small town hardware it was only $4.
It is called "tie wire" and is used to hold rebar together for cement projects.
It is super easy to work with and did I mention CHEAP?
Here is that sad vine ball with about 20 wraps of tie wire.
I cut the wire into four foot lengths to make it manageable.
It took less than an hour to return the sad orb to an awesome ball once again.
I decided to spray paint the ball with the colors I had on hand...both sort of turquoise blue.
Then I made two more balls and painted them, too!
Then I stacked them into this awesome tower trellis The Welding Man made.
Ooooh! I like this alot!
And then I took a few lengths of wire and made this
little tennis ball size orb and painted it blue....
It's just perfect with those hot pink cosmos!
This was a pleasant afternoon's work, sitting in the sunshine.
I'm getting more tire wire and see what else I can come up with!!
