Yes money DOES grow on trees

I'm not quite sure who I'm becoming - I've never been a crafty person per se, I've got an imagination, I'm pretty good at staging houses, I can redo furniture, but to actually sit and do crafts?  Nah - that was never who I was..................but again, blogging and pinteresting have reinvented me.

When I saw this from CRAFTY JOURNAL I was completely captivated, money being something I love to play with after all - isn't this brilliant?  Origami dollar bills.  We no longer have 1 dollar or 2 dollar bills in Canada - they've been replaced by the " loonie " and the " toonie " our lowest bill is a 5 dollar bill.

so I created these.....................

Now I do have to admit the American dollar shows nicer with it's garland in each corner - and the 1 showing on either side BUT  (and here's where Canadian money comes in  handy - with all it's different  colors )

You can make fun of it all you want.

You can call it monopoly money.

BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE A COLORFUL MONEY TREE LOL

The vase comes from the dollar store - I used nickels as " filler "

then added some branches

and added some fertilizer - please note the higher the grade of fertilizer the greater the yield

here it as after day 1

I stuck it in the window ledge for some winter sunshine

and after a few days it blossomed into this  ( note:  DO NOT WATER THIS PLANT )

don't mind the petals that constantly fall all around it........................
you can add miniature scrolls like this

roll them up and tie them with little bits of ribbon - once you " curl " the ribbon they can hang from the tree to
personalize it

Who wouldn't mind receiving a " money " tree as a gift?
it's so much nicer than sticking money in an envelope, don't you think?

And the great thing for you Americans is that you can make it with dollar and two dollar bills - so you
can give a 20.00 money tree and have tons of petals!!!
Our money is now in the process of being plasticized so I won't be able to make them much longer
but you can always shape them into scrolls - people don't mind what shape the money grows in..............

Now excuse me - I have some planting to do.....................( talk about a " green thumb " )
and I've got some loot-fruit trees to prune..............
Much love,

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