I'm always inspired by Tim Burton, and I wanted to do a tree that looked kind of like a spooky hand. So I used two supplementals that had a nice arc to them and I trimmed off most of the small branches. I secured them with cable ties, then painted them a glossy black. I then used one of my favorite bases to use, a manzanita burl and secured the branches to the burl by drilling a 1" hole and securing the branches in the hole with wood glue, then filled in the gaps with wood filler. Then I found these cute little wooden round balls at a yard sale, and painted them orange. I used a stencil to draw on the pumpkin faces and little bats and painted them black. All in all I thought it turned out cute. I may head out to "Hot Topic" and grab some "Nightmare before Christmas" garb and decorate my branch with those.
