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Copper Corn Bohemian Door Hanging

September 29, 2015 by Cassie 17 Comments

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I used to be a wreath girl and I had a wreath for every season.  Over the past year or so something has happened and I’ve changed…. and my door has sat since winter with no wreath.  For the past few Falls I have used a corn husk wreath I found 5 years ago at Homegoods.  I’ve loved it but I was ready for something a little smaller scale this year, so I created a copper Indian corn bohemian door hanging.

Copper Indian Corn and LaceThis project was ridiculously inexpensive as well as ridiculously easy.  I actually had no intention of making anything for the door, but it all sort of just fell into my lap last week.  I was shopping in a thrift shop and came across some vintage lace at a great price.  Score!  Well on my way home I stopped at a local garden center for pumpkins and saw that they had Indian corn for just $1 an ear.  They had several varieties, much like this….

CorncobsPhoto source: Sacred Hearth

I purchased 3 red ears and immediately knew my plan!  A couple weeks ago while traveling to Vegas I had picked up the latest Martha Stewart Living which featured black painted Indian corn.  I had never thought of painting or changing the look of the corn, but that magazine made me think about it.  The red color of my corn was a beautiful deep rusty red, and I already owned a tub of copper gilding wax I had gotten from Catfish Studios.

I simply dipped my finger into my tub of wax and rubbed it onto my ears of corn until I had it all pretty much covered.  Next I cut 3 pieces of lace approximately 12″ long and tied one around the tops of each ear of corn.  I cut 3 more longer strands longer in length, around 18-24″ each, tying one end to the top of each ear, and bringing the other 3 ends together and tying in a knot with a loop to hang them by.  Finally, I hung them to a screw that’s always been on my door as you can see below.

Catcher and Jake in KitchenOf course this project could easily be done with gold wax, or your corn could be spray painted like Martha’s!

Copper Gilding Wax and vintage lace indian corn wall hanging

I love the bohemian look of these, and also love that they were so inexpensive to create!  This is also a fun project to do with kids… My kids thought the gilding wax was pretty magical. 🙂

Have a great day!  (I am holding back all of my corny puns right now just for you…)

 

 

 

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  1. [email protected] says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:41 am

    Totally love it. I haven’t done any little projects with my kids. I know I should

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2015 at 2:14 pm

      thank you, julia!

      Reply
  2. Doreen @ Hymns & Verses says

    September 29, 2015 at 11:16 am

    I love this idea! Thanks for sharing!!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2015 at 2:14 pm

      thank you, doreen!

      Reply
  3. Lisa @ Shine Your Light says

    September 29, 2015 at 11:49 am

    I love that idea Cassie! The copper, the ribbon, the cute pups! I’m going to get my fall plants for my front door and will definitely look for Indian corn, thanks for the inspiration!!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2015 at 2:13 pm

      thank you, lisa! i didn’t even get any fall plants this year!

      Reply
  4. Krystine www.KrystineEdwards.com/blog says

    September 30, 2015 at 9:29 am

    I’m so behind on my fall decorating! This is adorable and so much more fun than a wreath!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2015 at 2:12 pm

      you better hop to it! 😉 thank you!

      Reply
  5. Tanya from Dans le Lakehouse says

    September 30, 2015 at 1:12 pm

    Love this! But I’ll admit, the cute faces distracted me…

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2015 at 2:11 pm

      haha! thank you!

      Reply
  6. Gretchen says

    September 30, 2015 at 10:05 pm

    Perfect! I love the idea of it painted black, too. I have nothing on my door for fall. Just a sad, empty hook 🙁

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2015 at 2:09 pm

      my heart is breaking for your hook.

      Reply
  7. Shelley | Crazy Wonderful says

    October 1, 2015 at 10:33 am

    Lol! Corny puns – I see what ya did there ;D I love the look of theses! And, I like that you went with the wax instead of spray painting because then you can still see that pretty red color peeking out.

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2015 at 2:06 pm

      aw shucks, thank you so much! (see what i did there?)

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  8. [email protected] says

    October 1, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    I love the gilded look – it’s a great way to add a little glitz to your corn. Which is clearly imperative. All corn needs some glitz.

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      yes it does! 🙂 thank you!

      Reply

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