Christmas Tree Fruit & Veggie Tray

 

I used celery to form the shape of a tree then randomly placed green grapes and strawberries to fill in the tree branches.  Across the bottom are a few cherry tomatoes as presents!

 



 

When you can't find that holiday serving bowl you thought you had...invent one!

 

I thought I had a Christmas bowl that I'd put my fudge in for the party but could not find one in my house.  I did find this clear plastic bowl so my mind started thinking...hmm, what can I do with this to make it more fiestive?

Searching through my Christmas papers and decoration I grabbed some silver paper and curling ribbon.

 

Using a small tupperware lid I made two circles with the silver paper. 

Turning the edges over on one circle.

Measuring the curling ribbon to be long enough to hang over the sides of bowl.

Taping the ribbon to the underside of silver paper with turned edges.

The put the other silver paper circle on top of the taped ribbon using tape that has been wrapped in shape of double sided tape.

Then

taping the circle onto the bottom of the clear bowl so the underside with raw edges does not show.

Take scissors and run ribbon along thumb to make curls.

hang the ribbon over the edges of bowl.

 

I was going to put the fudge in the bowl this way but later decided to put a little tin foil also in the bowl to add a shiny silver effect and keep the fudge from sticking to the ribbon.

 

 

 

Vanity chair to bulletin board

 

 

I found this cute little vanity chair at an estate sale and took the cushion off of the seat.





With the cushion removed the chair had the perfect size hole for a potted plant to fit in so it works perfectly in my back yard.

 My granddaughter, who is also my partner in crime, then picked out this estate sale scarf, some ribbon and a button.

 

We then cut out a circle with cardboard to use for backing.

 

Carefully pulling the scarf material over the cushion to the back and using staple gun to secure it in place.  Making sure that the material over the cushion is smooth and as tight as possible.

I then told her to postion the ribbon on the cushion as she wanted it to be.  Using the staple gun to hold it in place on front where the button will go and then also on the back.

Making a braid out of the three colors of ribbon used we then made a loop and stapled it onto the back with enough at top to use for hanging.

With everything in it's place we then put the cardboard on the back and stapled it multible times around edges and down the middle to make sure it stays in place.

I then carefully sewed the button onto the front by hand.

The back is stapled and done.

It is now ready for my granddaughter to take home and hang it on her wall to use for a bulletin board!

Welcome to my new Creative Corner!

I like to use items that are lying around the house, found at garage or estate sales, or maybe you find it in a thrift store.
I look at items and think of what it can be turned into.   Taking something and recreating it into a completely different unique item. 
Or maybe at times leaving it as the item it was meant to be but changing it up just enough to give it a new creative punch!