Goodman and I often take short day-trips around the area and like to take a few things with us ... like real coffee cups, a thermos of good strong coffee and maybe a snack or two so I needed something other than a grocery bag to hold the cups and snacks.
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| Lily-of-the-Valley |
Y'all know I like practicing frugality whenever possible. And now, more than ever, it pays as so often when buying something new the quality you expect just isn't there. I found just what I needed at a tag sale last year. The price on this li'l basket with a padded liner was just a few dollars so I snapped it up and took it home.
The elastic closures were shot, but it was in good shape, otherwise. It really just needed a good cleaning and some sprucing up. Love the padded liner complete with hot/cold pack.
So I scrubbed the basket clean and washed the liner then got busy making a few flowers and leaves with polymer clay...
I used these tiny cookie cutters to make the flower shapes.
Baked them in the oven and let them cool...
Then used a glue gun to apply them to the lid of the basket.
And those little elastic ties were replaced with new ones that I perked up with more flowers and leaves. I'm very happy with it.
Goodman gives me a strange li'l grin when he sees it in the backseat of the car, but I don't mind. ;)
Hope you're enjoying lots of spring blossoms.
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| Bearded Iris |
And birds, too.
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| Fastidiously clean Mockingbird |
