'cheese tray upcycle'
evil villain: craft itch
hero: cheese tray
again we join our hero:
i've seen these around an thought i would create one for myself. first i took some candle sticks that i had that were just taking up space. i also bought some old cheese trays. you can find these at thrift stores and they run about $5. however, if you go when they have their 50% off sales (saturdays) they are around $2-3! yippee! i had the spray paint just laying around and it was keeping company with some random screws. so that is about it.
first i cut the candlesticks up into 5 pieces. you can determine how many and where based on what you like. (don't let me keep you from doing it how you want - make it yours) i wanted 3 trays (one with 2 levels). i then drilled holes in the tops of the candlestick pieces and through the center of the cheese trays.
with a little messing around i figured out what tray to place on which candlestick and screwed them together.after a little spray paint (2-3 coats) and a little drying time, they looked perfect. i can either add the glass domes or not. the whole project cost me around $12. i've seen these things go for close to $80 a piece! who would pay that?
i still have to figure out what i want to put inside - christmas ornaments, pine cones, lemons, etc. got any suggestions? here i put dumb-dumbs because they were fun and brightly colored.here is the group. the other day i took off the domes and placed cupcakes on them - it was super cute!
wondering about the 'a'? - join us next week when our hero fights her greatest nemesis, leftovers!
using the strips i was able to create rosettes and sew them on a simple white shirt that only had 2 stains. tutorials for the rosettes are all over the blog world. i also used a little of the pink shirt to reinforce the white. it is on the inside and will help hold those little pretties on.
covering up the stains with the rosettes, i now have a 'new' shirt for baby sister. viola! easy as pie. it turned out really cute!
total cost: $0 - total time: 2 hours