Saturday, April 21, 2012

Mother's Day Project : Recycle your Easter Basket

I am in two blog hops this weekend, please come back Sunday for the
Recycle, Reuse and Re-purpose blog hop.

Thanks for joining us today for the
Mom's Day Blog Hop!!

If you've come from Nicolette at Beyond Scrappin', you're in the right place.  If not, please jump back to Nicolette's blog to start at the beginning... you don't want to miss a stop!

Today, I have a project that re-purposes an Easter basket while preparing a wonderful gift for Mother's Day!!
Here is my completed project. I just love how fresh and new that basket looks!

Here is the basket I started off with. There's nothing wrong with it... it's just plain.

So I drilled some drainage holes in the bottom, used painter's tape to mask the top and bottom rims as well and the handle and went to work with some light blue spray paint...

MUCH better... don't you think?

Next, I added some airy soil and planted a nursery-bought plant inside. 

Next, I added a yellow wired ribbon to one handle and a cute little card on a flower pick.

Here is the adorable card and the second bow.

This little card measures a minuscule 2" tall and 3 1/2" wide. The letters are from Robots and I used my Gypsy to weld the letters together. I added this little card to the flowers with a flower pick and the gift is ready to go. I think the basket is a lovely gift.


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a $20.00 gift card to either
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Drawing will take place on Monday, April 30th, 2012.


I'm in two blog-hops this weekend and one next week and I'll leave the giveaway open for all three and will give a total of three gift cards away!!


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31 comments:

Bobby said...

I love the welded "MOM" card. I can't believe you could make it so small.

Laurie said...

Love how this turned out. Some of my favorite things to do is re-purpose and weld in CCR.

Laurie
http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com
lpionk@aol.com

Cards and Crafts by Sheree said...

Very cute project!!! I love to recycle baskets!

Janis Lewis said...

This is so beautiful! I love how you only painted the middle part blue. This is gorgeous. I just love it! :) Janis craftyjanis@live.com

Jennifer said...

Hi Cheryl,

I love your beautiful, festive basket!!!:) What a wonderful idea!

Thanks so much for sharing,

Jennifer
partridgelu at yahoo dot com

Maria Matter said...

so creative & Beautiful Cheryl!

pruttybird said...

What a great idea ... Perfect for mothers day :)

pruttybird at comcast dot net

Georgiana said...

I just saw some baskets at Hobby Lobby for 90% off. I wonder if they have any left. I could go find one and fix it up. Not sure it will look as good as yours!

Thanks for the chance to win a great goodie. My favorites!

Come stop by when you get a chance.
Georgiana
Carson's Creations

Migdalia said...

Love the welded Card!Great idea on the making a flower basket yourself.My sister would so appreciate something like this.TFS...
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Sherri said...

What a pretty thing for your mom!!

Sherri
http://squeakyscrapper.blogspot.com

Nicolette said...

What an awesome idea!! Love your card also. Thanks so much for being in the hop.

Nicolette
beyondscrapin@gmail.com

Rebecca said...

This is an adorable idea, Love it.
I am going to follow your blog.
I also posted a mothers day card.
www.stampandscrapstudio.com

Veronica P said...

this is such a wonderful idea!! I love it!! think I will do the same thing. Im a new follower.
veronica
familyofscrappers2004@yahoo.com

rlovew said...

The card is great and adding to the basket to use for flowers was a wonderful idea. I am an email follower of your blog.

jessica said...

this is such a FAB project!! Those flowers and the basket would make any mother very happy! Love your matching card!!
TFS
Jessica
chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
eschfamily@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

So love your basket idea. I would have never thought of doing that. Love your Mother's Day gifts. I would be a happy mom to receive them!!! Thank you for sharing your creativity and inspiration!

Thank you also for a super fun blog hop!

roseberry.suzanne@gmail.com
www.suzanneroseberrydesign.blogspot.com

The EmBellished Card - Belinda said...

Cheryl, this is a terrific gift. Love the re-purposing. That card is wonderful. A Mom pleaser for sure! TFS!
Blessings,
RecipeScrapper at sbcglobal dot net

Patricia Hurlburt said...

So Cute! Thanks for sharing.
Patti
www.shortnscrappy.com
phurlburt@shortnscrappy.com

Claire Spielman said...

Great job on the basket...must try welding a card like that!
TFS
Creative Wishes,
Claire S.
www.scrapmyway.blogspot.com

Cathy said...

This is areal nice Mothers day project, I love the welded mom card:)
cathyplus5.blogspot.com

Krista's Paper Cafe said...

Very good idea to re-use the basket. The little card is sweet.

KristaInMN at gmail dot com

Mary said...

Cheryl, such a pretty idea. Love the card!

Kristi said...

Saw this in my emails yesterday, it is such a CUTE idea! I love it, and we all have baskets like that!
Awesome, thanks for sharing.
kidshomelove atyahoo.com

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

wow, love that blue!!! What a fun shaped card!!!

Pamela Horton said...

beautiful flowers

Robin said...

Super cute!

Robin
scrapdiva2011@gmail.com

Miranda said...

What an awesome idea! I love it! Oh and your basket is beautiful!
Miranda :)
www.nanasscrapspot.com

An'Jenic G. said...

Wow I love your basket. Great color and paper for your mom’s card. I’m a new follower & TFS AJ!
jeria22@yahoo.com

Pat N. said...

What a wonderful gift idea! The blue paint certainly helped the look of the basket. Love it and that Mom card is too cute!!--pat

teachdanz said...

what a beautiful basket!! I esp. love the mom card - the polka dotted paper makes it stand out so well:-)
ikennic at q dot com

Anash said...

Thanks for a super giveaway!

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