Total Basket, Vase

Three cheers for little projects! Sometimes they’re the very most fun of all. Especially when you can create something magical out of an assortment of odds and ends that you most likely already have around the house. What’s not to love? For today’s projects you will need:

• a dollar store vase
• cardstock
• glue
• white spray paint
• a round laundry basket
• rope
• probably more glue

All set? Let’s get started!

First you are going to take your cardstock and make paper flowers. Don’t be alarmed, it’s easy.  Make a few different sizes then glue them directly to your dollar store vase.  At this point you might be thinking “Hmmm.  Not so sure about this.” But hang on for the best part:

 

Spray paint! Of course. Spray paint makes everything better. Does this look like a $1 vase? No sir, it does not. Get the complete tutorial from Shelley at 100 Things 2 Do.

 

That was fun, what’s next?

Yes, yes, the laundry basket.  Grab your LB, (that’s what the cool kids call laundry baskets, just kidding, nobody calls them that), and spray paint it white too.  Unless yours happens to be white, then just leave it alone.  Better yet, just go back to the beginning and make sure you buy a white one.  Unless it’s too late, and you already bought a black one.  Then just paint it white.  Got it? Great.

Now, take your rope and start hot-gluing it around the outside of your basket, starting from the bottom.

 

Keep going until you have this awesome rope basket like Jen at I Heart Organizing. Double up at the top to create a raised edge. She actually dyed half of her rope with paint for the striped look, so be sure to check out her blog to find out how, because I think the stripes really make it special!