I have been trying to not buy a lot of new projects at the thrift stores until I use up some of what I have, but when I saw two cute little wooden flower baskets I just couldn't leave them behind.
They were just $2.99 each and I thought they were so cute! They can stand on their own or hang up.
Flower arranging is not one of my strongest skills but these are small scale so I thought I could redo them pretty easily.
Thrifted Flower Basket Makeover
The only thing I purchased was the thrifted baskets at $2.99 each. Everything else I already had.
Here is what they looked like when I found them.
Now as I said, flower arranging isn't really my strong point but I don't know... these just looked weird to me with the fall-colored wheat stalks in with the pink berries and white flowers 😕
I just knew they could be so much cuter!
So, the first thing I did was take out all that mess but I sorted it into little piles in case I wanted to reuse any of it in the new arrangements.
So now I just had the blank wood baskets to work with. I love how these are made, I think they are so cute!
I decided to paint them. I chose this Tuscan Teal for one.
And Bubblegum Pink for the other.
Instead of just straight-up painting them, I decided to do a paint wash to allow some of the wood to show through.
I watered down the paint and brushed some on the basket.
And then I wiped it off with a paper towel, making my way around the basket in small sections.
I let them dry overnight and this is what they looked like.
I used the old pieces of foam to cut new pieces from real florist's foam.
I glued the new foam in with hot glue and then added some moss on top to hide it.
I added some faux string of pearls that will drape down over the side of the basket.
Then I added a faux Monstera leaf. I got a bundle of these at the Dollar Tree a while back.
Then I found this cute little fuzzy pink thing in my stash and added it on the right.
Then I used some of the white flowers that were originally in the basket and some curly filler stuff I had.
A purple faux succulent...
And some little green faux succulents on the left.
And finally some of the pink berries that were in it. I did switch out the white for dried white baby's breath.
I also added a cute little vintage angel.
I followed the same process with the blue basket but with different plants and flowers.
I used faux eucalyptus, dried pink bunny tails, and a faux cactus in this one.
They are flat on the back so you can hang them too. The rocks were added for weight so they wouldn't tip forward.
I wasn't sure about the little angel. I went back and forth but in the end, I decided she was cute.
What do you think? Better without her?
Which one is your favorite?
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Nice thrift store score, Tania, I would have nabbed them too. Your flower arranging skills look pretty darn good to me, these are gorgeous! I'm a yay vote on the cute little angel.
ReplyDeleteThanks Marie! I'm glad you liked the angel too ;)
DeleteYou do have a good eye for flower arranging! Now I can’t decide which one I like best. 🤔
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! It's ok if you like them both equally, haha!
DeleteI've never seen flower baskets like they and I think they turned out great. I'm definitely a yay on the cute little angel, and I would probably put a little gnome in the blue one. Super cute project Tania!
ReplyDeleteOh a gnome would be super cute, I'll have to look for one! Thanks for the idea Tuula!
DeleteOh I love the pink one with the little angel! You did a great job! Thanks for the inspiration, now I want to see if I have something that I could turn into a little fairy garden basket.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I hope you can find something. If not... hit a thrift store ;o)
DeleteTania, those wooden baskets were SUCH a fun find! But what you did with them made them even more special. These are adorable!
ReplyDeleteThank you Donna!
DeleteLOVE the paint as stain technique that let's the beauty of the wood grain show through!
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