Creations, Sunflower Door Basket

the Painted Apron

5 years ago

When I got back to the city a few days ago, I was itching to fill my house with fresh sunflowers and start transitioning my decor to late summer/early fall

I had an idea rolling around in my head for a sunflower door decoration, and decided to poke around my stash of stuff in the garage before heading to Hobby Lobby

I got out my faux sunflowers, found spools of ribbon and a shallow basket that was begging for a transformation

In no time at all I had everything I needed, no shopping necessary!

Don’t you just love creating something out of stuff you already have??

I thought about painting this creamy white, but I liked the natural look and it would stand out against my white front door

I cut the stems of these faux blooms to about 4 inches, and simply stuck them through the basket bottom

{or you can cut the blooms off the stems and glue them to the basket}

Easy Peasy!

Next I cut the ribbons I chose into varying lengths and secured the end with a thin wire

Then I took the ends of the wire and stuck them through the basket bottom right under the blooms

This is the back of the basket where you can see the stems poking through, then folded to flatten, and the twisted wires securing the ribbons. At the top center I fashioned a wire loop for hanging the basket

Next came a simple bow out of the black and white ribbon

I wrapped a piece of thin wire around the knot and secured the bow through the basket back just above the ribbon tail

The whole project took maybe 20 minutes

This door decoration compliments my tablescape coming up this week for Celebrate & Decorate’s Late Summer Tablescape Hop

I know there will be lots of eye candy and inspiration every day!

Have a wonderful week!

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Sunflower phone case

Phone cases are available for iPhones 5-Xs Max, Galaxy phones 6 7 8

You can choose from slim, tough and adventure styles, also clear cases and skins {decals that can be reused and easily switched whenever you feel like it}

Sunflower Pillow Sunflower Tote Sunflower Clock