Paper Plate Baskets

I was sipping my coffee and browsing the internet and came upon this great tutorial by Sarah Hearts for making baskets out of paper plates - the cheap, flimsy kind.  You know, the ones that leak all over and fold in half as soon as you put any food on them.  These baskets are easy peasy and quite addictive.  I thought they would be cute using the Japanese fabric sticky tape that I have in my new Etsy supply shop. 


Here are the baskets that I made - I used some vintage buttons for embellishments, but you could put anything on them, or you could leave them plain and just taped together.  

If you would like to learn to make these, the tutorial is by Sarah Hearts, and she has the tutorial here.   I would love to hear your ideas on different ways to use these cuties.  

Flag Day - Celebrating the Symbol of Our Freedom

Today is Flag Day here in the United States. It is celebrated every June 14 because it was on June 14, 1777, that the Flag of of the United States was adopted by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.  While Flag Day is not a federal holiday when the government and banking offices close, it is an important day to reflect on the freedoms that the Flag of the United States symbolize as well as the great sacrifices made by men and women throughout the generations to secure those freedoms.



As child growing up, we recited the Pledge of Allegiance every morning to start the school day:

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Here is a collection of vintage buttons put together by one of my favorite designers/authors, Amy Barickman of The Vintage Workshop