I have been busy making centerpieces for our next Monday night quilt guild meeting. Since I am the VP this year it is one of my responsibilities. Every December we have a covered dish dinner together. So each table usually has some kind of center piece which will be a door prize. My daughter brought these vases and green ribbons home from one of her retail jobs. The store was going to throw them away so she brought them home. So I began to think how I could use these and save the guild some money. So these center pieces are what I came up with. Each has the shimmery silver flowers, candy cane, and two fat eighths of red and green fabric. I am pretty pleased at how they look. Too bad I can't win one. lol
I went to the grocery store this morning to get some ingredients to start my Christmas cookie baking. I am linked to Klove.com so I can listen to Christmas music while I do some mixing and baking.
I just had to show you all my newest Christmas ornament for this year. It is a Hallmark ornament. This is the third in a series. I have the other two. I wonder how many they will make in this series? Cute, isn't it?I think my butter is soft enough to get started on my baking so I will talk to later.
With Passion,
Carrie P.
23 comments:
How clever you are to make "a silk purse from a sow's ear," so to speak. Though certainly those vases are not "a sow's ear!" These are great and will make a very appreciated prize for some lucky quilters. Good for you! Congrats on your Rollie Pollie win too. I won one of those Riley Blake goodies myself and have enjoyed using them. My fabrics were from the "Lola's Posies" collection by Leila Tueller. Good stuff!
The centre pieces look great - I'm sure they will all want to be winners!
They are wonderful!!
I have to tell you I thought your ornaments were your baked goods!
Darling centerpieces! And even better that they were free, lol! Love that Hallmark ornament, they have the cutest stuff. Enjoy your baking, good idea to listen to Christmas music while you do it!
Very clever arrangements. Happy baking.
Those center pieces ate great! Good thinking!
Hehehe, my phone said "ate". I meant "are".
Very clever centerpieces!! Your house will smell go good with all your baking. Mine won't begin until I get to TX! Just 9 more days.
They were going to throw them out!! Good for your daughter, she knew her Mom would be able to create with them! They look great! Hope you had fun making cookies.
Great centerpeices! It is a shame what people waste!
Nice! I hope I win one!
Mmm, I can smell the cookies baking. I thought at first that the ornament was cookies and I was jealous of your ability to bake a perfect tiny gingerbread house!
Your centerpieces will make any quilter happy! Very creative as always. Seeing your baking items laid out has put me in the mood to get going on that this weekend.
Oh Carrie, good for you and your daughter for bringing those vases home. Way too many useable items go to waste or to the land fills. I try to list anything I don't want to a yahoo group called free cycle.
Look how you've dressed them up, who will know they are recycled but you (well and all of your readers now) hehehehe!
Now that's recycling at it's best, too good to throw out. I love what you've done. The decoration is very cute!
Your centerpieces are darling!! Have fun baking too....got to get going on mine also.
The centerpieces are great! Way to re-purpose! The ornament threw me for a while... I kept trying to figure out what part of the picture it was :)
Love KLove!
That is such a cute ornament. Enjoy your baking!
Lovely centerpieces! And, the baking looks wonderful.
Merry Christmas!
I love to bake at Christmas time, it always smells so good! Pretty decoration!
I love the centerpieces. Nice job. Your ornament is adorable. Have fun baking. Hugs
Centerpieces are awesome!! The ornament is great...I thought they were real and you made them!!
The centerpieces are lovely! And yay for holiday baking! Yum! :)
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