Vintage Inspired Candy Containers and What To Do With Fabric Scraps...

If you haven't figured it out already, I think you can see now, how much fun I've been having playing with Fastmache'!!! Ever since I read Lori's tutorial on Joli Paquet, I've been hooked. Here are a couple of my latest creations...

Instead of attaching the snowman to a box, I decided to make candy containers. Always inspired by old paper mache' containers, this is what I came up with. I used a toilet tissue roll for the snowmans body, and then made a cylinder with a bottom to fit inside.
Now all he needs is to be filled with yummy Christmas candies...

Next week at church, we are having our women's ministries "handcrafted from the heart" auction. I'm busily trying to get a few projects completed for my contribution to the auction. I created this candy container like the other, and he will be one item going the auction.

I needed a way to use up some of my fabric scraps (which I have a lot of) and came across a fun way to do just that. I created this rag wreath using 1" x 7" pieces of fabric tied onto a wire wreath form using scraps from a couple of my vintage Christmas tablecloths and coordinating red and green fabrics. This is going to the auction also...

Here's a close up of the fabrics...

So fun to make, it's a wonderful project for kids too.

Now I can't wait to make another using scraps from my favorite colors of vintage tablecloths!

OK, I'm off to create some more goodies and I'll be sure to show you when they're completed.

Oooo, I'm running out of time... I'm so last minute... Yikes!