A Place for Everything and Everything In Its Place

 I spent some time on Pinterest this afternoon. I knew I wanted a pot rack for this kitchen but I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted or how to make it. After pinning several options, I dug through my miscellaneous junk in the craft room and this is what I came up with.

The base is a tea light cup. The metal is soft enough to cut the bottom out and punch the needed holes. I added scrapbook sticker vines and dry brushed some black paint to give a bit of patina. The chain and jump rings came from my jewelry making supplies and I made S hooks from sturdy black wire. The light fixture "shines" through the bottom. I love when I get just the look I wanted from bits of nothing scrounged from the various craft supplies and "junk" I deem worth keeping. :-)

Have a wonderfully blessed week, wherever you are!

And the "ayes" have it!

 But first, a minor bathroom update - just a jar of bath oil beads and a bar of soap. The jar took no creativity. It's a bottle of nail art beads just as it came out of the package. The soap was cut from a real bar of soap and rests in a seashell soap dish.

 I added my "aye" to the few other opinions expressed and there's now a small island in the kitchen. Most of the ones that I liked on Pinterest were sort of dressed up work tables. I was drawn to the wood tops and rustic black finishes so that's what I made.

A salad with all the trimmings is being prepared. The salad bowl is an acorn top. The dressing bottle was made from an electrical connector of some sort. They come in red and are shaped like a bottle. I hand carved the knife and made some of the polymer clay veggies and the bacon.

 I haven't purchased many things for this project but when I saw these mugs with the red roosters, I just had to have them. :-)

The cheesecake on the island shelf and the round loaf of bread on the counter were both made by Gaye, of My Small Obsession.