Creating an unusual Christmas tree doesn't mean you need unusual items or materials - just look in your kitchen cupboard. It would seem that vintage utensils which perhaps have had their day can find a new life as a Christmas tree - rolling pins, old sieves, funnels, saucepan lids, cake tins .....
The star bursts on this tree appear to be made from plastic straws, but I think the bamboo ones, the paper ones, or even those flash metal ones would look even better with the cake tins and metal lids on this kitchen tree.
Earlier (Day 15) , I posted some trees made from plastic spoons, but I think these bent silver spoons and forks make a far more interesting tree.
Or what about creative used jam jars - just add a few other decorations for a really colourful kitchen tree.
Under the sink you may find even more interesting treasures for creating Christmas trees - bottle brushes.... these ones look suspiciously too clean to be recycled.
If you cannot bear to use your kitchen utensils, then some coloured silicone cupcake liners , or even the paper or foil ones would work.
And if you need all your baking tins and dinnerware for your Christmas cooking for your guests, then perhaps you can add your own Christmas Tree touch to the dinner table?
Hope you are feeling as though you can manage just one more week of this craziness... but tomorrow, warning - the trees are full of life, bizarre yes, but full of life !
Days 5 & 7 - the Gold Rush Era Stamp Series It seems so long ago now since we were celebrating Christmas and New Year.... hope you enjoyed a great festive season. I took some time out, not doing much at all but I did set myself a little challenge of doing some tidying up which meant spending a little time each day using scraps of fabric and paper to create something a little playful or as the mood took, useful! Unlike the long projects I usually undertake, this was a 12 day project ( 12 days of Christmas ) - completely random, but finishing half done projects or recycling. For example the first photo shows some collages I did on days 5 and 7 to use a postage stamp release, the Gold Rush Era series, first issued in Australia 1981 ... yes I probably have had it in my stash since then! Completing some other little projects was very satisfying .... On Day 1, I assembled a folded paper folk cube from a kit my daughter gifted to me las...
This week I've been working on fish and sticks .... The sticks are the message stick art dolls which were very popular, attracting some attention and a few orders at the Wise Women exhibition. Each of the message stick dolls are from the Wise Women series, each with her own personality and message of wisdom, handwritten on a handmade timber tag. I gather the sticks during my walks around my neighbourhood and the tags are made from special bits of timber, some collected by me or my husband or from off cuts gifted to us from another doll making friend whose husband makes bagpipes. These dolls start off very simply with a wrap around a stick, in the general shape of a body. 'Naked" message stick dolls - strips of wadding wrapped around found sticks. Then I usually wrap other layers of fabric, wool, and/or fibres, over which I do some simple embroidery. I sculpt or mould small face masks for these dolls. I really like using "sari ribbon" as w...
Stitched tea bags/ old doily "tea lights" - Wilma Simmons More than a year ago, a decision was made. The annual exhibition of NCEATA ( Newcastle Creative Embroiderers and Textile Artists) 2015-2016 will have the theme "Mottainai". Mottainai in Japanese refers to more than just physical waste (resources). It is even used to refer to thought patterns that give rise to wasteful action. Grammatically, it can be used in Japanese as an exclamation ("mottainai!") or as an adjective phrase ("it feels mottainai"). There is no plural form. The collection of mottainai things could be called mottainai koto ( もったいない事 ? ). As an exclamation ("mottainai!") it means roughly "what a waste!" or "Don't waste." [2] A simple English equivalent is the saying "waste not, want not." A more elaborate meaning conveys a sense of value and worthiness and may be translated as "do not destroy (or lay waste to) that ...
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