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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 08:21:39 AM
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I hate "Easter Basket" waste...
Remember those thin cheappie ones we use to get as kids...then they all ended up as land fill waste or in Thrift Shops, they probablly multiplied worse than Rabbits in the Thrift shops 'cuz I always see hundreds of them! lol!
Anyhow, while out perusing a local Thrift I spotted this 'bundt' pan and thought,,hmmm, I could paint this,,,or,,,OMG! how about using it as a basket!! duh! 
So I bought it for a mear 99cents...I see them all the time from 99cents to $2.99...anyhow, at this price, it makes a GREAT Easter Basket & can be re-used! How cool is that...hmmm, now to go find another one for me,,,to paint! lol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 08:54:27 AM
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That is a fantastic idea!!!! I also hate easter baskets. I try to repurpose them, but there are only so many things you can do with flimsy, bright colored baskets. Plus, I don't find them attractive. A bundt pan or anything like that would be a MUCH better alternative!
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 09:02:12 AM
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Oh Sarah,
I so agree... why limit ourselves to wasteful baskets when we can re-purpose, pans, bowels, shoot even a cowboy boot filled with goodies would make a great idea and then the boot could be once again re-purposed into a planter or bird house....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 1:23:02 PM
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That is soo cute. My kids always used the same basket year after year. We would leave the baskets out the night before with carrots, and a note, and the Easter Bunny would fill them. Then we pack them away until next year. The kids enjoyed seeing their basket year to year.
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl
1854 Posts
Megan
Wisconsin
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 2:47:36 PM
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That is a very good idea! You could also find different items to store different themed items. For example, a picnic basket could be filled with summer fun goodies. I never thought of using a pan, though. Good find Grace!
God's Blessings,
Megan
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
2963 Posts
lisa
lexington
ky
USA
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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delicia
True Blue Farmgirl
917 Posts
delicia
cincinnati
ohio
USA
917 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 4:43:50 PM
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Great idea...
delicia |
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
691 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
691 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 7:22:56 PM
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awesome idea!
See my custom costumes, download free patterns, and hear some spook EVPs from Gettysburg, PA on my site, www.alterationsbyemily.com |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 7:26:36 PM
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oh Amanda, you are tooo funny... & I thought I was the one w/hearing loss! lol!
Thanx for a fun "detour" today....much neded...
:>)
oh wait, I just remembered....when we were at that yardf sale in Readon,, that loder guy bought a metal bedpan...hmm maybe thats what was stuck in your mind! lol!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 8:49:03 PM
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AllllRighty Then....lolol....A Bedpan Easter Basket. Cracked ME up!(oops...no pun intended...honest)
Sister-chick# 905(Oct.7th2009)
Judy
Hugs&Squeezles!
I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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mrsamy
True Blue Farmgirl
167 Posts
Amy
Milwaukee
WI
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 10:14:48 AM
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A bed pan...too funny! I just posted a link on the milk jug thread how to make a basket out of a milk jug. You can also use paper bags, lunch or grocery size...open a bag, stand it up, and roll the the top of one down almost to the bottom of the bag. The next bag gets stood up inside the first, roll its top down until it touches the top of the first bag and keep doing this with bags until it is the size you like. Makes a surprisingly sturdy basket. You can embellish by sewing the layers together cross stitch style, paint, stamp, color, whatever blows your laundry.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 2:52:36 PM
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Very clever & absolutely adorable!
Dawn in IL |
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