A Tisket, A Tasket, A Ruffle For A Basket

I love this round basket! I’ve had this for a few years now and shared it when I picked up a few baskets at a yard sale.  When I bought it, it was natural and had a very 80’s country wood plaque on the front of it. 

At that time, I removed the wood piece and spray painted the basket Heirloom White, and it became a catch-all for a variety of things around my house.

Now that we have moved, I don’t have a real use for it and it is just taking up space on my craft room floor. I decided to use it in my granddaughter’s room makeover ~ it could hold clean diapers or stuffed animals.

I found I had a few of these strip sized scraps of a blue linen fabric I bought not too long ago.  So, I ruffled it and hot glued it to the top rim of the basket. 

I had this pretty blue and cream flat trim and I hot glued that over the sewn edge.

It works out great because we are using blue as an accent color {the carpet and existing up/down pleated shades are blue}.

Here I’m showing it with some toys I have at my house for my granddaughter, but she has several stuffed Alice in Wonderland toys that would look great hanging out in this basket.  

I’m getting closer to the prettifying part of the room.  I just finished painting the second coat on the trim and my plan is to get in there next week and bring all the pieces of the puzzle together!

Don’t forget ~ I have a $50.00 giveaway from Novica running through to March 23, 2012!