A Little Project...

I have looked all over town for an affordable cloche. I see so many on the decorating blogs. Then one day I found a post on one of those blogs about making your own cloche!

So off to Hobby Lobby I went to get supplies.

This is a vase turned upside down. Also a votive candle holder and some E6000 glue. I already had the tarnished old brass door knob I'd picked up somewhere.
I got out my trusty Goo Gone to remove the price tags. Uh oh, looks like some of the goo is gone from that label! A paper towel and the ever faithful (and OLD) Tupperware orange peeler. Do any of you remember those? Do you have one hanging around? My husband actually uses them to peel his oranges. Not this one of course!
I guess I got carried away by the moment and forgot to take the assembly pictures. Sorry. Basically, you turn the votive holder upside down and glue it to the top of the upside down vase. Then glue the door knob on top! Voila, a cheap cloche!

Here it is in a little vignette on top of the china cabinet. Looks like I need to stop creating and do a little dusting.

Those are some little child's dishes my Mom brought back from England. The plates are in a toast holder also from England. The little bitty vase with dried roses is actually the bottom of a knife (cut off) glued to a flattened spoon with a bent handle. Very clever! No, I found it at an antique store.

If you've made a cloche I'd like to see pictures of yours!