Recycling an old paint bucket!

Decided to recycle an old paint bucket to use as part of my fall decorations and maybe in a class at the store this fall...

I love the Farm House paper line! This is a group of papers they came out with last fall and I thought I could use them to cover the paint bucket and to make decorations for my dining room table this fall.  Everything used in creating this bucket is recycled except for 4 sheets of paper from the Sugar Hill line from Farm House Papers.  Actually less then four...one to cover the bucket, two to make flower pics/thankful cards, and a half one to make flowers.  I also used light weight cereal box between the two sheets of paper on the flower pics/thankful cards. (That thing peeking out on the upper right!)  All of the leaves were bits and pieces of colored card stock I pulled out of my card stock recycle bin and cut out the shapes with the Tattered Leaves die by Tim Holtz/Sizzix.  I embossed them with various embossing folders after distressing around the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

little out of focus because I couldn't get the top and bottom to work together to take a picture!!  There are more pictures and details in the photos below.

The paper comes with 6 cards to a sheet and like Terri said I think it would be fun to have this as a fall table decoration then at Thanksgiving hand out a card to each person and have them write what they are thankful for that year.  You could then use them in scrapping the photos of that dinner!

Front of bucket.

Side of bucket

Back of bucket.  I tried a little glitter on the first flower I made and I really didn't like the way it turned out so I didn't put it on any of the others. 

opposite side of bucket

More detail

Back of bucket

On display at the store for customers to see what you can do with a bunch of trash and a little imagination!

It was a really easy and inexpensive project to do because of the recycling most of the stuff used!  Hope you like it!

WOYWW #219

Happy WOYWW!  This week flew past even faster then they usually do and I am wondering if it is my age or lack of attention...I tend to get sidetracked and it takes a bit to bring me back around.
If you would like to see what other desks are looking like to do head on over to Stamping Ground and Julia has it all laid out for you on the left side bar at the top!

Here is my desk this week...Yes it is definitely a mess and I haven't made much progress towards moving to the other room but I am saying it is because I am really thinking it through this time...

 Nothing really remarkable but I haven't cleaned it up from last night and ended up depositing some things on it till I could get them sorted out!
Here is a picture...or two of a project I am working on at the moment.  It is a re purposed paint bucket about 1 gallon sized that I am trying to make a gift tote or a decorative table piece out of.  I am kind of stuck as to where to go right now.  Looks flat and blah to me so will leave it sitting for a day or two and see if it grows on me or if some idea pops up to make it look better.  

Front of pail.   I really like the warm fall colors and the prints.  The paper is from Farm House and is all about fall.  I put solid flowers on it to begin with and did not like them at all.  I am not for sure about these!

Back of pail.  I only added one flower back here and I decided to try some Stickles glitter glue on it to perk it up but it doesn't so up too well in the photograph.  

I get really frustrated when I have an idea in my head and I can't get it to gel when I start making it...I am open to suggestions if anyone has any ideas!

Need to let you know I might not be around next Wednesday because I am traveling to Alabama to attend my son's graduation from Warrant Officer training at Ft. Rucker.  Hopefully we will have Internet connect but it being base housing I am not counting on it.  I didn't think I was going to be able to go but my DD surprised me with the news of two trips she has orchestrated for us to take this year...the first is the graduation next week and the second is a transatlantic cruise she booked on the Carnival Sunshine that departs from Barcelona on November 1st and arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 16.  There are several ports of call but there are also about 10 days at sea!!! Yay!  time to rest!

Well that's it for me.  I am off to bed now.  Couldn't sleep during the night so will try and sleep today...what a mess my body is!  Be back later to hop around the globe looking at every ones desks.