A ‘Shabby Cheap’ Christmas Vignette

All I have done lately is decorate, decorate, decorate!   Don’t get me wrong.  I love Christmas and I had fun decorating.  I genuinely enjoy the process.  But, I found myself needing a  crafting ‘fix’ this afternoon. 
I started looking around the house in search of something to use for a quick craft project.
I was in the mood for something shabby, white, and romantic but cheap, easy, and quick. And it would be great if it could be incorporated into the Christmas decorations.

I had a white sugar bowl with had a cracked lid.
I had lots of used coffee filters that I was saving to make some complicated looking roses.
I had lots of sea shells, glitter, and pink grosgrain ribbon.
I had grapevines.
And I had just scored the last two bottle brush wreaths at the local Big Lots for $7.00 each.

This is the results:

It really doesn’t take much to create something really pretty from next to nothing!

These roses are obviously not the ones that require cutting and shaping the individual petals.  I simply folded the filter in half and started rolling from one end. About 1/3 of the way, I started turning the edges outward and rolling looser while bunching and pleating the stem to shape it as I went.  I secured them with fabric covered wire.  I made the leaves just like you make ribbon leaves. 
They are not perfect. In fact, one of them has a double center!!  But, I had fun and it satisfied my craft craving!

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  Between Naps On The Porch  
                    
  
     It’s So Very Cheri

                                   
    Cottage Instincts


A Soft Place To Land                        
Rhonda