Where There Is A Will…….

Ya’ll, when I get something in my Crazy Little Head there is no way to get it out.

Period.

So I was flipping through the latest Ballards catalog when I saw this.

$99 this thing was!

But I just kept mulling it over in my brain.  The combination of the texture of the basket and the pom poms I really like.

Now if you know me at all then you know I ain’t spending that kinda $$$ on a basket.

 I LOOOOVE the thing but still no dice.  But also if you know me there is a very good chance that I will figure out a way to make one for a fraction of the cost.  Even that $79 sale price.

So the basket turned out to be the hard part.

It took me about 3 weeks to find the right basket.  I wanted a large basket that had handles and was made of something like water hyacinth.  And…..under $20.  I could not have made it much harder, I know but  that was my budget.  So last weekend I was in South Carolina in Travelers Rest and saw a TJ Maxx and there it was:)))))

Now my basket is a little more than double the size of the Ballards one.  I needed it pretty big because my intent was for it to hold about 8 bath towels in our master bath.  Now for the pom poms……

The Ballards basket has pom poms made of string.  I just wanted big cream or white pom poms.  I finally found pom pom trim at Hobby Lobby with 3″ ones made of yarn.

I measure the circumference of my basket (34 inches), did a bit of math and decided I needed 18 pom poms to go all the way around it at about 2-3 inches apart.  They cost me less than $10 buck in the trim department at Hobby Lobby.

Next I clipped each pom pom off at the strip of trim and actually hand sewed it just below the rim of the basket…….with Mac and Lily sound asleep on the bench in the kitchen.

Thank you LORD!!!

Paige Pom pom basket ………. under $27.

You are welcome :)))

Paige