This old wire trash basket that is so lightweight it was always getting knocked over and getting bent.
It likely came from the Dollar Store, but I bought it for 25¢.
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I was so inspired by the wire basket cloche that
Ellie of The Lavender Tub made, I decided to do this before my little basket got too beat up. I forgot to take a picture with it right-side-up. Hop on over and see Ellie's beautiful cloche.
Ellie used a glass cloche to shape her wire basket, but not having a glass cloche, I just shaped mine by hand.
Took my wire cutters and cut the bottom off.
Then squeezed the little wire triangles together ... just kept working all round and lower until I got the size and shape at the top that I wanted. You can use the help of needle-nose pliers to pull the triangles together if your fingers are not strong enough.
Just thin wire with a coating.
I took this finial off this piece that was part of a lantern ... hope I don't find the bottom part one day and wish I had the finial back. I fitted the squeezed wire to this finial, about 3½" opening.
then took some fine beading wire and laced it through to secure the shape. 
then I placed the finial over the wire ...
and using a flat washer-like piece that fit the opening, locking the wire in the finial; then tied it all together with a piece of lamp cord pipe.
... but I could not stop there ... I decided to light it up and added a light socket.
... it would make a nice "chicken-wire" cloche light ...not really chicken wire ... but let's pretend.
Much easier to work with than chicken wire.
I sprayed the socket gray so it would blend better.
Added electric wiring and
... now I can light up my displays.
Thanks for stopping by ... hope this inspires you to repurpose something you have and make something pretty.
Please let me know you visited.
Happy Spring
Linking to:
Coastal Charm: Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
A Stroll Thru Life -inspire-me-tuesday-
Kathe with an E -Youre Gonna Love It Tuesday
