My "New" Pincushion

Hello!

Today's project isn't a card, it's something else, something I've needed for a while.  I discovered the joys of making stickpins for my cards a few months ago but never had a nice home for them, just an ugly big green tomato pincushion.  Yuck.  So I finally did something about it.  What do you think?

 

It started out as these pieces - the ugly tomato, and a vintage cut glass piece I found at a local antiques mall. I'm thinking it might have been the base to a punch bowl.  I covered the tomato with a pretty floral cotton, placed it in the bowl, hot glued some pink pearls around the inner edge, then added a few more ribbons and embellishments, and voila, my new pincushion.

Feathers, vintage purple velvet ribbon underneath the wide lace ribbon with rhinestone ribbon at the top, a pink silk bow and a bird magnet complete the project.

Simple, yet very effective.  Now to get the rest of my craft room redone so this actually can look NICE in it.  But that's a project for another day.

Thank you for joining me today and I appreciate the time you took to do so.

Happy crafting!

Challenges entered:

Frilly and Funkie - Spruce It Up
Crafty Ribbons #38 - Anything Goes w/Ribbon