vintage bowl mushrooms!

this project may not 'bowl you over' (geeze, i'm old)

but i hope it will inspire you to use things differently in your home decor.

in this case, i've gathered up some kitchen items

to create spring decor elements that work in many other places.

continue reading for the easy tutorial...

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this project is a variation of another, shared during my 'yellow era' ;)

since i have a stash of green vintage bowls that i use in our green Shasta trailer,

i brought them home and played around in my studio.

confessions of a vintage hoarder:

i USED to buy a 'new to me' minty green item EVERY time we took the trailer camping.

(we camp at beach resorts with nearby thrift shops!)

there are these bowls plus a covered ramekin, an old ice cream sign, 

a match box holder, a straw cannister, a napkin holder, serving trays, 

various linens, pillows galore, and a clock and signs that hang on the walls.

you can see why, after adding a lot of stuff - and weight - to the trailer, i had to stop.

i honestly load more decor items into the trailer than food and clothes. sigh. 

okay, sorry, on with the project! 

here's the 'how-to':

i gathered up the green bowls and one green ceramic mug

along with various sizes of white ceramic and milk glass vases...

then i pulled in a few small elements to help with the sizing:

from left to right:

the tiny 'vase' is actually the inner piece of a butter bell, inverted,

and i added two small ceramic bowls that raised the minty cup up

high enough to reveal the 'stem' below it.

a small urn-shaped vase was the perfect size to pair with

one of my two Pyrex bowls - just flip it over, sit the bowl on, and voila!

a taller urn-shaped milk glass vase was also perfect for a duplicate Pyrex bowl -

and the fact that this one sits up higher makes the composition even better.

the largest bowl (Bauer) sits on two stacked and then upturned flower pots

that i found at the Dollar Tree, and topped with two more small bowls

so the large bowl and 'stem' had better proportions.

(note: there's a teal green/blue McCoy bowl shown in other photos up above - 

it was just too different in hue from these green bowls, so i didn't include it.)

here's what they look like after assembly...

below, a closer look at each:

pulling together a cute vignette on the credenza in my studio was easy,

with the addition of a white vintage kitchen scale, two metal trays that LOOK vintage,

and a few vintage kitchen linens sitting in that one off-color large bowl...

these would look equally happy placed in a flower border, in an herb garden,

or in a centerpiece on a brunch table paired with some moss and potted plants.

(note: for those uses, i'd use a few drops of hot glue or museum putty

to hold all of the elements in place, in case they get bumped.)

inspired by the charming art of Mary Engelbreit's  
'Life is a Chair of Bowlies',
i think of these happy creations as 'bowlies'!

related content:

Pyrex bowl mushrooms

garden light mushrooms

shared online:

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thank you for featuring my project, Donna! 

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