the sweet little cottage that i once lived in had a 'greenhouse' window over the kitchen sink.
it was deep and not easily accessible, and the exposure was all wrong for plants.
so i turned it into a decorating opportunity!
each month, i'd create some kind of scene up there in the window
[so that i wouldn't have to look across the yard at the ugly side of my neighbors' house... which you can still see in the photo below]
one particular scene was designed using my own '
FooFooFauxFood' creations.
i decided on an 'Ice Cream Social' theme...
all kinds of dishes and bowls and plates and cups were the starting point,
then i 'foofed them up' with fuzzy yarn and pom poms and beads to look like ice cream ;)
NOTE: nothing is permanent here. no glue was used. it's just assembled.
my sweet little shelf-sitter Miss Ami (named for
a friend) is perched on a '
cupcake' -
which is a mound of fuzzy yarn 'whipped cream' on top of a tiny upside-down ceramic baking dish.
the 'pie' that Miss Ami is using as a footrest
is the ceramic lid of a scented candle pot sitting in a glass bowl,
with fuzzy 'caterpillar' yarn wound around the top knob and the edges to look like 'whipped cream'.
the 'espresso' and 'ice cream sundae' next to her are simply cups filled with tissue paper,
then topped with more yarn 'whipped cream'.
a pompom and some bead 'sprinkles' are finishing touches.
the 'cupcake' is made from sweater pieces, wound into a shape and tied with a bow.
it sits in a cupcake paper inside a footed glass sugar bowl.
i was inspired to create that cupcake years ago by
Miss Betz White,
the felted cupcake queen!
the 'milkshake' in the background
is a tall footed glass filled with nubby yarn in shades of green and a chenille stem 'straw'.
yarn swirled on top as whipped cream and a pompom are the finishing touches.
the 'ice cream cake/bombe' on the far right
is the ceramic scented candle pot (mentioned above) flipped upside down on a saucer.
more yarn serves as 'whipped cream' on top and around the edges.
the smaller 'bombe' above it is a scallop-edged bowl sitting on a scallop-edged plate.
more of those are on the other side of the window, nestled in glass bowls as shown below.
i also used some clear glass soda pop bottles to hold green & white flowers in the scene,
and filled a glass pedestal candy dish with green pompom 'mints' in the background.
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this certainly isn't rocket science, just a fun way to create decor using everyday items!
we all love looking at things in a new way and discovering new ways to use them...
why not turn your kids loose with some dishes or tupperware and craft supplies,
and see what they come up with!
find more of my fun 'FooFooFauxFood' ideas
in these past HOMEWARDfound posts: