super-quick, super-thrifty cutlery holder

today I wanted to share with you something I did for our Easter gathering. I know Easter is over, but this is an idea that's super-quick, super-thrifty and you can make variations of it for any occasion.


our Easter meal this year was very casual. Firstly it wasn't a "sit-down" meal, and secondly, I was gone at my son's volleyball tournament most of the weekend!


so it was put together pretty quickly, but I still wanted it to look nice.

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so I had my big vase of tulips, and a couple of bunnies set out

but what to do with the cutlery? I had rolled the cutlery in thick white paper napkins and secured the napkins with cute 3-D flower stickers

so I got out a tall tin can I'd been saving and covered it with a brown paisley scrapbooking paper. I used glue dots as I had them at hand, but spray adhesive would work well too

wound a long length of vintage lace around and around the can and tied it loosely

added a chocolate carrot and voila - cutlery holder!

Now, if I'd had more time I would have prettied up the top, some pom-poms would look cute.

I've used this idea before for backyard BBQs in the summer - just change the paper to suit the occasion

Told you it was super-quick and super-thrifty!

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Do It Yourself Day at A Soft Place to Land

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Happy Days,

Tracey