Take a look at this inventive gazebo.
Adrian Cooper runs a T2T competition at Camp Mini Ha Ha* each year and writes:
I collect weird little bits of tat through the year, and make up identical kits, which can be picked up on the opening evening of Camp, and worked on over the 5 days. I do include a piece of foam core, and several types of mini "lumber" with those kits, as the ladies are at Camp without access to their home stashes. I am always thrilled with the different finished vignettes, so many different approaches.
Components I used for the challenge:
- Feathers - bird
- Beads - ornament on gazebo inserts, glasses of wine
- Cotton balls - body of bird
- Wrapping paper - roses on table
- Stir sticks - anchor struts on outside of gazebo roof
- Small box - table
- Stickers sides of backdrop
- Cardstock - gazebo roof and inserts
- Bottle caps - tray fro sandwiches
- Greeting card - centre panel of backdrop
- Foam sheet - "bread" of sandwiches
- Felt - centre panelling of backdrop
- Toothpicks - support struts on under edge of roof panels
- Plain paper - backdrop panel, gazebo inserts, bird's beak
- Qtips - roses in vase
- Thumb tack - bird's head
- Ribbon filigre plush ribbon pattern was cut apart - filling of sandwiches
- Toiletry caps - cake, finial of gazebo roof
- Mirror - table derssing
- Green fabric - rest of vines
- Straight pins - rose stens in vase
- Napkin - tablecloth
- Extra chosen item - bead for vase on table
For more ideas, take a look at these blogs:
T5 Challenge - by Doreen Playter
T5 Challenge - Trash to Treasure 2012 (twenty-twelve!) by Maureen Heuchert
And of course, the trash minis pages of the Minitreasures Wiki!
"Camp Minihahha" in Nova Scotia. Maureen Heuchert has an album of pictures, also showing historic Louisburg, and Cape Breton in 2009 (see interview on Breakfast TV)
