2 Tier White Platter

2 Tier White Platter

Visited Home Goods yesterday and saw so many pretty Valentine and Easter stuff but just didn't want to pay top dollar for any of it.  Found my way over to the sales isle and found some really pretty white dinner and salad plates on sale.  SCORE ! $3 for the dinner plate and $2 for the salad plate.  I knew I had to use these some how and some where.

You see the feminine flair of these plates?  Just had to have them and you can't see it in the photo but they are slightly distressed with a hand painting technique (it says so on the back of the plate).  I started looking for a crystal candlestick to put these two together to form a 2 Tier Platter but again the prices were $10 for almost every crystal candlestick.  One isle over found this salt shaker $1 another SCORE.

Couldn't wait to get home to see how these pretties fit together.  Glued the three pieces together using clear adhesive and Wa La ...

Another view:

She's sitting all pretty with a Valentine card and some sweet chocolates:

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Dollar Store Goodies

I was down in the dumps on Friday and what do I do when I get down in the dumps?  I go to Dollar Tree.  I don't know why it is but that is what I do.  Cheaper than therapy and I give myself a dollar limit as to what I can spend.  Friday's limit = $5.00 , tax doesn't count ;)

So cash in hand, smack dab in the middle of the day, I venture to the Dollar Tree and came back with these goodies:

1- Red Roses
2- Heart Picks
3- Package of Moss
4- White plain candle
5- Fleur de Lis ornament

So first the flowers, took the red roses and heart picks and made a mini bouquet and put it in a mercury glass urn I had.  Added the moss to anchor the arrangment.

Next the candle.  You've all seen this I'm sure, the plain white glass candle.  Added ornamentation by way of self adhesive decor I had in a scrapbooking kit.

Last, the fleur de lis ornament.  Bought it  in a dark and drab brownish color.   Painted it white and she was all pretty.

Here are my goodies, keeping each other company and putting a smile on my face.  Just what the doctor ordered (Dr. Dollar Tree).

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