My Earth Day re-purpose---only a week too late:)

I missed Earth Day, but my heart was in the right place.  I STARTED before Earth Day, but did not FINISH until a few days ago.  I guess going GREEN was a little harder than I thought:)  I jumped on the bandwagon and tried to make SOMETHING out of garbage-ish type stuff.  This is what I came up with.  A fruit tray SLASH new and improved jewelry box. 

I started with THIS...

I had a fruit tray left over from a baby shower and decided it would be great for storage.  SOOOO I bought some spray paint (the kind especially for plastic) and sprayed it.  I just sprayed right over the stickers and everything---quick and easy.

At this point I decided I wanted it to store jewelry and so I wanted to line the holes with felt.  So I layed paper over the holes and colored over it with a crayon to get the outline.  Then I cut the shape out and used it as a template for cutting my felt peices. Next I added ric rac to the lid---just becaue I kinda love ric rac:)

It still seemed a little boring---even though I was planning on it being in a drawer---I thought a little bling would help.   I decided on a fabric flower.  I ALWAYS see fabric flower tutorials on blogs, but for some darn reason I could not find any when I ACTUALLY needed one. So I guessed and checked. 

I started with a strip of fabric--folded it hotdog style--and cut slits on the un-folded edge.  Then I started folding it over on itself and gluing it to itself.  I just put glue around the inside edge and folded it until it layed right and made a circle.

I went all the way around and then cut the leftover fabric and glued the edge down.

I did the same with a skinnier strip of fabric for layer 2.

And another smaller peice for layer 3.   Then I popped a button in the middle and called it good.

I don't have ANY fancy jewelry, but I am sick of having to dig through the bathroom drawers and under the bed for what little junky stuff I do have.  So this works great for me because it has a lid and isn't little hand friendly.  I think it would be great for crafting supplies, for a drawer organizer, to hold small kids toys, the possibilities are endless:)  Plus it is free and kept a little trash out of the landfill--can't beat that--RIGHT???

Mine is currently sitting next to my two BFFs (Baby Emersyn and Sarah) on my nightstand.  Happy Late Earth Day!!!!