KITCHEN CHAOS
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Also earlier this spring, my little sister Nette made me this paperclip chain out of twine and ribbon. I found the huge paperclips recently at Wal-Mart--15 paperclips for $1. So I had that pinned directly against this wall above our stove with recipes, postcards, and photos clipped on.
After the bathroom remodel we have a lot of wood scraps around and I schemed a solution to these problems. I cut out all the wood to make a shelf and Rhett helped me screw it together. I painted my little message on it and it serves as storage for my beloved mixing bowls, and displays Nette's photo ribbon. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoYDd-c6J5ziuttkLAvufDaEqeAerZ0PtVjtQblkOhZXE5sKvYfCRnSmFCEoeQVQdcEYTF4P9wNztKaZbwLocFeBjipK07u3_lRWZ5Bi5qtpv0Y3-IneXXUGiQJyKRKnySG7Tk0ExTWQ/s400/100_1406.jpg)
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To go above the bowls, I thought it would be cool to have photographs of brightly colored fruit to coordinate with the bowls. I chose to display the green, orange and blue bowls and so took photos of green apples, tangerines, and blueberries. the blueberries I took at home but the rest I didn't purchase. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQllDuJQtvKAl1Q1SPAMP4V-UB7IF_AYnWrGzOgkZJyv9zd11hsgKCnz2Bw6rld1nWXwXm6kay1ELQq-wWWiY6cXwLNd6phLmMx6AAqs0GKkUAc3YpxG_4hhmPAiQ77CCgY_lWHRtFjY/s200/green.jpg)
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I planned it out and took my camera with me to work and I got off a little after 6am and hurried to HyVee and was casually wandering around the produce section. I felt like I had to sneak my photos, pretending to look for ripe fruit and then began snap, snap, snapping away with my camera. A look over the shoulder and another round, rearranging the fruit until I was satisfied and moving on to the next color. Maybe they wouldn't care, but in high school I got reprimanded for filming in a grocery store, so I guess in my mind photography in a store would also be what they described in high school as "illegal".
I really would have liked to use square metal tart pans with the crimped edges as "frames" for my photos, but they were expensive--they were actual pans, so instead I used cardboard casserole dishes for $2 and I think it still shows the fact I used a kitchen item as a frame, even though it is definitely low budget.
Anyway, it all came together and I really like it. It was an inexpensive project:
wood shelf- free
paint--already had it
Pan frames-- $2
Print 3 square photos-- $6
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1 comments
SOOO cute Jess! I love all of your projects. I need to somehow bring that phrase into my kitchen. I totally agree!
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