What if I told you you can craft decorative Tabacco Basket For No $?

Tobacco  baskets are the Farm house craze that's sweeping through every makeshift Farmhouse in the land. So what is the story behind Tabaco baskets you ask? Well they are just that a flat basket that would hold the big picked leaves . Yadkin county had about 6 Basket companies but no more. However Rumer has it A very experienced 80 year old Bud Miller  may still be crafting a few Tobacco baskets. It is an art and craft that is taken very serious.  As the story is told the leaves would be picked rolled into bundles and placed on the baskets in a circular way. The baskets kept the leaves from being on the dirty floors. They were made of very strong oak slit wood. The horses would bring the Tobacco to the market on wagons. So that's just a bit of history......If you have priced a vintage basket they can rum anywhere from 40- 200 plus$.

So a wonderful lady Daisy Jessee made a great tutorial on how you can make a decorative Tobacco using a pizza box...WHAT......Her voice was so calming and it was 3:30 AM her time She was talking with a very low whisper but just enough so we could hear her fabulous instructions. The group is DIY Farmhouse Vintage Shabby chic a great Facebook group where people are automatically your friend!

So I thought just let me give it a try.....So Sunday evening after a long day of fairs and shopping I decided to stop and get a few pizzas the kids love that. Of course in the back of my mind I am thinking yessss! Ive got the boxes I need for the project .

So Monday I got busy watching the wonderful tutorial, I believe if you would like to view this you must join the fb group. Well worth it. Its just basically cutting strips of the boxes and weaving them and building the sides. And the cardboard is very forgiving, paints well. After scanning the internet I found that they were being made of posterboard as well.

 For this craft you will need the boxes, paint, hot glue sticks , ruler and a stapler.

 I thought since this is a free craft I also used some white cotton material for the roses and a brown grocery sack for the rose stems and leaves. So every thing is free totally!

 The roses are so simple to do as well....just cut a strip of material fold in half and swirl and bunch and there you have it!

                                                           Will you give this craft  a whirl?
                                                             Thanks so much for stopping in today!

                                                                                      Lisa