Finished my craft project!
You've mentioned a craft project a few times. What was it? Sorry if you've already explained it.
No worries! There is a florist in the next town over that I frequent a lot. They came up with something I think is brilliant. As they make bouquets, they sometimes have flowers too short or left over. So they came up with this plan, they take what's left over and put it is mini vases. So for $5 dollars a week, I go in and get a mini vase with those flowers that would be thrown out. What I need to transport the little vase is a holder that's stable and doesn't tip over in my car. The florist used to have boxes for that, then they stopped using these cardboard boxes to conserve paper. My solution was to find a round wooden box that would hold the vase and keep it upright. I found one at a local craft shop. It's round, wide and stable and needed to be painted. So the box I found was round and divided into small panels. From my past projects, I had quite a few bottles of acrylic paints in metallic hues. I love rainbows, and what I had could be painted on each panel for a rainbow effect. That is done, I just need to put a clear polyurethane finish on it to complete the project. And when I need to get another mini vase, I will have a reusable holder to transport it home. For $5 a week, I get a fresh flower vase which Carla loves to see when she gets home from work.