It's a Picnic Basket
W elcome back to the 'Do It Over' Designers blog hop. We are a group of bloggers who love to recycle/upcycle/DIY. I'm happy to host this blog hop and I hope you'll visit everyone to see what they have to share with you. Their links will be listed at the end of this post. Let's get the story started... There it sat...at an Estate Sale...in a corner... ...with this label: For that price it HAD to have a giant hole, right? So I turned it around, over, upside down.....nothing. OK, maybe a small chip or two, but nothing major. This was the most noticeable bit of damage. Then I opened it up and there it was... The hinge was ripped out. Let me back out and show you how I think it happened. Footprints! Who steps on a picnic basket lid?? Clearly, someone did, but knowing that it was an easy fix, I brought it home, cleaned it with Murphy's Oil Soap and got to work. First, I removed the staples holding the elastic in place on the lid....