August CupboardScape

Happy Happy Hump Day!

Tomorrow is my Friday at work.

Leaving a bit early even to go pick up my mom,

take her back to my house for the night.

Then we are headed early Friday morning for our

yearly antique yard sale trail.

WOOT WOOT.

Hopefully I will be able to score some goodies

for both our store...and of course for me.

Won't be back til Sunday sometime,

so I wanted to get this post off before I left.

So I have a thing for baskets....

especially splint baskets.

So I grabbed up a few of baskets around the house,

like this gathering basket above,

and did my CupboardScape on them.

Did you know that early splint baskets were made using

ash wood that was stripped from the bark,

which were soaked from the many layers of wood?

{the large white on the right is my latest find}

Early baskets were rectangular.

Early New Hampshire farm baskets

 were made using a wood base.

Early baskets started out with no handles.

They were used to gather grain and food during the harvest.

Basket on the left has a wood base.

One on the right no handles.

Some had wood handles, like the one on the right.

Later on oak was used 

along with ash as both are hard woods.

I also have a fondness for rye baskets,

and hope to find some more.

This tiny cheese basket was a score!

I have a huge one that our kitties use for sleeping.

It has a quilt inside and resides under my table.

I will end my post with this.

 See what's on my hoop now?

This will be another OOAK piece.

I leave you now to continue my progress.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week!

Basketcase Blessings To All!

Janice