Making a Fall Arrangement Using a Toolbox Tray

I found this old toolbox tray a couple of years ago as we were straightening up the basement. I sat it with "my" stuff, knowing I could use it. What better to do than fill it full of Fall flowers, scarecrows and pumpkins? So I got busy and.....

gathered some supplies from my stash of stuff.

I lined the tray with burlap ribbon and started layering items in.

Now it brightens this cabinet in the breakfast nook.

What fun to think of new uses for old mundane items, like tool trays.

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