When I realized I'd be in Texas on May Day, I knew I had to make up some baskets for all of the guests at the Whitworth Ranch Retreat. Dewdrop and I had just been discussing May baskets and I was very happy to have a reason to whip some up.
These are all made from painted peat pots, (I can't get enough peat pot crafting) with a wire handle, and some old lace with a Downton-esque picture. (Our party at the B&B has a Downton theme.)
I lined them with lace cut from an old curtain, and Sissy is going to fill them up with goodies before we pass them out to our friends.
Top Hat Mercantile posted this photo and I knew it would be perfect for Guncle Randy's May basket. I layered the picture over a legal document from 1917 that was the perfect shade of blue.
The scraps from that document were used to line the pot in place of the lace I used for the girly baskets for the others.
Sissy and I are co-gifters of the baskets, but I had to make a special one just for her.
It means a lot to me that I get to spend this weekend with my sis and with friends, old and new. Many of our Birdsong Peeps will be at the art retreat, I'm so looking forward to seeing them all. I'm pretty busy at Birdsong, zipping around doing 30 things at once, so I'm happy to have an arty weekend with friends and family where I can relax and enjoy hanging out.
Thank you, Karen and Stacy for the invitation to this event!
And happy May Day to you all.
Karla, these are great! Someone just reminded me it was May Day and I just had come back from a hunt for my peat pots — the easiest baskets in the world! Well, all depends on how fancy, but you know what I mean! I’d never done those before visiting your blog and now they are a staple. And then, checking in here — well, I think it’s in the cards — peat Mayday baskets today!
Divine fabulousness!! Xo
These were such a pleasant surprise…and the candy was yummy, too. Thank you to both you and Sissy.
I love the May Day baskets; they are very creative and pretty.
When I was a young girl in S.D., we celebrated May Day and brought May Day baskets to school for our classmates. We also danced around a Maypole with pastel crapepaper streamers. That all stopped after we moved to California because they don’t celebrate May Day here.
My older sister was a Mayday queen when she was little, but I never really saw any celebrations of the holiday myself. I always wanted to, so now I make sure to do a little something each year.
We were happy to add to the party, even in a small way. What a weekend!
I wish I had known you’d be in TX! Would have loved to meet you in person.
Texas is great junking, and such nice people! That wouldve been nice, Erica. Im hoping to teach a class at the ranch, so plan on coming back again.