When the world hands you champagne cages, make mini chairs out of them! Such is the case with the slew of cages I collected over the very festive Holiday season. To me, champagne symbolizes a celebration. I love saving the corks, and have amassed quite a collection in bowls around the house and at the shops. The cages can be made into the most delightful little chairs. We use them in the jewelry cases at Watson Kennedy, to play off of the earrings and necklaces. TPS is the champagne chair master, and he makes them while sitting by the fire at WestWard. You just need a pliers to undo the cage. Snip the wire that tightens the cage around the neck, and use it to create a decorative back. You can get as creative and as fancy as you would like. They really are fun. I like to use them as place card holders for when we are having a champagne themed dinner too, and then the guests can take them home as a remembrance of the evening.
I miss the DWR Chair contest they used to do after New Yrs…or maybe they still do it and it’s me that’s out of touch? Either way I like your idea of using them in the jewelry case, it would certainly draw my eye in.
OMG these are so cute!
My husband was the first to make me one of these and I love them….need to have some champagne to make more!
Tammy
Hi Loree. I am not sure if they do either. Those we are always like mini works of art. Ted
Hi Joan. They really are! I love them, Ted
Hi Tammy. Always a good excuse to have champagne:) Ted
These are adorable! The other day, I made my first one out of a champagne cork I saved from my sister’s 30th birthday.
(I enjoy visiting your two Seattle shops for creative inspiration.)
Hi Christine. I am happy you enjoyed the shops! Ted