Sensational Junk Cloche

Well, there is a fancy word that is running rampant in the blogging decor community. Cloche.

Rumor has it you haven't 'arrived' in decor until you have one. I know because I read the rumor in a blog! ;-) Well, have one I MUST then. The search began!

I saw a limited amount of the fancy french word beauties on my excursion to Scott's Antique Market in the big city. For a pretty penny I could 'arrive' in the world of home decor. My clearance rack, junkie mind wouldn't allow for an expenditure on such grand scales to become a Decor Diva.

Yet while visiting my local high end Goodwill (so shall it be named due to the higher prices in this little HotLanta burb), I spotted this large glass jar object for $1.91. My brain began to spin with possibilities! Inspiration struck. Along with visions of splendor at finally arriving in the blog world of decor!


So what is a budding Diva to do? Head on over to Wally World and pick up an added item to make my sensational junk cloche dreams come true! Next you place the thrifty find and the Wally World purchase of a tiny votive candle holder next to each other, then make photos for all the blogging gals to see your Diva in the making qualities and cleverness.

You search your newly organized Inspiration Studio for hours trying to find the item that will pull all of this together. Where did I put that? Oh gee, what an inopportune time for my CRS (can't remember stuff) to kick in. Doesn't that glue realize what is at stake here? Arrivaldom...or something like that.

Quick stop at Hobby Lobby after work remedies the lost glue and the lost mind. For the love of cornbread my memory chips are in need of a reboot.

Add a little junk girl trash to treasure magic. Toss in a bit of fake Dollar store moss and a cute little birdie. Set it on a pretty plate and VOILA! (another fancy French word there, just in case ya'll didn't notice). This junk hunter wannabe Decor Diva presents a homemade:

~ CLOCHE ~

Now don't you go fretting about me being found out by the locals that I junk hunted my little Cloche into existence for the mere price of $3. Most of these farm boys don't speak French. They use tractors and tillers to toil the land growing their veggies. Should they question the authenticity of this cutie pie, my now earned Decor Diva qualities will kick in, hopefully before my CRS and explain that according to Merriam-Webster dictionary a Cloche is a transparent plant cover used outdoors especially for protection against cold. Of course, some may question my sanity as to why one is sitting on the little living room table with a bird under it!

I must say that I am not the only thrifty cloche Diva in blog land. I found at least two other gals that have arrived before me in the decor world. Another Sherry with her almost identical twin design of a cloche at Creations from My Heart and Blanca at For the Love of My Home & Life. I ran across another Diva a few weeks ago that used a finial and a jar, but I can not find her now.

So crafty thrifty sisters of mine, do not stress over coveting thy blog sisters cloche. RUN to your nearest thrift/junk store and let your imaginations soar. With just a tad of glue you can make shiny sensational junk glass in to a cloche!