Repositioning The Ringers

A couple of decades ago Hubby Tony's great aunt passed on a collection of vintage brass Christmas bells. The 18 bells are a variety of shapes and colors, between 1 1/2 and 2 inches tall, and are engraved with holiday phrases. At our previous house we placed them at eye level on a bookshelf where they were easy to see. At our new place there are no bookshelves in the living area, and the best we could do was arrange them on a small table. Not very impressive.

I started looking around in stores for some type of display stand or tiered tray, but everything I saw was too big, too expensive, or too fancy. However, at a Goodwill store I found a pair of S-shaped candle stands. Each had five platforms that would be big enough to hold a bell, and room for the extra bells to nestle between the curves. The stands had yellow price tags that said $3 (within my mental budget limit), but when I read the sign that all yellow tagged merchandise was 75% off I couldn't carry them to the register fast enough!

Back at the house I asked Tony to do the rearranging. I think the collection looks more appealing now, don't you? Five years ago today: Like!