Recycled and Decorated Tin Cans
Needing a place for all my scrapbooking pens, markers and tools; I decided to recycle tin cans to fulfill the need. I painted them with chalkpaint and then embellished them with bits of lace, twine, burlap, drop cloth, buttons, whatever I could find. They turned out very vintage looking and fit right into the decor of my craft room....
After painting them I decorated them by gluing on all sorts of bits and pieces. This one has a bit of book page wrapped around it, then a small medallion of lace with burlap and ribbon added. Lastly a key and label.
This one has a vintage picture of my Grandmother and my aunts pinned to a piece of drop cloth wrapped around it.
I embellished each of them differently then stacked them on a lazy susan so I could get to all of them easily.
I am very happy with the finished outcome. I have so much storage now for all my pins and they are right at my finger tips....
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This would perfect for scissors and other items, not pens - i lay them flat to not dry out.
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Very attractive... they don't look very much like tin cans anymore. Your many different ways of embellishing them is great!
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The tops of my empty cans are rough. What do you do do it doesn't give you a nasty jagged cut?