Ballard Designs Knockoff | Pet Food Tin

Maggie Lois
by Maggie Lois
Hey y'all! Have any of you noticed how hard it is to find cat things in stores? I guess if you don’t have a cat you’re not too concerned but since we rescued Ms. Kay from being a street walker, I’ve found it extremely difficult to find cute kitty stuff. Molly has a pretty sweet dog food tin from Home Goods and I think it’s only fair Ms. Kay has one too. The only cat food tin I’ve seen is from Ballard Designs but I don’t really feel like selling my right kidney to afford one so I figured I’d make my own version.
On a recent trip to Ikea I saw these cute tin trash cans and thought it would be perfect to store Ms. Kay’s food. It was a little plain so I made this design and cut the vinyl using my Silhouette Cameo.
Cat font: Adobe Caslon Pro | Food font: Bickham Script Pro Regular
All Done!
And here are some bloopers since photographing cats is not the easiest thing to do.
My version: Ikea tin: $14.99 + Vinyl: $5.99 (with plenty leftover) = $20.98 Over half the price of Ballard's!


And to see more cuteness you can check out their personalized pet food area I shared last week!
Maggie Lois
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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