Welcome to the monthly Creative Craft Blog Hop
hosted by Andrea from Design Morsels!
We have tons of ideas and inspirations for you today,
you will want to visit all the links at the end of this post!
I bet you have some of these lying around…
metal tins that previously held cookies, nuts or snacks…
They’re too nice to toss out,
and no doubt you’ve been saving them to re-purpose
or re-use for something…
Well, me too!
And then I got an idea…
Upcycling them to use for gift tins!
I made one for a music lover, one for a birthday gift,
and one for Christmas goodies
For the Christmas tin,
I first painted it with chalk paint* for a good base coat,
then I gave it a coat of craft white acrylic gloss
so it would have a shinier finish
When that was dry I glued the ribbon around the bottom
*chalk paint covers imperfections often in 1 coat
The original tin pattern in center of the lid still showed through a little
so I fixed that by painting a large round black circle
with craft acyrlic gloss and added a ring of dots
and a ring of red flat sided glass craft beads
Next I painted the Santa face with a series of dots,
pink cheeks and a row of dots for his hat brim then more dots for his beard
A white mustache, a red nose and cap, more dots…
Final touches of white eyelashes and a row of green beads
and Santa is ready!
Ho Ho Ho!
The music lover’s tin is covered with clippings from a magazine~
guitars, drums, sheet music and other musical things,
decoupaged on another tin, along with a few stickers
and a stack of beads for a “knob”
The birthday tin has a “window” in the top
so the receiver can get a glimpse of what’s inside…
The bottom is covered with a cute birthday theme tissue paper
and the top is covered with a coordinating green pin dot tissue
The tin is embellished with paper flowers,
glass bead “balloons” and faux packages
These tins can be filled with cookies, candy, snack mix,
a scarf, socks, or a gift card,
anything goes!!
What would you tuck inside?
Here is the list of all the clever creations
from my talented blog hop friends!
Celebrate & Decorate Make An Extra Long Swag
Design Morsels Make An Centerpiece for a Narrow Table
Our Crafty Mom DIY Grinch Gnome
The Painted Apron Upcycled Gift Tins
Chas’ Crazy Creations 8 Easy DIY Ornament Gifts
At Home with Jemma Christmas Terrarium
B4 and Afters Chocolate Covered Snowman Pretzels
Zucchini Sisters DIY Christmas Gnome Garland
Debbee’s Buzz Thanksgiving Table Favors
Birdz of a Feather Christmas Stocking DIY
My Hubbard Home Snowman Charcuterie Board
Purple Hues and MeVelvet Christmas Flower Picks
My Thrift Store Addiction Festive Frosted Candle Holders in 2 Easy Steps
Bluesky at Home DIY Christmas Vintage Cutting Boards Vignette
Home is Where the Boat is 5 Minute Mason Jar Candle Lamps
Decorate & More with Tip DIY Farmhouse Simple Joy Canvas
White Arrows Home Quick and Easy DIY Thanksgiving Table Ideas
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado Love Your Creativity Over the Moon
Between Naps on the Porch, Celebrate Your Story,
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Turn About Tuesday
Full Plate Thursday Centerpiece Wednesday Creatively Crafty
Thursday Favorite Things Creative Cumpulsions Meal Plan Monday