Sunday 8 June 2008

Covered Tin

I have had this lavosh tin for months, and have been using it to store my scraps of paper and card. Today I finally got around to prettifying it. :-)

I used SEI Paisley and Polka Dot paper, which I absolutely love. I wish I'd bought more of it. I have given it a couple of coats of satin varnish to protect it. The ribbon around the lid I coloured with an ink pad, and the ribbon on the top of the lid was wrapped around some towels we bought ages ago.

I am really pleased with the final result. It's much better than having a lavosh tin on my desk, making me want to snack all the time (not that I need any incentive to snack).

It also matches a little baking powder container I covered in the same paper to put my USB key in.

The best thing about this, I think, is that it is for me, unlike most other things I make.

4 comments:

Crissi Harvey said...
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Crissi Harvey said...

sorry about the 2 deleted post's Hope i cant seem to type properly LOL. Here goes again.

The tin looks fantastic i have that paper and have never quite known what to do with it, but think i will have ago on some tins as yours looks so nice.

Thanks for adding it to the Arty Girlz on going Recycling challenge.

crissi xx

Julie Allain said...

WOW Your tin is beautiful !!

Thanks for joining in with the ongoing Arty Girlz challenge xx