Repurposed Can

Shew, it's been a loooong time since I posted anything!  I've been a little busy with work, but MOSTLY with working on my new website where I'll be selling my crafts! :D So I've been busy making things to "stock" my site with as well.

Anyway, it's my sister's b'day on Friday and one of the goodies I'll be giving her is this can which I repurposed into a storage thingie (I'll be filling it up with things for her - who likes getting empty stuff, right?!).

All I did was decoupage some pretty scrapbook paper around it, coloured the edges of the tin (top and bottom) in with a gold paint-pen and decorated it with flowers and things.

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Nikycole Curtain Tie Backs

A while back I saw some curtain tie backs that I really liked and kinda wished I could have...
And guess what?!  Recently I was lucky enough to win a set of them in a giveaway that Veronica from Life in the Thrifty Lane was having at Under the Table and Dreaming! :D  How lucky is that? :)

So thanx again to Veronica for her lovely prize, I love 'em! :)

I chose the burlap ones 'cause I love their more natural colour.
Here they are in my TV room:

Don't they just fit in perfectly?  They're held on to the curtain with ribbon and magnets - very easy to use. :)

Anywho, Veronica sells them on her Etsy shop Nikycole, if you'd like to have a set of your own.  Needless to say she makes them in a bunch of different colours and fabrics too. :)


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Gift Wrapped Cards

I thought I'd try get a little creative in wrapping my gran's cards that I made for her b'day, so instead of using ordinary wrapping paper, I did this:

I wrapped it in plastic (sandwich baggie to be exact...it's the best I had!), and taped it at the back to get it snuggly fit around the cards (I won't be showing the back though 'cause it's not a very neat taping job, it being a baggie 'n all).  Then I tied a ribbon around it and made a flower using doilies and a decorated glass pebble which I modge podged with a rose picture:

 

Ok, maybe not AS fun as wrapping paper since you don't get a big surprise to see what you're unwrapping, but I think it's a cute idea. :)


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