Pharmacy Image + Mod Podge = Organizing Tin
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I have friends that collect trash, cast-offs and junk and then give it to me to repurpose. I know I’m not the only one with such good friends. (Thanks to other bloggers I know this.) Every time it happens I’m equally giddy that they thought of me and embarrassed that when they thought,”Who should I give this cast-off to?” they thought of me. But friends and family, please don’t stop. I love the inspiration that a new container provides me.
I quickly printed it out on white card stock and then used the lid to trace out the portion of the image that I wanted. Unfortunately it wouldn’t all fit (and I didn’t have the patience to figure out how to resize it). But the portion of the image that I wanted did fit on the lid, so I was fine with cutting away the bottom portion. (note to self – figure out how to resize before the next inspiration hits).
A quick coat of Mod Podge on the back of the paper and woo hoo, we’d be good to go. Sigh. In my excitement, I managed to smudge some of the ink. It looked much worse in person. (note to self – when printing image off of computer, let ink dry thoroughly before Mod Podging.)
Since there are no mistakes in crafting (ha!) only opportunities to embellish, I decided to disguise the smudges by aging the image. I grabbed my brown ink pad and a make-up sponge and got to work.
The brown ink helped hide my smudges age the paper nicely. I also aged the top of the tin so it wasn’t such a stark white next to the paper.
I used glue strips along the entire length of tape so that it would be securely attached to the metal lid.
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This is really cool, love the image and love the fact of the re-cycle. 🙂 Thanks for sharing and have a blessed day! 🙂
What a coincidence. Just yesterday, I spent the day cleaning out my step-grandmother’s craft room. I came home with tons of tins. I knew that I wanted to do something with them, but wasn’t sure what. I’m off to Graphics Fairy now to find some images. Thanks for the inspiration!
Lovely and oh, so creative! Found you through The Graphics Fairy – you have a new follower. 🙂
What a great idea, and I see so many cast off tins at the Goodwill or thrift stores…could even paint and then transfer to the lid. Really great idea. Yours turned out great.:)
visiting from The Graphics Fairy site..