Tins -n- Things

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days - it is the Christmas season and time to be busy!!  But I had a few minutes to get in my scrapbook room and create and here is what I played with.  One of the projects for my stamp camps Monday evening and Thursday afternoon were the beaded pens. I had just gotten my order from SU with the three tins and was wondering what to do with them.  I decided to try pouring the micro beads for my beaded pens into one of the tins, and ta-da!  It works perfect!! The pens fit in the tin just right and you can smoosh the beads onto the pen in a jiffy!!  So then I had to decorate the tin - and here is what I came up with.

I used the darling Cutie Pie DS papers for this tin and you can't really tell in the picture, but I used my Liquid Applique and applied it to all the polka dots and then heated it up with my embossing gun - which made the dots really pop.  Then I used the retired alphabet set for the words "beads"  Also for the stitching effect, I used the stamp set - All in a Row - I can't get enough of this set - used with the Stamp-a-ma-Jig - you get perfect stitching every time - and much eaasier for me to use than a sewing machine -and you sure can't use a sewing machine on a tin :)

Here is a picture of the tin with the Microbeads and pen inside - works great!!

I have a birthday party to attend tonight, and after looking through all of my bags, I couldn't find one appropriate to use for the gift I had bought.  So I improvised!! I found a bag from a store that I had purchased a candle from.  It was all burgandy with their name on the front.  I decided to cover up their name and used the new set from the Preview Brochure with the "little birdie" to make this cute little bag!

I used some ribbon from Making Memories to match the DS paper.  It came together really quickly, and I was very pleased with the result!  Now off to get ready for the birthday party... Thanks for stopping by!

Comments

[Velta]

I love the way you improvise !! This is just great :)

[Lesa Rapp]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! Marilyn, you really want to send this to me huh? Beautiful! I adore that tin! Great job sista!

[Kerry J.]

What a great way to use the tin - it looks absolutely perfect for making the beaded pens! And I love your gift bag and that birdie set is definitely on my list! I'm sure the birthday girl/boy will love to receive it!

[Amy]

I love it.

[Meg]

That is one cute bead corral!!!
Very clever idea for using those tins.