A New Painted Tin

Hi friends!

Oh tin containers! How much do I love thee?

Let me count the ways:

I turned an empty lip balm tin into a cute holder for pins or paper clips...TADA!

I transformed an empty cookie tin to hold sewing supplies...TADA!

I wrapped an empty tea tin with floral paper to store candy...TADA!

An empty mint tin is now a travel watercolor palette...TADA!

This is another tea tin that I painted and made into a recipe box...TADA!

I gave an empty popcorn tin new life as a recycling bin...TADA!

And here I am again, with a new tin to work on:

This was once home to Colombian coffee. 

I painted it in a deep black and let it dry for a few hours.

With a white pencil, I sketched some poppies and cosmos flowers. 

I chose a palette of orange and pink acrylic paint.

Then I painted the flowers, allowing the paint to dry before adding another layer.

I now present, my floral tin container:

I'll use it to wrap a present. That way, the recipient can reuse the can when it's her turn to give a gift. 

These are just some of the fun ways to turn empty tin containers from "blah to TADA!"

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