A Tin Box Decorated with Decoupage

It's so nice to see you today!

There is a stall at the Union Square Holiday Market that I always love to visit. They sell all these gift items from India and I'm particularly attracted to the enamelware decorated with flowers. They are vibrant and remind me of folk art.

One of the things I bought from them is this lovely bangle.

If I'm not mistaken, this style of decorating is called Kashmiri paper mâché.

I'm using this design as a launching point for today's craft.

This used to be filled with chocolate covered coffee beans. It's now empty but I saved the tin container.

 

After cleaning it inside and out, I painted it with several coats of plum-colored paint.

Once the paint was dry, I decorated the tin box this way:

I found some floral gift wrap remnants that I cut into smaller shapes. 

With a paintbrush, I applied white glue on the backs of the gift wrap cutouts. The paintbrush helps spread the glue in an even layer and covers the surface until the very edges. 

I attached the floral cutouts onto the tin container, a crafting style called decoupage. 

Here's what the tin box looks like after attaching the floral cutouts...TADA! 

We can leave it like this or add more flowers:

This is just one of the ways I turned a tin container from "blah to TADA!" 

If you like this idea, maybe you'll like this recipe box, paint palette, storage bin, trinket box or twine canister...all made from empty tin boxes.

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