Twig flower vase

I've really enjoyed using tin cans for projects so I thought that I would do another one. This was came out gorgeous. It's a flower vase made out of twigs and a tin case. Another free project! We all more than likely have tin cans at home and twigs outside.

All the supplies you'll need

I gathered up a bunch of twigs; I tried to grab the straightest ones as possible. Then I measured how tall the can one. I marked the twigs with a black permanent marker and cut them with my pliers. I cut the twigs a little longer than the can. I applied a line with the hot glue gun and continued all the way around.

One layer of twigs was not enough. There was still too much tin exposed.

 I actually went back and applied several layers of twigs. I had to go back outside and look for really thin twigs to fill in some spots. After about an hour, I was done! I tied ribbon from another project, made a bow, and threw some flowers in it. I think it looks amazing and I'm so happy with how it came out.

Yay! Finally done :)

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Upcycled tin can lantern part 2

Hopefully you've seen my first post on the tin can lantern. Instead of painting my cans I thought I would use vinyl adhesive which I purchased from the Dollar tree. I have plenty of medium sized cans at home but wanted a large one. I found one at Big Lots for .80 which was awesome.

I will be hanging some of these lanterns around my fence post so I bought wire from Walmart for .97. Altogether this was a super cheap project. If you don't know how to make a tin can lantern please check out my previous post.

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Upcycled tin can lantern

I was super excited about this project because this is something that I've never seen before. I was on Pinterest and was inspired! I have plenty of tin cans at home because we love our rice and beans! :) 

 Once you have your tin can, you want to make sure you take off all of the paper.

 If you like what's on the can you always have the option of keeping it on; it's really up to you. Next you have to fill the can with water and put it in the freezer. Once the water has turned to ice you are ready to start. 

You can either draw a design on the can or print one out, and tape it to the can. You are then going to take a nail, place it on the can and hit it with a hammer. 

You want to make sure that your holes are big enough to let ample light shine through when you have your teal light in there. Then keep pounding the nail following your design pattern. Make sure you have a towel under your can to catch all of the ice and water that may drip out of your tin can. If you wanted to hang up your lantern, you can pound two holes at the very top of the can and insert wire or ribbon to make a handle. You have the option of painting your can or adding ribbon and bows to it.

How cute!

Tea light inside the lantern

Tea light inside the lantern

LED tea light in lantern

LED tea light in lantern

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Upcyceld glass jar utensil holder part 2

I was at Target and saw this really cute gift bow on sale for .50 and I had to have it! I knew that I could use it in one of my projects...and I did just that. I simply wrapped ribbon from another project around a clean jar (that use to hold alfredo sauce) and put the ribbon on it and I was done! It took all of two minutes for this really cute straw holder.

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Upcycled glass jar utensil holder

I like to be able to reuse things around the house in as many of my projects as possible. So I decided that I would use my glass jars as utensil holders and straw holders for when we have BBQs outside on the patio. It's a nice way to showcase your crafting skills and utensils at the same time. Your guests will be impressed with this project because it looks like you put some effort into entertaining. First I removed all of the packaging paper on the glass and cleaned them out. The jar that previously had kimchi in it, I let run through the dishwasher and it was good as new. I purchased a ribbon and bow set from the dollar tree.

Only $1.00!!!!!

FREE!!!!!!

 For the first couple of jars I used tape but the last ones I used my glue gun. I simply wrapped the ribbon around the jar and put a piece of tape to hold it in place. I then put the bow on top of it. There were two places where you could still see some white paper from the ribbon so I cut out four pieces of ribbon and glued them in place.

 For some of the jars I made simple bows instead. Altogether this was an inexpensive project and it looks great. You could even use these as tea light holders.

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