Tin Makeover

Today I finally accomplished a little formula tin makeover that I've wanted to do for some time now.

As a mum of a 7 moth old bub I had a few formula tins lying around that I really wanted to repurpose. And so I have been cleaning them and storing them until I figure out how they could be repurposed into something more useful.

It just so happened that one random night when I was putting the dishwasher on that it occurred to me that I did actually have a use for one of those old formula tins.

You see I have an occurring problem with the dish washing powder coming out to fast, thus overspilling into the dispenser causing an excessive amount of powder to clog up the dispenser hinge stopping me from closing the lid.

As the formula tins have scoops with them it would make placing the correct amount of powder into the dispenser easier. I would no longer have to use that old paintbrush to brush away the excess powder in order for me to close the dispensers lid.

And so I got to work....

I grabbed one formula tin, a stanley knife, a ruler, some scrap booking paper, a blank label, some double sided tape and some contact.

 

I simply cut the scrap booking paper to the size of the tin








Stuck it on with double sided tape to hold it in place.








I then stuck the blank label in position at the front.








Then I covered it all with a layer of contact








And to finish I used the stanley knife to neaten up all the edges.









And there you have it.. my new dish washing powder tin!

Once a baby formula tin on the way out to the bin ... now an up cycled storage tin that lives under our sink getting used each and every day!

I'm so happy as to how this one turned out that I'm now looking around the home trying to find any excuse to make another. And I'm sure I'll do so as these tins could be used to store a variety of items all over the home - Kitchen for tea and coffee, Toy Room for crayons, Bathroom to store soap or hair accessories... the list would go on and on... perhaps I should give bubs more formula... I might need more tins..lol


Enjoy

A Scrapbook Station

One problem area of our house is my craft storage or the lack of it! Hence when I saw that Target had a great sale on a 4x3 cubed units and material cube draws I just had to have one. I jumped on line to purchase as something of this size was going to be far to heavy and difficult for me to pick up in store. So I got on line with the thought of getting it delivered until hubby kindly offered to save us the $50 delivery fee by going and picking it up for me. Great! So I purchased everything I needed, opted for the click and collect option and paid for it all. Once our order was at our local store I received an email notification. I forwarded this to Hubby who then went and picked up my goods with no fuss at all. Wonderful! I was super excited!! Finally I had the tools to tackle the impractical wardrobe full of scrap booking mess.

The very next day I opened up the flat pack, super keen to get stuck in to building our 4x3 cube unit. Hubby had offered to construct it once home that night but the impatient me wanted it done NOW! So it was up to me to do it. Considering I had never even placed a hand on a drill before I had no idea what I was getting my self in for..lol

 

Nevertheless, as much as I am impatient I am very determined also. My goal was to have it done before hubby could come home and takeover. I ensured I read all the instructions before I started including the manual for the drill.. you may laugh but as it was hubby's brand new cordless drill there was no way I wanted to break that! Anyway, I succeeded! Yes it did take me all day but then I do have two lovely children I have to take care of also. I was so proud that I had done it poor hubby was barely in the door when I dragged him into the study to see my accomplishment.

 

 

Once the constructing was complete it was time for the fun part... to decorate it! I first added 3 pink and 3 grey material cube boxes as draws but it needed something more. It needed something to add character to it, so I decided to add a pattern backdrop to some of the open cubes. I fiddled with wall paper, scrap booking paper and gift wrap that I had on hand. A piece of grey scrap booking paper looked great in one cube but I needed something pink for the other 2 cubes I wanted to back. Eventually I decided that I really wanted pink polka dots (yes I'm slightly obsessed with polka dots!) but the only 'paper' that I had that meat this requirement was napkins. So out came the napkins and with a bit of double sided tape they were perfect! (hubby once again thought I was crazy.. an occurrence that is becoming more often)

 

 

I emptied the wardrobe and placed my new scrap booking station inside and I love it!

 

 

Now the big task of putting all my scrap booking supplies into there new homes begins. Stay tuned for an update. Once everything is in its home I'll share it with you.

 

Untill next time take care, smile and be happy

 

^YKylie