From Cans To Vases

I have a habit of saving jars,bottles and cans, I'm always thinking... hey I can make  something out of that. Mostly I just save them in a box in the shed. Well for some reason I've been in a crafting mood lately, so I decided to try and actually do something with a couple of cans. I had a large can that I wanted to turn into a vase. I bought  wallpaper that looks like tin ceiling tiles for my kitchen and then I saw another tile pattern that I liked better. I decided to use the original roll for crafts. Light bulb moment!  I'll wrap some of that paper around a can. Then I decided to add ribbon and a little bling and came up with this.

 This is where I started;

I cut the wall paper to fit the cans height and width and glued it on. Then I had to choose between the gray or ivory ribbon. After hemming and hawing about the ribbon I ended up using the ivory...big surprise huh? Then I decided to add the bling. I glued on a charm that I bought from the craft store eons ago.

I went out to my garden and cut some hydrangeas, liatris, bell flowers, hosta leaves and flowers,  made an arrangement in a glass vase, then inserted it into my can turned vase. Then I took lots of picture and played with them to my hearts content in Picmonkey.

I had so much fun I decided to make a second one. This time I used a smaller can. I wrapped the can with burlap ribbon twice around since its kind of thin. I trimmed the burlap to fit and added a printed copy of an old ledger page. I tore it around the edges glued it on in the back and wound twine around it a couple of times and tied it in a knot.

I added flowers to this one too, you cant have too many flower arrangements right? Then I took lots of pics and you guessed it... had fun in Picmonkey.

I think these would be pretty at a wedding or shower. You could even use them to hold pens and pencils or even makeup brushes. I of course love them for flowers. How about you? Thanks for looking! I'll be linking up with these fun parties this week;

                                                 
                                                   
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