An Altered Tin
I'm trying very purposefully to make time for "making"! This week I exchanged an altered tin in a Vintage Crafters Cafe swap; I had been working on the tin since after Christmas, here and there, very slowly. It was satisfying to have a project to work on, even while being so busy with so many other things! I started with an empty Altoids tin. I painted it inside and out with white paint. Then I found a couple of scraps of vintage linens with pretty floral designs for the top and for the bottom. For the bottom, which is deeper than the top, I sewed the linen onto a piece of felted wool from an old blanket. I liked the "cushion-y" look it gave to the linen. I was making a wall hanging, so I glued the tin "open", and covered the back with scrapbook paper that that had a small, doily design. I added a phrase that was the "theme" of the tin. Pretty vintage needlework and trim, as well as a new tiny doily and a Martha Stewart doil...