Saturday, January 9, 2010

Turning boring old JUTE into something CUTE!!

So my new craft area is almost done. I'm just doing a few little projects to give it that extra special "ME" touch. This was one of them.

A jar for my pens, pencils, scissors etc. Made with a washed out soup can, twine, and embellishments. If your going to cover something like this don't kill yourself trying to glue every bit of twine on your jar. Instead put hot glue on the bottom where you start your twine and on the top where you end. I just made sure I wrapped the twine tightly around the can to keep it in place. I probably could've done it a bit better since I see some of the tin poking through in some spots but that is just me and my OCD.  I think this took me well..... about 15 minutes max to make. I love those quick and easy projects that are GREEN!


Here is how my jar turned out. I was going to leave it plain like this but I thought it needed some more cuteness and pizazz so I added a picture of my daughter from her cake smash using a magnetic clip.


Look below for some more fun things to do with twine
















Creative Little Daisy




For some reason my links arent working properly but here's what Im linking up to...





23 comments:

  1. that is so adorable but even better with your daughters pic!
    i love "free" crafts!

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  2. That is really cute! I love the magnetic aspect! Plus all the examples-inspiring! :)

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  3. Love the first idea- now I know why i thought to throw my soup can in the dishwasher this morning. I had no idea what I do with it, just knew I could do something!

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  4. What incredible ideas! I love your can.
    Came over from SITS.

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  5. Again...too cute! I have a project started with twine...but not finished. I just love twine..cheap and chic.
    Holly @ 504 Main

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  6. Very cute! Thanks for sharing these ideas!

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  7. Hello Crafty Chic Mommy! Thank you for your comment on my blog, and sorry it's taken me a while to get over here to say hello!
    And may I just say that I LOVE your blog! You have such great ideas and such cute crafts. I will definitely be stopping by again!

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  8. love all those great things covered with twine! You gave me some awsome ideas for all the coffee cans hubby is bringing home from work LOL thanks for sharing!!

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  9. Definitely great finds. I hope you don't mind, but I linked this to a post about wrapping with twine/jute at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com

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  10. I love twine so much...such great ideas!

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  11. LOVE the twine lampshade... I've had an old kids lamp sitting around that has an ugly shade with little ducks on it, and I couldn't think of what to do with it. Thanks for the idea!!

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  12. Great collection of twine projects! Something that's been on my to-do list for way to long. One day...

    Thanks for linking up to SNS!

    FJ Donna

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  13. Come on over to my blog I left an award for you

    www.shellyscreations.blogspot.com

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  14. Very cute!
    Love the picture, great touch.
    ~Amy

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  15. That turned out adorable! Love the idea of clipping on the photo. So cute! Thanks for the other links too. :)

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  16. Wonderful ideas, I like all of them!

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  17. Very very cute! I love the use of ribbon on it, too!

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  18. Very cute, indeed!

    Thanks for linking up with Talented Tuesday!

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  19. Lovely projects! :D

    Laura from Italy
    http://chebirba.blogspot.com

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  20. I love all of your cute projects! You are so crafty! I just started blogging so all of this is new to me....join my blog....4mi3kids.blogspot.com

    Can't wait to see what you make next!

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  21. This such an awesome idea. I mimic’d you and posted it on my blog. I made sure to give credit back to you. Thank you so much for the inspiration!

    http://notinggrace.blogspot.com/2011/08/mimic-monday-coffee-tin-vase.html

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