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| Postal Themed Altered Altoid Tins Finally!!! I have been making these tins for a while now and couldn't show them since the majority of them went for Christmas presents.... They are such fun to make and even more fun to fill up. One arty blurred shot and one sharper.. |
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| What tiny treasures can you put inside? Mini stapler and tiny scissors, postage stamps, small rolls of washi tape, address labels, small rubber stamps, buttons for crafting, sewing kit..... What can you think of? |
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| All packed up and ready to go! |
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| Of course I had to make a few for myself too...I have all kinds of things stored inside mine. |
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| Besides the postal theme I go on a bird theme as well.... |
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| You have to decorate the bottoms of the tins too....no surface left untouched. |
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| Some stamp bundles packed into this one. I'd like to get this so I hope my pal Polly liked receiving it......I mean, really? Who wouldn't love a postal themed tin with bundles of stamps inside? |
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| All you need are empty tins, like Altoid tins, and some cool paper and washi tape and glue....I used matte gel medium..... |
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| I'm not the first to alter Altoid tins. In fact, my pal Dori is the one who started me thinking about doing it. She has sent me several that I absolutely love. I have one that she made me filled with earrings. I won't put a tutorial on here because tutorials are out there all over the place. Check Pinterest. I found doing a few at a time with the same theme worked best for me. It is much slower just doing one at a time. I found old Altoid tins at ScrapSF without that embossed top that the new ones have have. And Trader Joe's mints have good tins too. If you really want a tutorial I will do it but I think you can figure it out.... So, there you go, now it's your turn. What will you put inside?  And you are wondering who won the 2017 planner? (drum roll, please) MISS IOWA Congrats to Miss Iowa. Please send me your mailing address via the Blogger Contact Form or in a comment) I won't publish it. I may be making some more notebooks to give away so stay tuned. Thanks for all the comments and good wishes and for the suggestions on what you might like to see on the blog.I've been blogging less and posting on IG more because it seems there is more response to IG but I enjoy blogging and would like to continue if there is the interest. Happy Holidays to all of you out there and thank you for all your lovely comments and good wishes and good mail throughout 2016. SEND GOOD MAIL -- GET GOOD MAIL |
