Hiya Claire here
So do you ever wish? I do usually as I'm drooling over stash in an online scrapbook store... Oooh I wish I had one of those... or in the case of Glimmer Mists.... Ooooh I wish I had all of those. So I vow to save for it, whilst still checking out various other items too, which I'm also saving for. The problem occurs when I have the saved up pennies & can't remember what I wanted, so I have a nose about & buy something else to then remember what I wanted & having no pennies so I came up with a plan... involving one of these...
this empty crateboard tin has been sat in my box of things to alter for ages, so its about time I used it.
I took the large C off the rope & sanded it down...
& sprayed it with Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist.
I covered the tin in some Bo Bunny paper...
And added some beaded edging ribbon from Dunelm Mill around the top...
Then I stamped my desired words onto some Blue Bo Bunny paper & attached it to the front of the tin..
I stamped this little lady from Stampotique onto some canvas fabric...
then attached her to the tin...
finally I reattached the C..
And here it is my very own scrapbooking tools & stash wish jar...
The idea is that when I see something I want, I write it down on a piece of paper (with price & shop details) put it in the jar, then when I get the chance, I can pick one out & I can treat myself, not only that, come Christmas I'll be handing this around to the family, just so I don't get 14 bottles of bubble bath & some socks again (yep, that happened one year).
Thanks for stopping by & see you later on this month
Claire
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What a great idea.
I love the effect of stamping on the canvas fabric.
Posted by: Lynne V | May 17, 2010 at 08:03 AM
Love love love it, fab effect. Skinny lady works a treat on the canvas too.
E
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Posted by: Eleanor | May 17, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Love this idea. Good tip to hand it round the family too ;)
Posted by: Carmen | May 17, 2010 at 04:30 PM
Very cute & practical too :)
Posted by: Mandy | May 17, 2010 at 07:19 PM
What a great idea :)
Anne x
Posted by: Anne | May 17, 2010 at 07:22 PM
What a great idea. Love it and I'm going to do it, although I'll have to use an old gravy tub, lol.
Posted by: Lorraine | May 17, 2010 at 10:54 PM
I need to make one of these and display it somewhere prominent
Debbie x
Posted by: Debbie Roberts | May 18, 2010 at 07:03 AM