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Dec

DIY Altered Tin Tutorial

I got this crappy tin from a ‘free box’ at a garage sale during the summer. The paint was rubbing off and I hated the design, but I knew I could do something awesome with it.

Earlier, I wrote a post titled Tins, Cans, and Aluminum Metal: What Can I Do With It? - which will give you TONS more ideas for altering tins. This post is just about what I did with mine!

Bless Our Country Home Tin

Side of Tin

Let’s revamp this sucker!

Materials:

Crappy Tin
Sandpaper
Primer Spray Paint
Color of your Choice Spray Paint
Images/stuff to Mod Podge to your tin
Scissors
Mod Podge and Brush

Instructions:

Step 1: Sand the tin all over with your sandpaper, so that the paint will stick to it better.

Step 2: Lay out a big piece of cardboard that you can use to spray paint on outside. Then, place the tin FACE DOWN without the lid. The lid should be placed on top of the bottom part of the tin. (I hope that made sense!) This way, you can spray paint everything at once, without getting the bottom part of the tin painted on. Spray paint with your primer to cover up the design.

Spray Paint with Primer

Step 3: After the primer has dried, take your colored spray paint and spray paint it the same way you did with the primer. Let it dry.

Step 4: Pick out clip art or anything else you’d like to Mod Podge to the tin. I used black lace around the tin and a big skull with tiny umbrellas for the top. Cut all of these things out and place them on your tin to get an idea of where you’d like to place everything. The umbrellas took SO LONG to cut out!

Step 5: Using spray adhesive, spray the backs of the objects to be placed onto the tin, and then place them. Doing this keeps the clip art in place while you Mod Podge.

Step 6: Mod Podge the tin and let it dry. All done! Easy, right?

Skull tin

I <3 the Lace

Another view

I made this tin specifically for DIYscene‘s Black and Metal October swap -my swap partner loved it!

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Nov

Empty Jars, Bottles, and Other Containers: What Can I Do With Them?

We’ve all tried to find something to do with these items – and I got sick of searching. Here is my tutorial list for all sorts of empty containers!

Plastic Bottle Tutorials:

Salad Dressing, BBQ Sauce, or Drink Bottle Tutorials:

Glow in the Dark Mod Podge Monsters for Halloween: Cathie Filian

Detergent and Bleach Bottle Tutorials:

Milk Carton Tutorials:

Milk Jug Tutorials:

Harriet the Heifer Milk Jug Craft: Family Fun
Milk Jug Piggy Bank: Free Kids Crafts
Recycled Milk Jug Pinatas: Cathie Filian
Various Gardening Tools: Better Homes and Gardens
Milk Jug Plastic Bag Holder: Craft of the Day
Reusable Lunch or Sandwich Containers: Family Fun
Milk Jug Containers: Vanilla Joy – I can see myself actually using them for this – simple, yet so useful!
Milk Jug Easter Baskets: Kaboose
Milk Jug-o-Lantern: KinderArt
Monster Jug Heads: Family Fun
Eerie Luminarias: Better Homes and Gardens
Halloween Skeleton Decoration: Prairie Webs

Milk Bottle Tutorials:

Milk Bottle Snowman: HowStuffWorks

Glass Wine Bottle Tutorials:

Misc. Glass Tutorials:

Faux Porcelain Project: Design Sponge

Glass Jar Tutorials:

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Milk Carton Fun: DebbieDee

Milk Jug Chandelier: PZRServices

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: ohdearbarb on flickr

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Oct

DIY Halloween Recipe Tutorials

Nope – this isn’t another boring post on how to make boring, regular food. This post is all about the DISPLAY of the food for Halloween and how you can make your Halloween party a real hit! My all time favorites (of which I’ve just discovered when researching for recipes) is the finger cookies. They look extremely realistic and are quite easy to make!

Click on the photo to get the recipe and how to.

Contents:

Drink Tutorials
Appetizer Tutorials
Dinner Entree Tutorials
Cake and Pie Tutorials
Ice Cream Tutorials
Brownie Tutorials
Cookie Tutorials
Cupcake Tutorials
Graham Cracker Tutorials
Candy Tutorials
Marshmallow Tutorials
Popcorn Tutorials

Drink Tutorials:

Bloody Brain Shooter: Fine Living

Medusa Ice Face and Hands Punch: Martha Stewart

Shrunken Heads in Cider: Martha Stewart

Boo-Nilla Shake: Martha Stewart

Fruit Drink Spritzer with Wiggle Worm Ice: BHG

Haunting Hot Chocolate: BHG

Ghoul's Punch with Frozen Hand: BHG

Gremlins Rule! Drink: BHG

Appetizer Tutorials:

Shark Infested Jello: Designs by Vanessa

Mini Witch's Brooms made from Pretzel Sticks and Fruit by the Foot: Family Fun

Monster Toes: Family Fun

Ladies' Fingers and Mens' Toes Pretzel Bites: Martha Stewart

Mummy Wraps made from Hot Dogs: BHG

Hot Dog Mummies: Family Fun

Forked Eyeballs made from Donut Holes: Family Fun

Apple Bites: Family Fun

Edible Eyeballs made from Carrots: Family Fun

Carrot Finger Food: Family Fun

Cheese Finger Food: Family Fun

Cheesy Corns: Family Fun

Whoo Hoo Hooty Appetizer made from cheese, apple slices, nuts, and capers: BHG

Guacamoldy with Creature Chips: Martha Stewart

Candy Corn Crackers: BHG

Ghost Toasts: Family Fun

Melon Brain: Family Fun

Dinner Entree Tutorials:

Adam's Ribs: BHG

Meat Hand: Not Martha

Spiderweb Eggs: Martha Stewart

Devilish Eggs: Martha Stewart

Creepy Peepers: Family Fun

Eye Popping Tomato Soup: Martha Stewart

Mashed Boo-tatoes: Martha Stewart

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Celery Broomsticks: Martha Stewart

Cake and Pie Tutorials:

Pumpkin Marble Cake: Martha Stewart

Pumpkin Cake-o'-Lantern: Family Fun

Chocolate Marshmallow-Ghost Cake and Mini Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Haunted House Cake: Martha Stewart

No Bake Spiderweb Cheesecake: Martha Stewart

Spider Cakes: Martha Stewart

Spooky Lemon Pie: Crafty Crafty

Ice Cream Tutorials:

Witch Hat: BHG

Chocolate Witch's Hat and Ice Cream: Cathie Filian

I Scream Sandwitches: Martha Stewart

Wacky Witches made with Cheesecake and Ice Cream: BHG

Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie: Family Fun

Brownie Tutorials:

Almond Brownie Coffins: Martha Stewart

Halloween Brownies: Martha Stewart

Cookie Tutorials:

Dulce de Leche Bat Cookies: Martha Stewart

Hoot Owl Cookies: All Recipes

Midnight Moon Cookies: Martha Stewart

Bat and Cobweb Cookies: Martha Stewart

Fun Candy Corn Sugar Cookies: Stylish Cuisine

Frightful Bites: Martha Stewart

Spooky Witches Fingers: All Recipes

Ladies' Fingers: Martha Stewart

Puzzle Cookies: BHG

Halloween Tuile Cookies: Martha Stewart

Cupcake Tutorials:

Halloween Cupcake Ideas: Bakerella

Scrumptious Skeletons: Family Fun

Sea Monster Cupcakes: Family Fun

Wicked Witch Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Witch's Hat Cupcake: Family Fun

Sweet Skull Cupcakes: Family Fun

Stenciled Chocolate Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Creepy Cupcakes: Family Fun

Brain Cupcakes: Family Fun

Batty Cupcakes: Family Fun

Pumpkin Cupcakes made from Hostess Sno-Balls and Green Tootsie Rolls: BHG

Pumpkin Cupcakes: Family Fun

Cauldron Cupcakes: BHG

Brain Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Ghost Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Monster Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Hairy Daddy Longlegs Cupcakes: Family Fun

Creepcake Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Witch Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Frankenstein Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Little Devil Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Black Cat Cupcake: Martha Stewart

Cyclops Cupcake: Martha Stewart

Vampire Bat Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Mr. Pearly Whites made from a Hostess Cupcake: BHG

Jack Skellington Cupcakes: Disney Family Entertainment

Mad Science Party Cupcakes: LivingLoCurto

Spider in a Web Cupcake: BHG

Graham Cracker Tutorials:

Frankenstein Mask: BHG

Candy Tutorials:

Chocolate Witch's Hats: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Mice: All Recipes

Graveyard Gravel: BHG

Invisible Pops: Martha Stewart

Monster Lollipops: Martha Stewart

Skull Pop: Martha Stewart

Candy Cats: Martha Stewart

White as Ghost Pops: BHG

White Chocolate Ghosts: Martha Stewart

Marshmallow Tutorials:

Halloween Marshmallows: Distracted Gourmet

Marshmallow Bones: Martha Stewart

Popcorn Tutorials:

Wicked Witch's Hat: BHG

Silly Popcorn Treats: BHG

Awesome Popcorn Balls: BHG

Umm… Time to bake. Collecting links for this post was torture! I am STARVING now!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: Jill on flickr

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