Old Bay Easter Tin

I recently shared this cute project that I created for Valentine's Day after cleaning out my spice cabinet. You can find that post HERE.

I had so many expired spice tins that I invited some friends over for a craft night to make their own "spicy" Valentine.

In my plethora of expired spices, was an Old Bay tin. I held on to it thinking its colors would be perfect for Easter.

I filled the tin with styrofoam to give me a base to work on...

I found some pretty, colorful stems at Hobby Lobby...

I cut them different lengths...

Then I inserted them into the styrofoam at the back of the tin.

As in the Valentine project, I used Snow Tex as a base for the other items I was adding to the tin. It will works as glue to hold the items in place once it's dry.

I used a plastic pallet knife to add the Snow Tex to the tin to cover up the styrofoam.

If you saw my last post, you saw the cute little clay chips that I used to give a pair of candles a Spring makeover. I also found some cute little pastel bunnies & some miniature carrots.

I inserted a little bunny into the Snow Tex.

Then I added some carrots.

I didn't want my bunny & carrots to look like they were in snow, so I sprinkled the clay chips onto the Snow Tex.

I used a plastic pallet knife to gently press the chips into the Snow Tex.

What a cute addition to my Easter decor!

Linking To:

The Cottage Market,  Funky Junk Interiors, The Answer Is Chocolate, Flutter Buster, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction,  Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Creatively Beth, County Road 407, Pieced Pastimes, Southern Sunflowers, The House On Silverado

Spring Candle DIY

 Looking to add a touch of Spring to your décor? This is a super easy project & it uses one of my favorite crafting items... napkins!

I recently discovered the store Pop Shelf...just in time for them to go out of business. While they were still open, I bought some of their taper candles with a plan to give them a makeover for Spring.

The most important part of working with paper napkins, in this case decoupage, is separating the layers. If you don't, they won't adhere properly.

I added an even coat of ModPodge to the bottom half of each taper candle. 

After cutting the napkin to size, allowing for a slight overlap, I placed the napkin over the wet ModPodge. I added ModPodge over the napkin where the overlap would be, then coated the entire napkin with more ModPodge. I left the bottom portion of the candle uncovered where it will insert into the candle holders.

I found these cute tiny clay chips at Hobby Lobby. Since they match the napkin perfectly, I decided to add them to the candles.

I poured the chips out onto parchment paper.

The 3 inches above the napkin got a generous coat of Mod Podge.

Then I rolled the candles in the clay chips.

Any areas that appeared too bare, got more ModPodge & more chips.

I  really like the texture from the clay chips. I'll be sharing the real reason I bought them soon!

Linking To:

The Cottage Market,  Funky Junk Interiors, The Answer Is Chocolate, Flutter Buster, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction,  Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Creatively Beth, County Road 407, Pieced Pastimes, Southern Sunflowers, The House On Silverado