Tin Cans

I love to repurpose and upcycle the things around me, especially what others would consider trash. With my latest project, I have made some cute repurposed tin and soda can …

Yesterday, I received an early Christmas gift from Ryobi, two of their cordless power tools. I couldn’t wait to start playing with them. I made two sardine tin can ornaments …

Every time I visit big department stores, I can’t resist going into the home furnishing departments and checking out the latest wallpapers. Often I will pick up a few samples. …

These indigo planters were an impulse craft and an afternoon of fun. The other day a friend of mine had been Shibori dying her outdoor sofa covers and offered me …

As a family, we love those delicious Scandinavian Christmas spiced cookies you get in tins from places like IKEA. We managed to get through quite a few tins this Christmas. …

Originally, when I started making this nightstand caddy it was supposed to be an upcycled Father’s day gift. Then my middle son Elliot was home for the holiday and was …

Growing up in I was surrounded by blue and white pottery. My mother was and is a big collector of it. We lived in Hong Kong at the time and …

Velvet is one of my favourite fabrics. Last year, I had lovely velvet curtains made for my front room and I covert a velvet sofa. However, that is on hold …

There’s something about tin cans. I can’t help finding new ways to upcycle and reuse them. This leather pen pot has to be one of my classiest tin can upcycles. …

Making this repurposed felt succulent garden was so much fun. It got my creative juices going, trying to work out how to make different succulents out of sweater felt scraps. …

I made these decorative tin can planters partly to use up some of my paper napkins stashes! Every time I go into a Scandinavian/Nordic interiors shop I wander around swooning …

One of the many things I love to do at Christmas is to make some gorgeous sweet treats such as fudge and biscotti to give as gifts. I’m a real …

DIY Cute & Colourful LED Pine Cone Christmas Tree Every day, I walk the dog down our local park and the ground is covered with lovely pine cones. Sometimes I …

Ok, I admit it I have a tendency to get a bit obsessed with things and one of my pet obsessions is recycling and upcycling jeans. I never throw out …

I love to keep old tin cans and re-purpose them and upcycle them into the best tin can planters! My kitchen window sill is adorned with planters. Ideally, they would …

I got the idea for these crushed can DIY planters after trawling the shops looking for planters to match my fun pineapple stenciled table upcycle. (That’s a bit of an …

Simple Tin Can Upcycled Advent Calendar For me, the best part of Christmas is the build-up, all the crafting and gift making. It’s like a lot of things in life …

Upcycling Empty Paint Cans with Paint Chips Empty paint cans: I’ve been busy repainting a spare room and plan to turn into a craft room. As I result I have …

Upcycle a discarded old window into a gorgeous garden feature of an wonderful window herb planter. When a good friend recently had new windows, she was going to discard the …

Handy Upcycled Tin Can Craft Caddy I made this craft caddy as not having my own studio and having to craft on the dining room table can be a real …