Have you ever whipped up a batch of salsa and flinched when it was time to toss out the chili can? Especially if it has a pretty label, like this? Don't do it! Salvage it and morph it into a candle holder! Imagine how cute this will look in your kitchen or outdoor patio. If you want more light to show through, you can drill holes around the body of it. These would also work cute as covers on patio lights. Maybe a little heavy, but it's worth checking out.
To make these, you drill holes around the top and hang chains from them (use jump rings to connect). you can add beads to the chain links, or whatever you want. Gather the loose ends up at the top and connect to a larger ring for hanging. If you can't find any cool chili cans, print out some pictures or vintage food labels and attach them around a small tomato sauce can.
Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)
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Okay...love the idea...must start buying cuter cans! Ok...a la Crafty Chica...embellish...yes...but those are cute cans!!
ReplyDeleteI love these. We have made lights for our store using 1 gallon cans-just plain tin, no labels and not painted We drill them out like punched tin. We made star shapes on them and my husband put light fixtures in them. We used them next to the mirrors in the store bathrooms. We also used buckets and washtubs to make lights in other parts of the store.
ReplyDeleteI save cans of all sizes. I really like the ones that are painted. It is hard to preserve the pretty paper labels. Any ideas for this?
Maybe something like Mod Podge to seal it with?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea... I can't wait to try it!!! :)