Hi there, just wanted to share with you a quick project I completed last week. I saw this awhile back on Pinterest and have been dying to make one for myself. So (much to my husbands disgust) I have been saving all our tuna tins until I finally got a chance to make one last week. I like how it turned out and now of course I have a hundred new ideas for them.

(sorry guys cant figure out how to rotate that last photo)

Ok so I covered the outside as well as the inside of the tuna tin with patterned paper.

I also painted the inside of the tin first with gesso then with brown paint.

I cut two brown scalloped circles and another plain circle. I hot glued one circle to the bottom of the tin then added a piece of ribbon from the inside of the tin to the 'inside' of the other brown scalloped circle making a 'lid' for the tin.

I then glued the circle to the 'lid' added some hand made flowers a metal butterfly and some pearls to the lid. I then added a brad to the lid and wound a piece of brown cord with some beads on the end around the brad to make a closure.

And heres what the inside of the 'trinket box' looks like.

I added a brad to the inside of the lid to hold the ribbon down.

Got to say this was one of the quickest projects I have completed in awhile and I love how it turned out. There are so many uses for it too, it would be a lovely gift with a little something cute inside. I was thinking of making another one with a mini albumn inside.