Before & After

This mini album was in the $1 bin at Michael's, and it even has a magnetic latch! I couldn't resist buying 10 of these. The picture on it might be cute, but I wanted something more elegant. Using a strip of the River Rock Designer Series Paper, I glued it onto the front and back cover. The inside cover is covered with the coordinating paper design found on the other side of the DSP. The latch was covered with Always Artichoke DSP. I then added Stampin' Up!®'s Designer Theater Ribbon Originals. The metal embellishments are ones I found in my drawer collection.

This tin pail is another dollar item...I found it at Target last year and knew I would use it one day, so I bought a dozen! I covered it with the new SU! wrapping paper and tied coordinating ribbons on the handle. I had several pens left from a recent project, so I thought why not use the wrapping paper to decorate the pen with and fill the tin pail with matching note cards? Wouldn't this make a great little gift?

This scented candle tin is another dollar buy at Michael's -- what a bargain! Again I bought a dozen. All I did was cover it with Holiday Harmony and Always Artichoke DSPs, then added ribbon, brads and a few punched out flowers, ovals and scallop.