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Friday, April 24, 2009

Blogger's Challenge - this week Alter It!

This week was a fun challenge! We had to alter something - there were some very creative ideas! I have saved these little plastic jars forever, intending on doing something with them, and thanks to this challenge, it finally got done! There was originally spices in them that came in a "Chili Kit" that we got for Christmas one year. Here's the front view:



Here's a view showing the top and the front of the jars. I used Stampin' Up!'s retired Pina Colada Simply Scrappin' kit, some chipboard letters and some Sissix die cuts to decorate them.



Here's the top view. As you can see, I ran out of ideas of what to put in them! I have Brads, Buttons, Clips and one empty one until I decide what to put in it -- any ideas??

Here's a little side view of the pretties that are in the jars! Wow, I had a lot of rhinestone brads!


I'm throwing out a challenge to all of you to alter something - we all have things that we've saved wondering "what could I do with this?".......right? Well, time to do something with it and email me with your altered item and I will post pics of them all. Maybe I'll even have a prize for my faves!




20 comments:

Unknown said...

These turned out great!!!

Barb Hardeman said...

These are delicious! I have a ton of baby food jars, and tubs, in all sizes that might work perfectly to alter and keep my "stray" stuff in. How about putting safety pins in the other jar?

Sheryl Dickinson said...

These turned out so nicely! Great and pretty way to store the embellishments!

Margaret Raburn said...

How cute are these?!!! Such a good way to re-use/recycle the nifty little container...love how you've decorated them!

Nikki Bond said...

Love them! Tooo cute! {SMILES}

Barbara said...

What a fabulous way to "re-purpose" into something useful! GREAT idea!!

Unknown said...

These are adorable! You could use the extra for your chocolate stash!

Lisa Somerville said...

Great way to recycle those old jars into something very pretty to sit on your desk!

Kerry D-C said...

These came out fabby!!! so pretty!

Kimberly Gajewski said...

These are darling Shona! You've decorated them perfectly and now they have a wonderful and useful purpose! :D

Patti Chesky said...

This is the best way to recycle. The containers are gorgeous!!!

Lisa Martz said...

ADORABLE little fellas! Great job! And how tidy will that keep your stamp studio? Holy Smokes!

Marcia @ Pretty Things said...

These are awesome Shona, you have certainly altered something there. Great idea for your little bits to go in.

:) Marcia P

Chrissy D said...

Oh how fun! I always see such cute jars and think I should decorate one, but do I? Nope! Haven't taken the time. thanks for the inspiration!

Connie Babbert said...

This is a great project, Shona! Wonderful idea for organizing your space, too!

Lisa Bohler said...

You will add embellishments to everything because of those cute little containers! Wonderful!!!

Rachel Hope said...

What a fun project!!! TFS

Erin said...

Amazing my dear! Gotta love organizational tools!

MJ said...

Great idea. So fun and functional too. Love them.

Ida said...

These are so cute and what a great way to use them for storing those small little items that are hard to store.