I ♥ tins

I recently discovered another passion of mine. After all things owls and jars, there are tins! Vintage floral tins, candy tins, tea caddies, cake and biscuit tins...used as pretty decorations on a shelf or as storage...I want them all! I just wanted to share some of my favourites finds with you, enjoy!

Design Sponge

Natural Collection

Traveling Mama

Dishfunctional Designs

Better Homes & Gardens

Martha Stewart

Maya Lee

Button Brooches

I do love brooches and badges loads and I happen to have a huge collection...

my box of badges

my box of brooches

I pin them on coats, jeans jackets, jumpers and hats, I think they help to make a plain item of clothing a bit more unique.

The love for these pretty things has brought me make some for my shop (soon to be added), I thought I'd give you a sneaky preview of what I have made so far.

I recycled some fabric I had in my crafty stash, gathered it round a circle cut out of cardboard and closed with some pretty buttons and other cute findings.

Each brooch is a one off or part of a limited edition!

One of my little obsessions

One thing you don't know about me and that you are about to discover is that I get so easily obsessed on things I like sometimes, for example at the moment I am obsessed for DIY cake stands!
I first saw the idea on this really cool website called Ikea Hackers, were basically people buy stuff from Ikea and customise it to transform it into a unique item. Since then I frantically search the internet for more examples, especially of the multiple tiers variety because I wanted to use it in the kitchen as a fruit stand instead.

Source: jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com via Ilaria on Pinterest

Source: cleanandscentsible.blogspot.com via Ilaria on Pinterest

Source: giverslog.com via Taís on Pinterest

Source: giverslog.com via Jessica on Pinterest

I have made my first one though it is still a sort of prototype because I need to get the proper glue, but even so it is still standing!

I used 2 Nutella glasses and 3 Whittards plates that I was not using anymore, I had a set of 4 of them but most of them got broken so I thought to give a new life to the ones I had left.

Now my fruit is nicely stacked and I do use it for muffins and cupcakes as well :-)