DIY Little tin pots

I’m not a crafter. I once lived across the street from a little old lady who invited me to all her crafting parties, and she tried to teach me to bead, sew, and make things. I was not a good student, and often tried to weasel out of her get-togethers. (sorry, Ann. I know how hard you tried) 

For some reason crafting projects give me great anxiety. I think it’s because I put so much weight on the outcome that it ruins the process for me. I don’t feel this way when I paint because I know I’ll just paint over it if I don’t like it.

With craft projects, you usually buy kits, I think, and it leaves little room for errors. So, there’s a great deal of tension within me to get it right. I know it’s silly, and I’m making a mountain out of a mole hill, but I don’t enjoy creating under pressure like that. 

So, given how I feel about crafting, I quite surprised myself with this little collage project I did back in January. I had an accumulation of cat food cans in the recycle bin, and thought, it’s a shame I throw so many of these away each week. Maybe I should try to use them? 

I came up with the idea of collaging over the tin, and making little treasure pots out of them. I didn’t have any of that decoupage glue on hand, so I ended up using gel medium instead. I used collage paper I make myself, and usually have on hand. It just needed to be torn up into tiny pieces. 

I liked making these, and have thought about making more to sell in my Etsy shop, but Idk? My main concern is how to ship them. Because I don’t plan on making much money from the sales, I don’t want to have to buy special boxes to ship them in. I’d rather use the shipping material I already have on hand, which are bubble envelopes. 

I’m not sure they’ll hold up in a bubble envelope, tho. I’d like to experiment with these before I make any more. If you’d like to own one of these prototypes let me know. I will send one to you for free. I only ask that you lmk if it gets to you still looking like a tin can or if it’s squished flat like a pancake. lol xo