by Sadge, at
Firesign Farm
I'm slowly getting my house decor changed over from autumnal to holiday reds and greens. Over the years, I've amassed quite a collection of Christmas tins. Some are used year round - a red one holds buttons, a tall popcorn tin holds toys for when friends with young children stop by to visit. During the rest of the year, some of them make crush- and dust-proof containers for my lights and Christmas linens; others all nest, one inside the other like Russian dolls, for storage.
But at Christmas time, they all end up under the tree - so many that I purposely leave the bottom tier of branches in the box to have enough room (that's Aries' first bicycle, down out of the garage rafters, completing the display). Some periodically end up on my kitchen counter through the season, holding home-baked goodies until I put together gift platefuls for the neighbors. But others we use to hold our gifts to each other. Of course, we're adults here, operating (I hope) on the honor system. If you pick up a tin to use, and there's something already in it, it goes back under the tree until Christmas. No peeking!
7 comments:
Looks great, fantastic idea!!
It looks very festive and would save wrapping!
Like the tins I use some small ones I have freqently. Would love some of the large ones. Until I find some I use my basket collection with Furoshiki wraps made from Christmas fabric bought on sale after the holiday a few years ago.
Thanks! You just gave me a great idea.
wedding planner
I love the idea of using them to store your Christmas lights! I don't know why I never thought of that before!
I love this idea but am wondering how you label your tins as to whom you are giving it to so it's reusable? Obviously a sticker would not work here.
Please share ideas.
Thank you!
~Anissa
Northern PA, USA
Annissa: There are only two of us, so labels aren't an issue here. But if I wanted to add a label, I'd thread a bit of ribbon or string through a hole punched in a label and then close it inside the tin lid, leaving the label to hang outside. I do use a bit of non-acetone nail polish remover on a cotton ball to remove sticky label glue or marker pen ink from tins and glass jars, when necessary, to reuse them.
Post a Comment