Sunday, June 17, 2012

What to do with an old popcorn tin

So a while back my mother spotted these milk pail shaped popcorn tins at a yard sale.  They had pictures of dairy cows all over them but at a buck a pop I was like what the heck I can probably do something with them. 

Unfortunately I didn't get a 'before' picture, but I did find something similar on Google.

Notice the cows, don't they look happy in the snow?
Here is the 'after'
Some paint and a black pen will work wonders!
 All it took was some spray paint, a little bit of flat paint and a template from the The Graphics Fairy.

First I spray painted over the cow design on the tin with some primer, then I used some leftover flat paint I had lying around, then I traced the printed design onto the can (I went old school and just penciled over the back to create my own 'stencil').  Easy-peasy!

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