Minnow Can

The nights are cool here in Minnesota

so it's starting feel a bit like fall.

I'd like to share an easy project

using some dry hydrangea blooms &

an old minnow can.

 

 

I make burlap bows from the seed potato sacks

we have left at my greenhouse job.

It's a craft that I perfected when working at

a tree farm making balsam wreaths

and decorating them.

The dry flowers are from some shrub

pruning jobs we do for customers in

the fall when the greenhouse slows down.

You can say I find a use for almost everything!

 

For all my vendor friends:

these simple minnow can projects sell

really well.  I've sold two so far,

my coffee shop craft rental space is

in the heart of lake/cabin country.

Mine went for $14.  I use both the outside

minnow bucket (solid) and the inside

with the lid open.  Both are such cute containers,

one with vintage label graphics & the other

with darling hole patterns.  This way you

get twice the sales, from one bucket set!

 

Let me know what you think!

I'm always seeking comments &

new ideas or alternatives.

~Jane

 

Linking up to:

Lavendar Cottage

 

Ivy and Elephants

 

The Handmade Hangout

at Redouix Interior

 

 

Free Records

It's just like me to stop at the local storage building

and inspect a pile of free items!

Who wouldn't take two boxes of

free vinyl records?

 

HA!

I know!

 

Over 160, but who's counting?

 

(never mind the fact that we've been tripping

over them in my entry way for 2 weeks)

 

 

 

 

 

I tried a few "record bowl" crafts,

and boy are they fun & easy!

 

I turn my oven on about 200 degrees & heat

them for 10 minutes.  Sometimes pulling them out

half way through to manipulate the edges into even

ripples.  You can do this carefully with quick hands

and not get burned.  The record is set on a cookie sheet,

with a small glass upside down bowl underneath.

  Once the edges start to drop, I pull it out and try to

 form them & heat again.

 

Some brands are too thick to melt.

I've has some just bubble at the edges.

A few just won't bend.

But the ones that do are easy 10 minute projects.

Pull them out of the oven & leave it cool.

They self harden & are cute to boot!

My son will have one in his room for all

the guitar picks. They'd work for house keys.

Don't put food inside, unless it's wrapped.

 

The free box also included this darling album....

 

Yes free!

What a wasteful nation we live in.

 

This album might end up on Etsy.

Time will tell, I'm still oogling over it.

 

What's YOUR best free item from this summer????

Leave me a comment!

 

Linking up to:

 

REDOUX INTERIORS

AND THE HANDMADE HANGOUT