4.07.2011

canisters, giggly gumdrops, and cricut love...not necessarily in that order.

 my giggly gumdrops vinyl came in the mail the other day!

...I picked these labels:

I got them in red...

and I got to custom order them too....

and it came all cute ....with a practice frog vinyl and a recipe for an artichoke dip (and if you read my "about the girl" page you would know I love ARTICHOKES!)

anyways
My family knows not to give anything to goodwill until I have searched through it ....and my sisters stash was JACKPOT!  I got these canisters:
I know right? who would give these away! But ivy a'int really my thing.....as you can see, it's already on my paint tarp..

close up...

took some spray paint primer

and gave them a shot
(I turned them upside down cause I didn't want to contaminate the inside with paint!
after they were sufficiantly coated...
I took my painters tape and decorated them...
pretty fun right......I actually stole this from my mom..she bought the cutest set of canisters and I drool over them everytime I see them!


the white one is actually a paisley one that I cut out with my cricut





I orginally cut them out to decorate my laptop...

I used all the little cirlces and insides of the paisley to fill it in....
but i didn't like love love it....so I peeled it off and stuck it on my canister.


(the spray paint bled a little on this one...probably cause it was not as sticky seeing how it was on my laptop first)


and I spray painted them all
then I took my vinyl labels...peeled off the back...put them on my canisters and rubbed.

(then I filled them with stuff and stuck them in my cupboard

I painted a circle to go behind the words to make sure the words really popped!


and I have one for my windowsill by my craft mess area




and now I have a reason to go to the thrift stores to look for some more perfect containers to use the rest of them..

and i think I'm going to order a choc one (for all my choc chips) and one for fruit snacks...and one for.....they are just so addicting! 


I love this version also!

I think i'm gonna order some for my scrapbook/craft area...buttons, brads..eyelets..paper clips...ummmm..I know i have about twenty more odds and ends but nothing is coming to mind!

of you can use it for nails, screws, washers, nuts, bolts..yeah..I'm surprised I could name that many.


or you can okay..I'm pretty sure everything is going to get labeled around here...

and you have a chance to win some labels (or whatever you want!)
Make sure you enter to win a giggly gumdrops vinyl of your choice HERE!

Winner get's picked tomorrow!

8 comments:

  1. those are really cute. I see those all the time in the thrifts stores.
    Great Idea. I even like the "Crap" one.

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  2. I'm still hopeful that I will have a Cricut someday. Someday... These are adorable - I of course adore the retro colors and the CRAP jar. We all have crap to store, don't we?! -diane
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  3. The canisters look wonderful after being painted, a really fun selection! Love the labels, I really need to jump on this vinyl band wagon!

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  4. I love the vinyl I love the colors and mostly I love that they aren't perfect! Really makes them look inviting... throw your crap in me!!!

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  5. Those are cute! I recently made me some new canisters from pickle jars (idea came from the greener side of me)! I will post them sooner or later on my blog. Im going to keep your idea in mind for the next set!

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  6. Hey you have the same laptop as me. Cool! I like your pots. Labeling stuff feels so good.

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  7. Holy cow! I love this idea! I love that you have a container for crap. It makes me want to open the lid and see what is in there. =) (I won't though, that would be rude.)

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