Michelle came over yesterday and we spent the day scrapbooking.  She did most of the scrapbooking while I cleaned.  Seems that she really enjoys watching me clean up.   Anyway, during the cleaning I ran across a stack of tins that were once Maya Road product packaging.  I had saved these for a little project I saw Andrea do once and never got around to doing it.  *gasp*  I’m sure the fact that I probably let those tins sit here for a year or more really shocks you.  lol  Here is a peek at what I did.  My intent is to do just what Andrea did and fill them with some assorted tea bags and then I’ll give them as teacher gifts at the end of the year.

I did five in total, (one for each of the Elementary teachers and then one for those at the Preschool), and they were really easy to get done once I did one.  I set up a cutting file after I established patterns to cover the back and inside of the tin, and then the scallop to cover the Maya Road wording and a flower to cover the brand embossed on the tin.  All in all, a little photo tape and hot glue works wonders!  In the photo of the close up, I actually used scraps from the Ninabrook Designs “Priceless” kit.    I love making good use of scraps.

I also finished a card from some more scraps I had and a pack of Queen & Co chipboard letter circles that I found during my cleaning.  I did some machine stitching on the card, only to have the darn machine skip some stitches.  I think Michelle had a funny look on her face while she watched me hand stitch it.  In general she gives me that, “Gosh you’re a lunatic” fairly often.

Happy Monday… and FYI, no, my roof didn’t leak.  Woot!

~j