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Here is Southern California, or at least in my city, there’s a plastic bag ban. That’s fine. I’m all for eliminating those plastic bags. But if I want a paper bag when I go to the grocery store, I have to pay for it. In other words, it’s BYOB or Bring Your Own Bag. I miss my brown paper grocery bags. I used them for everything. Covering books, crafting, and putting recycling in.
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I decided I needed a recycling bin in my office since I’ve run out of the nice brown paper bags that I used for a recycling bin. I saved a nice sturdy box that wasn’t too big but would accommodate letter size paper, all the junk mail and craft trimmings that accumulate every day.
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Isn’t that surface wipe box a beauty? Good old Kirkland. Here’s how I transformed that bright box into a faux galvanized metal recycling bin.
- Cut off the box cover flaps. Use duct tape to bind the top edge of the box. On the outside of the box, the duct tape will also look like a metal seam once it’s covered in tin foil so you only want the tape to cover about a half inch on the outside.
- Place a piece of tin foil over each side of the box, pressing it down to mark the edges. I used heavy duty tin foil and used the dull side out (shiny side glued down).
- Cut the pieces of tin foil one half inch larger than the side of the box.
- Use Mod Podge to stick the tin foil to the box. Gently smooth out the tin foil with a credit card our brayer.
- Let the tin foil wrap around the corner of the box to look like binding.
- I decided I didn’t like the cut out handles that originally came on the box and cover them with a faux metal plate. To make the plate crinkle the tin foil and then smooth out. Wrap it around a piece of cardboard and adhere to the box.
- Add brads or other embellishments. I used small cork circles to mimic bolts.
- Once the box is completely covered, paint the tin foil dabbing on different colors and quickly blotting it with a paper towel or sponge.
Paint colors that I used: Martha Steward Glass Paint in opaque Black and Vanilla Bean, Martha Steward Metallic multi surface in Sterling, Folk Art acrylic paint in Dove Gray and Folk Art Metallic Taupe.
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I created a little label out of an existing scrapbook tag and covered the butterfly with a piece of black paper. I practiced using my new white paint pen on a piece of scrap paper before writing on my little cut out tag.
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And here it is all glued together. Another neat technique is to glue texture onto the box before you adhere the tin foil. A piece of lace or textured paper will give the tin foil an embossed look. Use a brayer or rolling pin to gently press the tin foil over the texture as you adhere it.
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Depending on the light, the faux metal sometimes looks lighter and more matte.
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But when the light hits it, the tin foil shines through.
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I covered the inside of the box in scrap corrugated cardboard. Then I paid some bills and opened mail and it’s already filling up with recycling.
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I’m sad I won’t have a steady stream of brown paper grocery bags to use for crafting. But it’s better to save the trees. And now I have a handy bin to throw recycling paper in to.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
PARABÉNS,SUPER RECICLAGEM.BEIJO.VALÉRIA.
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing, Carolyn! What a great recycling technique!
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