Monday, May 17, 2010

15 Ways to Look at an Altoid Tin

Do you love those "curiously strong" Altoid mints? Do you hate throwing away those tins, just knowing they have to be useful for something? Well you're lucky you found this blog post then! I promise you, you'll never see an Altoid tin as garbage again, but rather as...
1. A mini garden





4. A crayon holder




more uses for Altoid tins:

8. A business card holder
9-15. "Office: paper clips, thumb tacks, mechanical pencil leads and erasers 
Sewing: pin/needles, thimbles, pins, folding scissors, needle threader 
Knitting: small travel kit with a few stitch markers, a nail clippers for snipping threads, a short bit of pencil, retractable measuring tape, darning needle. 
Purse: nail clippers, lip balm, a couple of individually packaged wet naps. 
Jewelry: rings and earrings 
Bathroom: bobby pins, hair elastics, floss pics 
Camping/Hiking: matches, small first aid kit with a few band-aids and some wet naps" -damascusannie on Ravelry


These are all great both for saving money, and saving the evironment. They're also great for getting the creative juices flowing.

Have a great week everyone!




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Very fun... liked the photos and the post! Creative!
1 reply · active 775 weeks ago
Glad you liked it :)
I LOVE these little tins, NEVER throw them away, and use them for storing needles, thread, buttons, foreign coins... I just love your blog :)
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
Thanks, Rebecca. I love your comments :)
Love the mini garden idea, very cute.
We use them for geocache containers, glue a magnet on and voila ready to attach to a guardrail. :)
1 reply · active 775 weeks ago
What's a geocache?
Beautiful ideas! I love repurposing stuff into awesomeness :)
1 reply · active 775 weeks ago
Thanks Sarah. So do I! :)
LOVE your blog! I'm following from Etsy!
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
Thanks Nomi, I'm following yours now too. The 20 things list was really interesting!
I'm loving the mini garden! Valerie (discerningchichi)
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
Its beautiful isn't it, Valerie?
Trying to follow you but an error is coming up - so will try again tomorrow! Val
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
I hope that error has gone by now!
I want to make all of these!!!!!!!!
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Be sure to share pictures if you do!
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