Tea tins repurposed

Recycled Flower Pots from old tea tins. Turn your old tins into charming home decor planters.

These days most of the teas in my pantry are not only loose leaf teas but come in a pouch, not a tea tin. You can squeeze excess air out of a pouch and keep your teas fresher longer (not that ours …

I Love Metal, Concrete and the Smell of a Skunk! I know that it's strange to claim to love metal, but I also love concrete and the scent of a good skunk. I believe that skunks have gotten a bad rap. They smell a little bit like rubber bands. No one ever smells a box of rubber bands and exclaim "Ewwwwww! I smell rubber bands!" I believe we have been conditioned to think that skunks stink. A friend suggested that maybe we have Saturday morning cartoons to blame. Who knows where the little…

Creative things you can make with old tea tins, spice containers and biscuit tins. Upcycled tin ideas.

How to make a Tea Tin Herb Garden The Tins I have been meaning to make this herb garden for a while, but when the temperature dropped, I realized this was my chance (more on that later). I used to live near the Harney and Sons tea factory. They have the cutest little shop in Millerton, NY. Over the two years I lived there I collected a bunch of the tins as various gifts. I held onto these four because the tins are so pretty. Unfortunately, I have not drunk much of the teas (I drink loose tea…

Today I am sharing a quick repurposed tea tins project. These tea tins are from Harney & Sons fine tea. LOVE their Hot Cinnamon Sunset tea!

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These tea tins should look familiar to you: I've posted most of the pictures on the tins on my Flickr pages. Finished tea tins I'm a tea addict AND a tea tin addict. I simply can't resist great packaging, like this one from Republic of Tea: There is nothing like a message from the Minister of Tea to convince me I need yet another tin. Over the years I have accumulated quite a few empty tins (Please don't let me show up on the next episode of Hoarders!) This summer I was inspired to make them…

This fun tea tin craft is a pretty way to reuse tea tins. Hand poured soy candles are easy to make and make beautiful homemade gifts, too. Plus, when you repurpose your tea tins, you can feel good about doing your part to help the environment. Get started making your own candle with these simple instructions. #tea #teatin #candle #candles #candlemaking #soycandles #homemadecandles #diycandles #crafts #crafting #craftingideas #handmade #reuse #repurposed #upcycle #upcycling #upcycledcrafts…