Whatcha gonna do with that lid, man???
Conversation from high school in the seventies? No, The lid from my tuna fish can. Lemme ‘splain:
I have one of those newer fangled can openers that actually cuts the lid off from just below the ring, on the side of the can. Sometimes frustrating- I use to use the lid for strain the tuna fish, but now that is a thing of the past. Anyway, one of my coworkers noticed I save the lids and wanted to know what I would do with them.
So I thought. And Thought. Then it came to me! Coasters! I got out my Peel and stick cork shelf liner paper (This really is a must have- you can make trivets, coasters, line the underneath of lamps or make your own cork tabs for a cabinet door. Any hoo, I got out the cork paper (as I call it) used the bottom of a cleaned out tuna can for a template, traced out a circle in the cork paper, cut, peeled the paper covering the adhesive on the cork place it in the lid, and I have a cork coaster made from garbage. The rest of the can? Would make a great biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter. That’s all from my world!
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Conversation from high school in the seventies? No, The lid from my tuna fish can. Lemme ‘splain:
I have one of those newer fangled can openers that actually cuts the lid off from just below the ring, on the side of the can. Sometimes frustrating- I use to use the lid for strain the tuna fish, but now that is a thing of the past. Anyway, one of my coworkers noticed I save the lids and wanted to know what I would do with them.
So I thought. And Thought. Then it came to me! Coasters! I got out my Peel and stick cork shelf liner paper (This really is a must have- you can make trivets, coasters, line the underneath of lamps or make your own cork tabs for a cabinet door. Any hoo, I got out the cork paper (as I call it) used the bottom of a cleaned out tuna can for a template, traced out a circle in the cork paper, cut, peeled the paper covering the adhesive on the cork place it in the lid, and I have a cork coaster made from garbage. The rest of the can? Would make a great biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter. That’s all from my world!
I only party down with the best at:
5 comments:
Nice re-use, man! Another fun use for lids is refrigerator magnets. Every year's phone book now includes a stupid business card magnet stuck to the front. I cut those to glue on the back of a lid and decorate the front. Sounds tacky? Not if you paint the lid first so it's not obviously a lid or get creative. The most simple one is our favorite - an old picture of my sweetie with our last dog perched on the chair arm next to him. I also really liked one I made with some of his miniature wood and palm nut turnings, cut in half to glue on and fill with dried tiny flowers.
Oooooooh... I gotta get me some cork paper! I can see about a billion places it would be useful!
What a great use of something that would otherwise end up in the garbage can! I love the idea of using the tuna can for a biscuit cutter, too, since I don't have one of those yet (and probably won't ever get around to buying one). Thanks for the idea! :)
SUCH a great idea! wow!!
So simple it's elegant. I tweeted a link to your post!
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