DIY Twine Wrapped Canister

Hello everybody! I have a fun little project to show you today. I was rooting around at the back of the store the other day, looking for something that I could upcycle and I found this guy…

And I thought, that is way to cool to leave like that. So I grabbed a can of Chalk spray paint. Seriously, I love that stuff! 

Like I always say guys — nice light, and even coats! It’s better to do three light coats then to have one heavy coat full of drips 😉

After my three coats were dry, I sanded the protruding designs that were on the glass. Do you like my manicure? LOL There is not point to me painting my nails. I don’t know why I even bother 

I love how sanding the protruding parts of the glass give this piece such great definition. 

I still thought that this canister needed a little something else. I had this contact cement out cause we were also making our tire planter. As soon as I saw it, I knew what I wanted to do. 

I brushes the contact cement on the middle of the canister.

And from here, all I did was start wrapping the twine around. Super easy! 

I had to apply more contact cement as I worked because it was like a ZILLION degrees out and my contact cement was drying faster than I could get the twine on! When I look at contact cement I get the strongest urge to have apples dipped in caramel sauce. Doesn’t it look like caramel sauce? lol … yummy.

Almost done!

For the lid, I decided I wanted something that looked almost like tin. The lid that was on the canister was just plastic. First I spray painted white, cause I originally thought that I wanted it to match, but I didn’t like that. I grabbed some black spray paint and a metallic silver spray paint. I spray painted the black first, and then the sliver. While the silver was still a little tacky, I took some sandpaper and just roughed it a little bit. This gave a more realistic look. 

So, what do you think? Let me know! 

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Hope you come back soon because I have a really cool project that I am working on right now and I can’t wait to share it with you!