...W.I.P. Wednesday...a Chalkboard Repurposed Tin...

...this is going to be one of those posts that looks like it took a long time...but in reality it took very little time at each step...and I doubt that I have even an hour invested in this little tin...

...someone left this tin at a Church function before Christmas...so instead of recycling it...I brought it home to recycle it a different way...because I thought it would be a good size to keep a dozen muffins in...

...but I didn't want to just paint it because of the raised letters...

...so I just whacked it a few times with a hammer...

...and it was mostly flat...

...then I sanded off the shiny paint...

...that was super easy with the little orbital sander...

...and now we're ready for paint...

...but I liked the gold rim and wanted to keep it...so I did waste some time here covering that up...

...I used a grocery bag...and you can tell by the way I'm talking that it didn't work out very well...oh well...

...and I trimmed it with an exacto knife...but I didn't get a good enough seal...

...now we're ready for paint...

...I used this Krylon Fusion in black that I already had for some reason...

...I put the tin on top of a log...

...donned some gloves and painted away...

...all done...

...and the bottom too...

...it dried quickly and I removed the tape...and see what I mean...that gold bit is not very pretty...

...but the black is a nice matte finish...

...and I had taped the silver bits as well...

...closeup of the overspray on the gold bit...

...the lid is a little bit lumpy...but once I write on it with chalk...I don't think you'll be able to tell...

...and then I just spounced some shiny gold paint around the rim...

...baked a dozen muffins and wrote on the lid with white chalk...

...and the muffins fit perfectly...

...what have you repurposed lately?...

~Have a lovely day!