Recylced Pencil Pots.

A quick and easy recycled project. I really needed some pots to keep my marker pens together and tidy all in one place on my desk. I didn't want to go to the expense of buying any, however cheap they may have been so made these from old cardboard  tubes that a well known crisp snack  comes in . I cut the tube in half  to get 2 from each one. The tube comes with a plastic lid so that became the base of the top I cut off. You can see it on the left of this picture.

I used torn up kitchen paper towel with mod podge to cover the tubes.

Once dry I gave them  a coat of tester pot paint which I had left over from a previous project.

The paper towel gives a nice  textured finish .

I used up scraps of lace , ribbon bow, pre cut flower die cuts

pearls, mother of pearl buttons  and  cream cord from my stash.

Butterflies were cut using Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterflies #2 DL 113AB

Made as a project for my Butterfly challenge #2.

In use with my Promarkers all nicely kept in their colour ranges.

Fluff will  be so proud of me.!!

 

Entering into the following challenges:

Oldie But A Goodie # Buttons.  (buttons and lace from my stash 15yrs plus.)

Everybody Art #267Ribbon or lace.

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #113 Use up your snippets. (Every thing was a snippet).

Tuesday Throwdown #  Anything Goes.

Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.