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What do you do with 2000 Coffee Filters?

A friend of mine discovered Sam’s Club. She came to work so excited and proceeded to tell me about the great deals she found. Then she said, “the coffee filters were so cheap. We bought a case of them for $12.”  Stopped me dead in my tracks. I was left with a few questions running through my head like “How many filters were in the box?” and the all important “What do you do with 2000 coffee filters?”

Well, she found a few uses for them and since I was curious, I found a few, too. She uses them for cleaning windows (I like to see outside but that wasn’t what I had in mind) and I use them to cover food in the nuker but I thought there just had to more, crafty uses for the other 1998 of the filters she had in the box.

Aunt Peaches made these incredible flowers out of coffee filters! …..I just knew someone did these things. I could feel it (that 6th sense of mine). Click Here for the tutorial. I think they are awesome. Might have to try some.

Here’s a coffee filter wreath from the Nesting Place. I think it looks gorgeous! Click HERE for the link.

Check out this light fixture from Parlour. That one hanging from the ceiling. Awesome. Go here to read how she did it.

Here’s another coffee filter flower from FamilyCorner.com. Click Here for the tutorial.

More flowers but this time roses from TheLittleBrownHouse.US Click Here for the tutorial. Aren’t they gorgeous?

How about a coffee filter lampshade?

This tutorial is from NorthwestHospitality.org Fabulous! Click here to find out how it’s done.

Well, that’s a few ideas to keep her busy. They look pretty good, too.

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Post by Eileen of GoofingOff Sewing Supplies etsy & artfire, MissEileen, and MetalWoodsnWater.

Tin Can Flowers Tutorial

I have the hardest time growing flowers in my yard. Maybe it's the trees. I have lots of oak trees, big beautiful oak trees, that give shade and protect the house from the wind. The down side is there is a lot of shade, the ground is acidic, and the soil is poor. I've tried lots of plants, killed them really, no matter how much organic matter or water they get, they still die, so I got very excited when I found this book, Decorating Inside and Out from Leisure Arts, about tin can flowers. It is perfect for the recycler in me. I made them. They look whimsical and cute. All you need are tin and aluminum cans, tin snips, wire, paint, a hammer, 1 nail and paint. Here's how I did it: Save your cans and the lids. You can use any size. Remove the labels. Wash them well, but be careful and watch for sharp edges. Cut the cans from the end to the center using your tin snips. Curl the strips down so they form petals. Next, cut leaves from aluminum cans. Now's the time you need the hammer and nail. With you nail, put 2 holes into the end of the leaves and 2 holes in the center of each flower. Now, take your project outside or somewhere where it is safe to paint. Don't forget to wear a mask so you don't breathe in paint. I paint the centers first. For these flowers, I painted the centers black. When the centers were dry, I covered them and then painted the petals. Then I painted the leaves green. Here's what the flower looks like when the paint is dry. Now, take some wire (green Floral Wire is the best) and run the wire through the holes punched in the leaves and the flowers in the pattern that pleases you best. Now your flowering tin can vine is ready for the fence or anywhere you want some color. Just think, flowers that don't have to be watered, won't die, and will stay blooming right through the winter!