Altered Muffin/Cupcake Tin

Hi lovelies:

I'd like to share a project with you all that I just completed recently.  As you may know, I have inadvertently become a Youtube junkie! Yes, me, a junkie for videos.  And not just "crafting or scrap booking" videos.  If something catches my interest; I'll take a look at it.  People playing pranks on each other, babies doing amazing things, animals that "talk," street fights, music, whatever.

My friend, Sharon S. (http://seraph1959.blogspot.com/) asked to do a one-on-one swap with me when   this idea got her bubbling over with excited energy after she had watched a video.  She sent a link to that video showing an altered muffin tin.  Sooooo dang ca-ute! You altered the muffin tin by painting and decorating the tin itself.  Which surprisingly was the hardest part; as I tried to paint it without leaving a lot of paint streaks.  And then you created "muffin/cupcake liners" to fit inside.  Although I'm sure you could use real liners.  Inside of those liners you were to add scrapping goodies.  The categories for us were: paper, lace, bling, wood, flowers and metal.  

How could I resist? Her excited energy over altering a muffin tin spilled over into me.  And so I watched video after video after video of altered muffin tins.  Frankly, I couldn't find an actual "how to" or "tutorial" on how to complete one. We decided to swap the tins that we did at the end of August.  Which would give both of us plenty of time to finish other projects and take care of life on both of our ends.  That decision was made less than a week ago. And guess what? We're both DONE.  I filled the "cupcakes" to the brim...and still wanted to add more LOL. Take that craftingADHD!!!!!  One project done without jumping on to some other project.

Below, I've added  pics of the tin that I created for Sharon, of how some of the cupcakes or muffins turned out along with the decorated muffin/cupcake tin: (OOOPS! forgot to take pics of the crafting goodies inside)

It truly was fun. And I've already got several ideas for the next one. Wink Wink!
So, thank you Sharon for suggesting this swap!

Again, I truly appreciate you stopping by and taking a peek....

Until next time
Hugs+Kisses
Renee

Altered Muffin Tin Swap with Sharon S.

Hi everyone.
Thanks for taking a peek!

Just wanted to share a post about the altered muffin tin swap that I completed with my friend Sharon S.
Below I've shown some photos of what she created just for me....and filled the liners with crafting goodies. Some of the items I will definitely hoard and hold onto with a tight grip! Whatever I use those items for will definitely have to be something special! LOL

Sharon used my favorite colors to decorate the muffin/cupcake tin

The liners are filled with something from each of the categories we chose

 (lace, metal, flowers, wood, paper and bling)

These flowers were the muffin/cupcake (icing) tops

Crafting goodies inside

Some of my favorites

We both had so much fun that I think we actually needed larger tins for all of the goodies that we wanted to include...maybe next time we should look for tins that hold a dozen!  

This was a really fun swap project. And I'll be making more for some of my other crafting buddies soon.  Let me know what you think of this project.  And if you decide to alter a muffin/cupcake tin too.  I'd like to see the photos of that.  

Sharon and I have decided that our next one on one swap project will be an altered spool.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8BXF3uLSWo

Again, thanks for taking the time to drop by.  I appreciate YOU!

Until next time,

Hugs+Kisses

Renee