Canister Makeover

I have recently been on the lookout for some cute new canisters.  

However, so far I've seen only found

 either very pricey ones, or ones that are not exactly what I had in mind.

So I thought hey!!

Why not jazz up my old ones that I already have!

Here are my old canisters BEFORE,
(sorry I really thought I had shown the top of them in this shot).
 
I had a design idea in mind and went searching at Michael's crafts store and found these darling, very inexpensive little metal frames. 

 I then looked and looked through all the stick on labels and such that they make now and couldn't find any that spelled out SUGAR or FLOUR, so...

I decided I would just have to make my own. 

Here they are below.

After measuring to see what size they needed to be.  I used my photo editing program to get them just right and printed them out.

Now the tricky part was cutting them to fit inside the middle of the frame, especially rounding those corners. But you could probably take a plain piece of paper to practice a few times and then use it for a template once perfected.

There were only a few things needed to do this project, which I happened to already have on hand! These older glass canisters can often be found in thrift stores or garage sales.  I wanted my frames to have a blackend antique look so I dabbed some black acrylic paint on them and dabbed off a bit until I had the desired look I wanted. 

 Of course you might choose a different color to suit yourself and decor.  Oh be sure not to paint the area in the center of the frame where the label goes as it may show through. 

Then evenly brush a thin layer of glue on the inside area of the frame and apply your label. Carefully smoothing it out from the center to the edges, let dry. 

Once dried seal it by again brushing on a layer or 2 of varnish, let dry.   

Before applying your frame wash canisters thoroughly and dry thoroughly.  Then decide where you want it placed.  You could actually use a piece of masking tape as a placement guide (which I should have done), or just eyeball it (which is what I did). 

Apply the hot glue to the back of the frame.   

WARNING!  the frame will become very HOT! 

You might want to were gloves to protect your fingers! 
Once you've applied the glue quickly place it on the canister
holding the frame gently by the edges. 

Then when in place use a towel over the top of it to press it down firmly. 

Then gently peel back the towel a little at a time because a bit of the glue may attach to the towel and you don't want it pulling off your frame.  A bit of the glue is probably going to squish up through your label.

So when it has dried and hardened it can easily removed by

using a pointed exacto knife (as shown above). 

The top was a piece of cake.
Simply remove the lid and the plastic rim and cover with approximately 3 light coats of spray paint. Allowing paint to dry between each coat. When you hold it up and can no longer see through the paint you've got enough!

Here's a look at them all filled and looking pretty on the counter. 

 From now on I will be spot cleaning the outside with some glass cleaner 

and will have to use care when washing the inside. 

Btw, this whole project only took about an hour or so!

Have fun, and thanks for taking the time to stop by!

 As always, I appreciate your sweet comments!

Hugs, Sherri:-)

I'm linking up with Cindy for
"Show and Tell Friday"

and also with....

Susan from BNOTP for

"Metamorphosis Monday"   

Oh and a NEW meme 

"Motivated Monday"

At Pam's from

"Be colorful"

Please stop by and visit their blogs and the others participating for some

wonderful inspiration!!