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Clever Containers From "Embellish This!" episode DEMB-104

Host Dena Fishbein shows you how to create this chic and unique pencil holder for your desk.

Materials:

28 oz. tin can
1-12" wide metallic ribbon
Metallic rickrack
Fabri-Tac
Hot glue gun and glue
Nuts (as in nuts and bolts)
24" piece of 18 or 20 gauge bailing wire
Wire cutters
Long pencil
Metallic embroidered medallion as centerpiece
Nail
Hammer
Wood block to hammer onto
Glossy wood tone for finishing spray

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

1. Take the label off and wash the inside and outside of the can.

2. From the inside out hammer a nail into each side of top of can (figure A) for handle holes.

3. Cut your wire about 24" long with wire cutters.

4. Coil the center part of the wire around a pencil to create a handle (figure B). Leave about 5" on each end. Loosen it a little and pull it off the pencil.

5. Thread each end of wire from outside in and bend wire up over the edge and then down on outside of the can. Snip the extra off.

6. Glue wide ribbon around the center of the can starting from the middle of the front and wrap around to meet the other end.

7. Starting in the back, glue rickrack around the top and bottom of the can.

8. Hot glue the medallion onto the wide ribbon in the center (figure C).

9. Hot glue three nuts to the bottom of the can spacing them evenly.

10. Spray with Design Master glossy wood tone for an aged look.

RESOURCES :

Beacon's Fabri-Tac Glue
Website: www.beaconcreates.com

Paper Trimmer
Fiskars
Website: www.fiskars.com
Fiskars Brand Inc.
Website: www.fiskars.com

Wire, Wire Cutters and Beads (Westrim Crafts)
Westrim Crafts
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Toll-free phone: 800-727-2727
Phone: 818-988-8280
Fax: 818-901-6479
E-mail: customerservice@westrimcrafts.com
Website: www.westrimcrafts.com

Hot Glue Gun (Adhesive Technologies)
Adhesive Technologies, Inc.
Website: www.adhesivetech.com

Glassy Wood Tone Paint (Design Master)
Design Master
PO Box 601
Boulder, CO 80306
Phone: 303-443-5214
E-mail: info@dmcolor.com
Website: www.dmcolor.com