If you saw my “Coffee Shop in a Box” post, you know that I am not a fan of coffee…but I do love a cup of tea. Usually with a side of cake. Well…let’s be honest…I love cake with or without the tea. But who doesn’t.
I also love vintage tea tins, but they can be hard to come by unless you are a frequent thrift shopper…and even then, they can sometimes be a bit pricey, especially if they are in good condition. If you’re a stamper, it’s very easy to use your supplies to replicate the look of vintage tea tins and create a beautiful project that is perfect for gift giving.
To create vintage tea tins, you’ll wanna start out with…uh…tea tins. Obvi. I picked my up from Specialty Bottle (one of my favorite places for gift packaging) and they have a great selection of tea tins that are perfect for this project.
For this project, I used the 3.8″ square tea tin and spray painted it gold to make a more authentic looking tin. The spray paint went onto the tin very easily and dried to a smooth finish.
With your tin dry – you’re ready to add a label, which you’ll want to stamp using any variety of stamps that you wish. I chose floral stamps since those are commonly seen on authentic vintage tea tins.
{1} For this label, I started by stamping a subtle background using Papertrey Ink’s Tin Types Background Stamp Set.
{2} Next, I added small floral images on top of the background using images from Papertrey Ink’s Simple Jane Stamp Set.
{3} I found that a border on the top and bottom of the label adds a finished look. For this border, I created a border using Chantilly Trim by WPlus9.
{4} Last, you’ll want to add a layered label for the front of the tin. For this design, I stamped that back with Simply Stationery by Papertrey Ink and then added the tea label using Papertrey Ink’s Tea for Two stamp set.
There are plenty of uses for a tin like this, but if you’re creating this for gift giving, you may wanna go ahead and fill it with a few tea bags. You can add a personal touch to the tea bags by removing the tag and adding a handmade tag of your own. I did this by creating a set of tea tags using Clear & Simple Stamps Tea Tags which are part of the newly released Collection 7.
Hope you’re inspired to create some vintage tea tins of your own! I love these!
SUPPLIES:
Pink Tea Tin: Papertrey Ink Simply Stationery | Papertrey Ink Tea for Two | Papertrey Ink Simply Jane | Papertrey Ink Tin Types | WPlus9 Chantilly Trim // Yellow Tea Tin: Papertrey Ink Sweet Life | Papertrey Ink Tea for Two | Papertrey Ink Love & Marriage | Clear & Simple Stamps Morning Brew: Tea // Tea Tags: Clear & Simple Stamps Tea Tags | Clear & Simple Stamp Circles Plus
Perfect post for today, Amber 😀 For reasons, I won’t bore you with – this project is very dear to my heart – Thank you !!
Your tea tins and tags are simply beautiful!
Oh how I LOVE these!! And the cute little tags are freakin adorable!!!!!!
Teri
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OMG! You are like a crafty diva Amber! Hee! I LOVE this!!!! I am a tea drinker too! Can’t go through a day without it! 🙂
love your tins!! my covered tins never look this cute! thanks for the inspiration and great photos 🙂
{gasp} I can’t get over the fact that you don’t like coffee!!! These tea tins are so pretty! They would make a beautiful gift!!
These are just beautiful, before reading I thought they were authentically vintage!
OMG my daughter would love these, she is an avid tea drinker. So beautiful, must keep this in mind for a gift for her. Thank you for the great post.
I am a tea drinker and these tins are very special! Thanks for the idea.
Awesome job, Amber! Those tins are gorgeous. I especailly love the yellow roses.
I often give tea as a gift. This has me thinking of some great packaging ideas.
Love you projects. Thanks for the
inspiration.
So elegant! Love it!!!
You are seriously the most adorable. ALL of your crafts are precious and I want to do them. Love it!
Hi! I LOVE your blog! Truly one of the best I have seen. I notice you use a lot Paper Trey stamps. I am wondering how these work and how you apply color and what you are printing them with? Thanks!
I love these so much! I have been searching for pretty tea tins, it never occurred to me that I could simply make my own!
I love how beautiful these look! I’m thinking of making decorative tea tins as wedding favors for my wedding and was wondering what spray paint you used?
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