Loose Leaf Tea Canisters

Create your own good looking and inexpensive loose leaf tea canisters.

Step 1 Making the canisters.

I have been brewing a lot of loose leaf teas lately. I wanted to purchase some nice canisters to hold the teas in. Everything I found in the stores was either really expensive or ugly.

I saw a bunch of tin canisters with Christmas prints in the sale bin at the craft store for less than a dollar each. So, I purchased the canisters, some pretty paper by Paper Sourceand Mod Podge.

I cut out paper to fit the canisters, and used a paintbrush to apply Mod Podge to the tin and glue the paper in place. The lids were a little tricky. I cut out a circle and thin strip for the sides of the lid. Once the glue dried, I painted on a few layers of glue over the paper to seal it. Now I have a nice set of canisters that match my kitchen colors.

Comments

[StoryAddict]

I'd also suggest trying thrift stores. People throw out/donate all kinds of things. I scored an awesome Oriental-style tea tin today and only paid a quarter for it! It has a couple of dings, but I don't mind. It'll be awesome once it's been washed up a bit :)

[UltraMagnus]

please make sure the tins are actually tin, or at least plated in it... there is a good reason that tea caddies used to have tin liners, and that is that the acid (or base, not sure) will corrode a lot of metals.

[insomniaSAH]

Thank you for pointing this out so I didn't make that mistake myself when looking for canisters

[cooltoni]

Brilliant!! I agree the tea specific cans are way too expensive for me. Now I shall go looking for cheap cannisters at the dollar store :)