Pretty recycled home decor

I'm always looking for a quick, easy way to make something beautiful out of some garbage that we throw away and revisit on our beautiful beaches. After spending the morning cleaning our local beach with Ryan and pulling in a big garbage bag of litter, I'm even more motivated. I also became very aware of what sort of things end up back on the beach. Most of what we picked up of course were plastic... bottle caps, bottles, straws, cans and few unmentionables ( yuck! )

So here is the bright side, we don't drink a lot of things other than water here but, when we do we love Sanpellegrino! 

So I have saved a few cans because I thought they were cute and was pretty sure I would figure out a creative job for them.

So here it is... Simple, quick and oh so cute!

Supplies:

Cans

Flowers

Hot glue gun with glue sticks

Rocks or marbles 

Heavy duty utility shears 

Sand

Point the shears downward and poke a small hole right under the can lip. So you can start to cut the top off. Once the top is off I drop it in the can.

Fill the can with a handful of rocks or marbles and pour about a 1/2 cup of sand over the top. 

Take your flower of choice and pull or cut the head off, you can also put the stem in the can instead of throwing it out. Center the flower and glue a bit at a time down to the can to cover the cut edge.

Yes! You did it!

These work great to weight down a picnic tablecloth on a windy day or just to pretty up your desk or bookshelves.

Best of all you just turned junk into a beautiful thing! You made fish happy and our beaches thank you!😘

Enjoy this glorious day!

Xo

Celeste