We are ever so proud of our revamped “From India with Love” Candle Collection. Not only are they bigger and better, but we’ve added two new fragrances too! We’ve spent months developing the perfectly sized, reusable tins and testing waxes, wicks and essential oils for the smoothest, most fragrant and clean burning combination possible. As you can imagine this left us with a bunch of empty tins waiting to test our “reusable” theory. Well, the scientific brains behind FRB are seldom wrong and we have found hundreds of different uses for these tins! If you are ever to visit our office or homes, you can play a fun game of “Spot the tins!”, which you will find disguised as a pretty pen stand or a quirky sugar dispenser!
Once your own candles have come to end, simply wash out the tin with cleaning fluid and put it to one of the many uses below:
1. Make-up Organizer
If, like me, you have amassed more lip glosses and eyeliners than you could ever hope to use, the tins come in handy as organizers for your make up! Store your lip pencils, glosses, mascaras, eyeliners, nail paints and more in these tins that serve the additional purple of prettying up your dressing table! They can also be used to store hair clips, rubber bands and other odds and ends.
2. Window-sill Garden
Make a few holes in the bottom of the tin (to drain out water), add some soil and plant delicate herbs for a window-sill garden in your kitchen. Pluck a few leaves of fresh basil for your pesto or sprinkle fresh coriander atop your curry! Impressive, green and economical, these micro herb gardens are a must have for everyone from the amateur cook to the seasoned chef.
3. Beverage Cooler
By sheer coincidence (or is it?), the tins are the perfect size to accommodate a drink can or bottle. Stick the tins in the freezer and use them as innovative drink holders when you have guests over. It keeps your drink cool longer, saves you the washing up of glasses and is an interesting conversation starter!
4. Sewing Box
I’m sure everyone has a childhood memory of sneakily opening a tin of shortbread cookies, only to find it filled with sewing odds and ends! End the confusion and use our candle tins to store all your sewing bits. We like to color coordinate our thread spools with the color of the tins but you could use them anyway you like to store your needles, buttons and yarn!
5. Salt and Pepper Shakers
Make some holes in the lid and voila- you have instant salt and pepper shakers! The vacuum seal lid ensures that moisture doesn’t creep into the tins, making them almost ideal as spice dispensers. You can also use them to store your various spices and add a splash of color to your kitchen.
6. Cookie-cutter
One of the more imaginative uses uses of our tins is as a cookie cutter! Achieve a perfect biscuit circle with the lids of our tins or use them to wrap the dough around to shape cookie cups for sweet tartlets or to serve ice cream in!
These are just a few of the things we came up with. The ideas are endless, limited only by your imagination! Do you have any ideas for how we could put these tins to use? Let us know and we’d love to feature you on our blog!
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