My Winter Games, Round Six

Here's a new entry in My Winter Games (a self-imposed challenge to rescue a big pile of unwanted plastic doohickies from ending up in a landfill).  Have a look at these:

Yep, I took a bunch of the doohickies in question...

...and repurposed them as decorative box handles.


I love re-using old tins and commercial containers - they are often super sturdy and beautiful, and I hate to throw them out.  Adding a decorative handle turns them into great gift boxes, or cool storage for anywhere around the house.

A candle came in this one:

And there was that time in London - I didn't actually need any oatcakes, but when I saw the box they came in, suddenly I did.

To embellish the handles, I threaded beads, flowers or whatnots onto a wire, and made swirlies on both ends of the wire to secure it all to the doohickie.

The simplest method to attach the handles: I punched two pairs of holes in a box lid, then wired the doohickie on like so:

I twisted the wires together underneath, snipped off the excess, then covered the  rough ends with adhesive felt dots.  (You could also glue a piece of felt to cover the entire underside.)

I branched out from commercial containers and tins to embellish a shabby Dollar Store cutie:

A vintage Japanese box:

And a cool lidded basket from Thailand.

That one has a big chunk of branch coral, wired on with two drilled holes:

  

I made a dozen boxes, using up 12 more ski clips, then forced myself to stop.  This is one of those limitless projects - if I have any of my doohickies left over after the games, I can always make a zillion more of these.

Doohickies used so far: 108 (out of of 247).

What'll I make next?  Ahhh.  You'll just have to come back and see.  In the meantime, hope you liked this box idea!

In case you missed any of the games:

In case you missed any:
Round One 
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
Round Five
Round Six 
Round Seven
Round Eight