Getting sidetracked

I was sorting through a large pile of paperwork in an attempt to get more organised, when I came across a Red magazine from last year with this fashion page

The jacket (at a price of £3000!) was decorated with pieces of glass.
  
"I'll have to try that"  I thought, and decided to make a bag with glass pieces on the front.  Thinking about it a bit more though, I realised that the glass would probably need the edges grinding down or whatever to make them safe, and also it would be heavy.
"What's shiny and lightweight?" I thought.  Then I remembered the tree art I made out of aluminium cans which are dead easy to cut, so would be just the thing.
I only had one empty can though which I thought wouldn't be enough.  
Actually it probably would have been because you get a surprising amount of aluminium from one can when it's opened out, but it was too late, I'd already been sidetracked by this.
So I decided to make a box

I took loads of photos but couldn't get the pattern to show up properly.  I think it could do with a bit more detail but it's too late now.  When I get another can I'm going to make a second one, slightly larger and more ornate and use it as a lid for this one.


Back to the tree art I mentioned at the beginning; last year I added some springs to the tree which I took off a broken mini trampoline.

Whilst looking for cans, I also found a couple of small tinfoil pie dishes in our recycling, and I used them to make flowers which I've added to the springs.  

When I get more raw materials I'll make two more to finish it off.  
Oh, and I might make a bag!


In the meantime, back to the paperwork.