Mom's Perfect Apple Pie Altered Vintage Pie Tin
Designed by Candice Windham
I have a collection of pie tins that started back in the ‘70s when I ran across a tin from Famous Pies, a brand of pie that my family bought in the ‘60s. They were the best around as far as store-bought pies went, and the tins were actually metal, not the aluminum things we get today. My collection has grown over the years and is now too large for the wall space I have, so I needed to do something to be able to recycle these pieces.
My husband and son think I make the best apple pie ever, so I wanted to make my recipe live on in infamy with this project featuring one if my tins, my recipe and Makin’s Clay® embellishments. With Makin’s Clay®, I can get the exact embellishments I need without having to search the craft stores for just the right thing.
Supplies:
Makin’s Clay® - White
- Circle Cutters
- Clay Tool Set
Pigment Izinks, Geranium, Mimosa and Volubilis (Clearsnap)
Diamond Glaze (Judikins)
Printed paper, red plaid
Card stock, Cream, 8 ½” x 11”; Red, 2 ½” x 1 ¾” and 4” x 2”
Ribbon, ¼” black, 6” and ½” black and white dotted, 6”
Hole punch, ¼”
Punches, 1 3/8” Circle and Corner Rounder
Cinnamon sticks, 6
Jute, approximately 24”
Smoothfoam™, two 1”x 1”x 1” cubes
½” double-stick tape (Sookwang)
Large Glue Dots
Paint brush
Instructions:
1. Roll out white Makin’s Clay® to ¼”. Cut six pieces with a circle cutter and squeeze the top and bottom tog
2. Roll out a second piece to ½” to ¾” thick, shaping it like a half-apple and cut it with the same circle cutter and push the top center
down to shape the apple. Shape a stem from a small piece of clay, push a hole in the top of the apple and insert the stem. Allow all pieces to dry overnight.
3. Paint the half-apple and the edges of the apples slices with Mimosa Izinks. When dry, brush on a coat of Geranium Izinks. Mix all three Izinks colors together equally to create a brown ink and paint the stem and apple seeds. Coat all the clay pieces with Diamond Glaze and allow to dry.
4. Cut a piece of printed paper 5 ½” x 10”. Score at 2” and 7”, fold
and adhere the flaps with double-stick adhesive. Punch a half-circle at the open end of the pocket. Sponge all the edges with Vintage Photo ink. Trim corners on the 4” x 2” red card stock scrap, score it down the middle, fold and adhere it to the bottom of the pocket. Adhere the black and white dotted ribbon across the bottom and pull it to the back on each side.
5. Print out the Mom’s Perfect Apple Pie tag. Trim, round the corners, sponge the edges and mount it
to the remaining red scrap. Round the corners on the red scrap and sponge the edges. Mount it to the pocket front. Adhere the rounded apple clay piece to the pocket front using Beacon Quick Grip.
Use Glue Dots to complete the following steps, referring to the final project photo for placement:
7. Print out the recipe and cut it to fit inside the pocket. Punch a ¼” hole and tie the black ribbon through the hole.
8. Mount the pocket to the edge of the pie tin, and adhere the small cubes of Smoothfoam™ under the right side of the pocket to give support.
9. Adhere silk flower leaves under the pocket edges, top and bottom.
10. Tie cinnamon sticks with jute and adhere above and below the recipe pocket.
11. Place the apple pieces above and below the recipe pocket.
12. Place the pan on an easel or hang it on a wall to display in your kitchen.
Now, my wonderful apple pie recipe is exactly where my hubby and son can find it if there is ever a need. Maybe they will surprise me with an apple pie this weekend!
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