Snickers Sewing Tin

Apparently the vintage Snickers (and Twix, and all-varieties of Wrigley gum) tins are the stocking stuffer rage this year. I am a semi-compulsive nifty container collector, semi-reformed (tins, etc... don't get me stated on wooden cigar boxes), and being a fan of Snickers, I couldn't pass it up. Stumbled across them at Bed Bath & Beyond in the holiday tchotchkes isle for ~$6, but just found more in my local supermarket seasonal isle for ~$4 (HEB, for you Texans needing a small sewing tin - what a weird venn diagram that is).

Once it was empty, I had no idea what to do with it. That is,until I had to move for the **N**th time out of my way the flimsy packaging of a sewing kit. Hey! a dozen little spools of thread would fit nicely into that tin, with room to spare. But they just rattle around and that's no good, and certainly not the mark of a civilized individual! To the drawing board!

The end result is this model. A tray designed to hold the spools in place, each on their own lit