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Spice rack v1.0 (aka the scintillation vial spice rack, see previous post) has been found lacking in a few ways. The biggest problem is that spoons won’t fit in the little bottles, and the labels (plain paper laminated with packing tape) are starting to fall off and smear. Here’s the new and improved. It’s only barely DIY since the rack and the tins are both from Martha’s Big Going-Out-of-Business Sale. I did at least make the labels. They’re the same scanned in letterpress labels as the other one, color-adjusted in photoshop. The font is Bookman Antiqua, and they’re printed out on the key ingredient: waterproof inkjet paper. Then, I applied sticky with my trusty little Xyron. I’m very happy with it, except that I have three more spices that I’m not sure were to put. The waterproof paper is incredible. I soaked a test label in water and there wasn’t any smearing at all.

The planned v2.1 is going to have holes drilled through the lid and the tin, so you would turn the lid to line up the holes and then shake out the spice. What a good excuse to buy a dremel tool.