This is my first attempt at writing a tutorial, done at the insistence of a dear friend, Jane, of PSPTubes.com . Thanks for the encouragement, Jane!

The shelf, the quilt, and the little girls figurine are my own drawings.

The lace on the shelf was made using Pati's Easy Lace tutorial. Thanks Pati!

Please do not claim this tutorial as your own work..  If you wish to use it for a group project,, please email me first..  Do not upload this tutorial to your own or any other site for others to work from.  If you feel that others may enjoy it, please offer a link to this site. Thank you!

Supplies needed: Paint Shop Pro from Jasc. You may download a fully functional, 30 day trial at the Jasc site.
Image of your choice to decorate canister.

1)  Open a new image, about 300x300, transparent background.  Add a new layer and name it 'base' or something similar.  I like to have a blank layer at the bottom, but if you don't, that's fine.

2)  Set your foreground and background colors to something close to the color you want your finished canister to be.  Mine is set at #EBDDDC.  Using the preset shapes tool, shape type rounded rectangle /antialias checked / create as vector UNchecked, draw your rectangle the size you'd like the main part of your canister to be. Mine is 144 x 194.

3)  Next, using the selection tool set to rectangle, draw a selection around the rounded part at the top of your rounded rectangle, then go to 'edit/clear', to cut off the top portion of your canister and give you a straight top.

4)  Add a new layer, call it 'lid' or something similar.  Again using the preset shapes tool, shape type triangle /  filled /  antialias checked / create as vector UNchecked, draw a small triangle.  If you're working with the same size base as I have, your triangle should be about 135 wide x 30 high.  If you're working with your own measurements, make sure your triangle width is slightly smaller than the top of your base. 

5)  If you want the flecks in your canisters, as they are in mine, go to 'image/noise/add', and set it to 5% random.   Do this on both the base and lid layers.

6)  Go to 'colors/greyscale'.

7)  Next, go to 'colors/increase color depth/16 million colors', so that you can recolor your images.

8) Click on 'colors/colorize' and play with the sliders until you find a color you like.  Mine is set at hue 15, saturation 75. If you've used a darker color for your base, you will get a darker color at these settings than I have.

NOTE:  I've changed my transparency to mauve at this point to make the work easier to see.

10) Add a new layer, and using the preset shapes tool set to 'ellipse', leaving the other settings the same, draw a small ellipse at the top of the square you just drew.  Use whatever accent color you've chosen.  Mine is set to #897DA7.  Select the bottom half of your ellipse with the selection tool set at rectangle, then go to 'edit/clear' so that you have only half of the ellipse sitting on your square.  This forms the handle on the lid.

11)  Go to your layers palette, and make your 'base' layer invisible by clicking on the glasses, then go to 'layers/merge/merge visible' and rename the merged layer 'lid'.

12)  Add a new layer, and name it 'line' or something similar.  With the preset shapes tool set to 'rounded rectangle', filled, antialias checked, create as vector CHECKED this time, draw a rectangle about 10 pixels wider than the width of your base top, using whatever color you like.  Mine is at #897DA7.

13) Now holding down your control key, click on the top right corner of the box and drag it in toward the top middle.  This is a very slight move, just enough to make the ends of the rectangle slope inward a little to fit the bottom of your lid triangle.

14) In your layers palette, right click on the vector layer that holds the colored vector rectangle you just drew, and then click on 'convert to raster'.

15)  With your magic wand, click on the blue line to select it.  Go to 'selections/modify/contract/1'.   Do not deselect.  Add a new layer.

16) Go to 'image/effects / 3D effects / drop shadow'.  Set your shadow color to a darker shade of your base color, (mine is at #87614D) opacity 35/blur 3/horizontal and vertical 2.  Do not deselect.  Do another drop shadow with the same settings, except set the horizontal and vertical to minus 2.  Deselect and go to your layers palette and drag this layer below the layer with the blue line.