About Your Custom Tin Box
Your custom tin box is a stunning and novel way to store trinkets, cards, stamps, dried flowers, stationery, receipts or other nostalgic memories. The hinged lid offers protection, with a secure snap close and easy open. When it comes to storage solutions, the options can be very generic, however, designing your own tin box gives you total creative freedom. Whether it's to use at home to store mementoes or in the office to keep stationery organised, your bespoke tin boxes with hinged lids are a quirky desk accessory.
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At a glance...
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Silver metal tin box
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3 size options
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Printed hinged lid
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Stylish storage solution
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Authentic etched effect
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Dimensions (approx)
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A6 tin box: 165 x 110 x 22 mm
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A5 tin box: 220 x 160 x 24 mm
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A4 tin box: 310 x 220 x 27 mm
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280 - 360 g dependant on size
Choose Your Tin Box Size
Choose from large A4, medium A5 or small A6 tin boxes for your storage needs.
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Quick Turnaround
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Handmade in UK
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Offers
How Your Tin Box is Made & Printed
Your shallow tin boxes with hinged lids are expertly made and printed to order in London, UK. Using a specialist process that fuses the ink directly onto the metal surface, your unique designs are long-lasting with an authentic 'etched' effect. The print covers just the face of the lid, leaving the rest of the tin its natural silver metal form. Strong, secure and stylish, it's a stunning piece of craftsmanship that exudes character.
Care Instructions
Your tin can easily be wiped clean with a damp cloth should you need to. Do not put in the dishwasher. In order to keep the functionality of the hinged lid in top working condition for years to come, refrain from exerting too much pressure when opening and closing.
Design Tips
We print directly onto the silver tin, producing a smart metallic finish to your picture. This looks distinctive and unique, an almost 'etched' effect. Please note, no white is printed underneath, so the overall finish will be slightly rustic, but colours are still rich and details still sharp. You can create a unique tin box collection for branding purposes, which is particularly useful for events, conferences and other PR activities. You can print your logo or campaign messaging as a way to extend the reach of your brand. Due to the rustic etched effect the direct printing produces, vintage photos or patterns work extremely well, giving your hinged tin box a lot of character.
Reviews for Tin Box
Rated 5/5
based on 2 customer reviews
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The quality of my recent order is very high with attention to detail and the print is good across several materials ( Mugs , Tea Towels, Key Rings, Cushion, Tin etc ). Very pleased with the products, print quality and superb service provided throughout. Thanks to everyone at Contrado! Fabulous! 😄 Highly Recommended.
Claire P.
23/08/2019
4 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
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Personalised Tin Hinged Box - Perfect gift for our 10th wedding anniversary. Easy to design, with the added benefit of having the design checked by a human before ordering. Delivered on time, and at a great price!
How does this product enhance my...
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Home
Do you have a craft, gardening or writing hobby? Keep things like stencils, stationery, embellishments, notes and pens in your very own customised tin box. Printed with a design that mirrors the nature of the hobby, it's a fun storage solution that is so much more stylish than a typical plastic box.
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Business
For high end, boutique card businesses, these tin boxes with hinged lids are an original way to present card collections. The exude class and style, and enhance the overall look and feel of your brand. The tin box also makes a a great alternative 'goody bag' for art brands that want to reach out to art & design students at college fairs.
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Design Brand
Add a unique product to your design brand's line and print your artwork onto the tin box with hinged lid. Fans and customers will love the retro, vintage look of your stylish tins, and as they come in 3 sizes, you can market them in different ways. They are strong and sturdy, so you can guarantee consumers it's a quality product.
Frequently asked questions:
How deep are the silver tin boxes?
The tin box comes in 3 different sizes, each with different depth dimensions. The A6 is 22mm deep, A5 is 24mm deep and the A4 is 27mm deep.
Where is my design printed?
Your original design or artwork is printed directly onto the face of the lid, producing a distinctive silver metallic finish, that adds authentic charm.
Will the print rub over time?
The print is long-lasting, thanks to the specialist process we use that impregnates the ink deep into the surface of the metal hinged lid.
Print Guideline
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What's the best resolution to print in?
We print at 200dpi, which is a good combination of quality and file weight. Ideally, your image should be scaled to 100% at 200dpi, this means that no resizing of your file occurs stopping any interpolation.
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Should I save my file as a TIFF or JPEG?
For multi-coloured or very detailed files we recommend using a tiff format, but they must be flattened. For simple colours and low detail files, a jpeg is fine.
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Which colour model should I choose? RGB or CMYK?
We advise providing images in the RGB colour space. Specifically using the sRGB image profile, to achieve best colour results. What does this mean? In your editing software choose RGB as the working space, and assign the image profile as sRGB (full name sRGB IEC61966-2.1)
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What does GSM mean?
Grams per Square Meter (GSM) is an international standard for measuring the weight of paper or fabric. GSM uses the weight of a square meter (1000 x 1000mm) as an indication of the weight and thickness of a given fabric. We class 20-100gsm as light (summer fabrics, gauzes and fine silks), 101-249 gsm as medium (most clothing fabrics) and 250+ gsm as heavy (upholstery fabrics, and other specialist fabrics).
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What are the bleed areas?
When designing your product, it’s best to make sure that your image is slightly larger than needed. In printing, the extra printed image is referred to as a “Bleed Area” or margin, and it is removed from the finished piece. A bleed area acts as a buffer for slight inconsistencies in the manufacturing process. however, it’s important to fill your bleed areas completely, or you may end up with white, unprinted strips along the edge of your finished product.
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Do you print on garments a customer supplies?
Unfortunately not. All our garments are printed on flat fabric and sewn into finished products, which gives a better, finished result and all-over print. We test meticulously so that we know what gets the best results on our fabrics, and our facilities cater perfectly to them. We do however print sublimation paper to order, so if you have access to a heat press you can press your fabrics or flat garments easily.
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Can you Align a Pattern or design across panels of a garment?
We always strive for the greatest accuracy when printing and constructing your garments. However, due to unavoidable stretch or movement of the fabric during the stitching process, we cannot guarantee perfect pattern registration across garment seams. We are generally accurate within 2-3mm, which Is close enough for most patterns but may show slight issues with detailed geometric patterns.
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Can I print my own Labels?
Most of our garments now come with printable label space for you to add your own company information and branding! If you would like to sew in your own labels, we also offer Printed Fabric Labels here.
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How is your fabric printing eco-friendly?
With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colours and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. We have one facility in London where we conduct all the printing, production and fulfillment.
Please note: As everything we provide is handmade to order, all measurements may vary slightly.
Delivery time & Costs
Production times
We handmake your item on site, which takes on average 1-3 days. Please check individual production times which are displayed next to the item price on the product page, as this varies from product to product. In rare cases when we need to re-print an item, this may take an additional 1-2 days.
Shipping methods
After your item has been manufactured, we ship your order via your chosen method. Please add on the production time to the delivery time to calculate when your order will be with you. Select your delivery method in your basket.
We have a range of trusted shipping options:
- Royal Mail 1st Class Standard (no tracking) - 1-5 working days on average (please note that this can take up to 15 working days in exceptional circumstances).
- Royal Mail 1st Class Recorded (no tracking) - Usually delivered the next working day. It is not a guaranteed next day service, or a tracked service. A signature is required. (Please note that this can take up to 15 working days in exceptional circumstances).
- Special Delivery - Delivered the next working day
- Saturday Delivery (deliver only on Sat)
- Collection from our London Office (between 4-6pm on working days only)
- For international orders or large/bulky packages within the UK, we ship via DHL or Fedex services. This takes on average 2-5 working days.
You can then enjoy or resell your hand-made products with your very own designs.
You can also read more about our terms & conditions and refund policy.
Make use of our Manufacturing and Worldwide Shipping Experience
At Contrado, every product is handmade on site to ensure the highest quality. We provide a dedicated production service as well as a range of fast delivery options. For the past 14 years, we have printed and hand-made countless personalised products for a wide range of customers all over the world and many of them have become loyal customers who love not only our products but also the care, knowledge and dedication from our staff.
A speedy Special Delivery service is available where your item will delivered within one working day, after it has been manufactured.
Produced and ready to ship within 1-3 days on average.
- We print and make everything in-house. Production times are dependent on the product.
Low shipping fees
- From £1.25 to ship within the UK.
Express shipping available
- A speedy Special Delivery service is available where your item will delivered within one working day, after it has been manufactured.
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