Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Amazing Hawaiian Cork Board

I've been wanting a cork board for a long time, but they are so plain and bland.  I finally decided I had to bite the bullet because I really need one in my craft room.  So after Googling cool boards, I decided to try a technique with scrapbook paper.  My daughter came with me to Hobby Lobby and helped me pick out the colors.

We were looking for a design that would look good with my hanging ukuleles and the vintage Hawaiian travel posters I just ordered.  Josie even reminded me of a cool way to turn buttons or scrapbook brads into tacks for our project.  We picked up the paper, tacks, buttons, and washi tape, ready to add to the craft room!

Here's what we bought:

We trimmed the paper and hot glued the buttons to the tacks (after cutting off the shanks).  I love what we have now!





Monday, November 10, 2014

Never throw away toilet paper rolls!

After my last project making color pencil organizers, I contemplated the importance of collecting rolls from toilet paper and paper towels.  Yep, I'm a crafter.  And as any crafter knows, you may not need it now, but in the long term, you'll be sorry if you toss out the *trash*!

 With 3 various junk drawers filled with tangled cords and god only knows what else, having a place where I can find a charger without a 30 minute search is such a relief!  So where does one find such a thing?

I did what any craft whore would do:  I jumped on Pinterest. There were a range of solutions, most of which involved going to the hobby store.  Normally I'm all for it, but having felt under the weather all day, I needed something I could find around the house.  And sure enough, some clever connoisseur of craftiliciousness had developed just the remedy I sought!

Armed with a shoebox, black scrapbooking paper (my kitchen appliances are all black), and toilet paper rolls, I jumped right in.

Tip:  use regular tape on the outside of the toilet paper rolls and fold the top over like you might with giftwrap.  In fact, a lovely wrapping paper would have been a much easier and decorative alternative.

Voila:


Tip #2:  when you fold up cords, make sure to put them in so the tip is showing.  This way you know what the cord is supposed to charge!