Pink Paislee | Get It Done!

I love finding ways to repurpose items around the house.  I found this antique dish rack at a thrift store and decided to use it as a desk organizer.  Old dish racks make great trays to store items, because they already have slots in them.

I was inspired by a few pictures I saw on Pinterest of old dish racks turned into neat desk organizers for holding file folders, scrap supplies and other items.

I  used a set of file folders found in the Silhouette online store (Design ID #74112) along with 12×12 patterned papers from the Citrus Bliss collection to create my folders.

To embellish my file folders I added drops of spray mist, vellum, ephemera cardstock pieces, wood veneer pieces and chipboard stickers.

I also added pieces of bunched up seam binding and machine stitching to give them a soft feminine look.

These file folders are a unique way to store items, lists, bits of information and are the perfect size to store 4×6 photos.

 Collection Used: Citrus Bliss

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American Crafts | To Do List

Hello!  I'm popping in today to share a layout that was on the American Crafts blog this week, using the DIY Shop2 collection!

I love the patterns and textures of the DIY Shop 2 collection.  I grouped them together on a layout for a fun look.

Supplies: DIY Shop 2 (369079) - Chalkboard Paper Pad, DIY Shop 2 (369126) - Specialty Surface Large White Dots, DIY Shop 2 (369125) Specialty Surface Gold Glitter Dots, DIY Shop (368004) - Specialty Surface Black Dots, DIY Shop (368008) - Specialty Surface Burlap, DIY Shop 2 (369025) - Gold Foil Dot, DIY Shop 2 (369029) - Dictionary Print, DIY Shop 2 (DIY2SP-69024) - Gold Foil Dots on Black, DIY Shop 2 (39131) - Self Inking Stamp To Do List, DIY Shop 2 (368997) - Paper Straws Gold Dot, DIY Shop 2 (368998) - Paper Straws Gold Chevron, DIY Shop 2 (369038) - Kraft W/ Gold Glitter Tags, DIY Shop 2 (369044) - Circle W/ Gold Glitter Tags, DIY Shop 2 (369049) - Kraft W/ Chalkboard Tags, DIY Shop 2 (369046) - Library Tags, DIY Shop 2 (369047) - Mercantile Tags, DIY Shop 2 (39051) - Gold Glitter Hearts, DIY Shop 2 (369054) - Gold Sequin Ribbon, Cardstock (AC712P12-52) - Neutrals, DIY Shop (366611) - Wooden Buttons, DIY Shop (366633) - Adhesive Badges Chalkboard, DIY Shop (366900) - Mini Stapler, This To That (AM617-13) - Adhesive

 

How To:  

Use a paint brush to flick white paint across Vanilla cardstock paper, set aside to dry.  Use a die cutting machine to cut 9 small file folders out of chalkboard paper, and 3 small file folders out of chalkboard patterned paper.  Use a printer to print 3 small photos and adhere to front of 3 file folders.  Trim small strips of specialty surface burlap paper and adhere to front of 3 file folders.  Line up file folders in a grid design and adhere to Vanilla cardstock background paper.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed my layout!