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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Back to school organization with Epiphany crafts

Still feeling under the weather today, I hope this nasty head cold that I am fighting goes away real soon. Just popping by real quick today to share a back to school organization project that I have up on the Epiphany Crafts blog today.

Back to school pencil box

Back to school in our house always means shopping for new school supplies and pencils. No matter how many pencils I buy at the beginning of the school year they always seem to become misplaced when it comes to needing them for homework. That's why I created this small little pencil box to keep at home and keep nearby so that is always handy for homework. I'm sure my kids will thank me someday.

supplies:
Epiphany Crafts:
round 14 shape studio maker
round 14 bubblecap
round 14 brad setting
round 14 button studio maker
round 14 acrylic button

pattern papers & stickers: October Afternoon 9 to 5 collection
adhesive: Helmar's quick dry 450