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August Tutorial Roundup

September 1, 2011 by Ashley Hackshaw

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Chalkboard Tags (A Tutorial)

August 31, 2011 by Ashley Hackshaw

I recently reorganized my pantry and made little wood chalkboard tags to keep everything in the right place. I found these distressed crates at The Alley a local import shop:

And I bought these value packs of wooden 3″ circles:

I was able to drill a hole through a pile of the tags all at once:

Once I sanded and smoothed the holes, I sprayed each tag with chalkboard paint:

Once they were dry I added a small ball and chain clasp:

I wrote on each tag with chalk:

And put everything in its place:

Organized!

This post is part of my new series Getting Organized:

A Junk Jar (A Tutorial)

August 30, 2011 by Ashley Hackshaw

We no longer have a junk drawer in our house……it’s a junk jar. It’s more of an art piece as our discarded and lost junk collects and fills it up:

Instead of throwing items into the back of a drawer, now everyone can see into the jar for what they might be looking for:

(more after the jump)