There is something very gratifying about carving into a rock. This project was kind of therapeutic. I was thinking I’d carve some words into rocks and maybe start leaving them around Palm Desert to see if people find them…. [Read more…]
Chalkboard Tags (A Tutorial)
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)
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:
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