Guest Post by Maggie at Midwestern Sewing Girl blog.
Remember last week, when I told you about the whole big box of wonderful that I received from Canvas Corp? Well, here’s another project I created with some of the goodies I received…
Now let me backtrack just a little…a few months ago, I posted my Forty before 40 list. One of the items on this list is to send birthday cards to friends and family…I’ve already failed…miserably. BUT, I WILL get better…now that I have this super-duper handy-dandy organizing system.
This is what I started with:
*A couple of odds and ends
I removed the handle that came on the library drawer…I wanted something just a little more low-profile…and replaced it with a length of twine and a button I had in my stash…
Then I cut a piece of the scrapbook paper to size and DecouPage’d it onto the bottom of the drawer…
Yes…the paper is a bit wrinkly…no, I’m not the best DecouPage’r…admittedly…
I used the individual month dividers that came with the drawer to organize the different cards I will need throughout the year.
Then I made a couple of postcards using Canvas Corppaper…I like to have a couple on hand to use for a quick note or thank-you…
One sheet of the 12×12 paper had these wonderful vintage-style postcard templates on it…then I simply cut two other sheets with patterns and colors I liked to size, and attached them to what would be the front of the post card. So fast & so easy. And completely personal. I think I may eventually add some other embellishments to the front of the postcards, but they are ready-to-go as-is if I decide to leave them alone.
I now have this drawer sitting right on the main surface of my hutch in my craft area…easy to find…no more excuses for not sending correspondence…I hope.
