OMG! This was too much fun!! I stayed up late last night finishing this!
I already love how
organized it makes me feel!
Remember these??
They turned into this!!
Many days
our desk looks like this!
(Minus, of course, the adorable new mail organizer)
I want it to look
like this!
Now, I am blessed,
because my wonderful hubby takes care of all of the bill paying : )
He wasn’t
too sure about this idea.
He likes the way he’s been doing things, since he
pays the bills…
Yet, I pleaded and
assured him, let’s just try it and if you don’t like it, no big.
Well, when he saw the
final result… He LOVED it!! Yay!!
Before our handy
dandy mail organizer all of the mail/bills/ junk mail
went into one BIG
pile!
Which would set me on
edge just a bit….I am a Type A personality
and I really like things organized
and orderly, at least I REALLY like the illusion
that we are organized and
orderly….
So, now all the mail
has it’s own slot. The next part is to
somehow put little labels on it.
I’ll have to think on
that one…
Here’s how it was
done! Mind you for ONLY $2!!! Now that’s cheap!
First, I started out
with boxes. Free at the grocery store!!
You just have to cut
the one side off. I just used a regular
ole box cutter.
I had this lime green
sheet, I got at a yard sale eons ago!
So, I’m gonna call that kinda free too.
I cut it up to cover
the “mail slots”.
I just used spray adhesive to glue the fabric on.
Then, I just trimmed
the edges, done!
Well, I trimmed them after I took the picture....
Now, you need to
create the frame that houses all of your mail slots.
I measured the length and width of my mail
slots and
found a box that would fit around them.
Free again!! I measured and cut out 2 of them.
I found this cute
fabric at Hob Lob on clearance!!
$4 a
yard, I only used probably a ½ yard.
I covered both
frames.
I also added the green fabric on the inside of one of the frames so it
looked uniform on the inside. Darn, I forgot to take a pic of that step...sorry.
Now, it’s time to
glue the mail slots to the frame. I used
a glue gun for this.
I wanted it to be
solid and sturdy.
Start by gluing the back of one of the slots first,
then "stand" it up and glue the bottom.
Glue them all
down.
Then wrap the other
frame and glue those ends down.
Where the 2 frames
meet, I just folded the fabric over and glued it.
The back has some
extra fabric, I just folded it over and glued that as well.
Ta Da!! Done!
You can turn it sideways also.
There are sooo many things you can use this for.
Sorting mail, craft paper, file folders, etc....
Now, it took some
time, I think this one took about 2 ½ to 3 hours, but basically free!!
I was in an office
store just the other day looking at organizers.
I couldn’t believe
how expensive they were!
So, not only was this
a cheap one,
I got to decorate it with the colors I want in the office!
I love that little guy, do you remember him? Isn't he from Toy Story??
I can't remember...
I'd have to say this project turned out Fantabulous!!
I’ve got another
project for the office brewing….
Blessings!
