I am at the point in my training at work that I have received my ‘permanent’ home. I have a desk. I have a cubicle. I had little to no ‘things’ to put on or in it, yet.
So, this weekend, I took the initiative and began working on things to make my desk more pretty. More Me.
My first project was to cover a box that I’ve had around the house for about ummm….too long, anyway. I’d hung onto it with the hopes of either painting it or covering it, possibly for a gift. I think that every crafter has a few things around the house like that. It’s too good to throw away, but not pretty enough to use. Yet.
The desk that I have is entirely too deep, and I’d like to put some pictures behind my computer-so that I see them all of the time. So I thought this box would be a perfect solution, and I needed to make it pretty. Some scrapbooking paper, some ribbon and ding! Here it is:
Pretty and functional. That’s what I like.
I also worked on an old container that I got as a gift from a Hallmark store years ago. It is one of those card organizers that has a tab for every month. That really wasn’t working for me, so I decided to change it up and dress it up a better way. Here are the results:
Much prettier and even more functional because I couldn’t resist. I had to:
I just had to make the dividers more “me” by personalizing them, and creating the categories that I typically use for cards.
This box will allow me to be ready with a card at any time, and have it at arm’s length. I love it! Not only that, those touches will allow my desk to be more pretty and feel a little more like ‘home’.
