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Monday 14 January 2013

Twistable organisation caddy


Every January I get this crazy need to organise my life. There is just something nice about starting a new year with a shiny new and organised house.

One of the biggest problems is trying to keep it organised. 

My daughter has enough twistables and colouring pencils for 10 kids but I guess you never have enough reds, or so she tells me.

I have put then in pencil cases, small bins, shoe boxes, every kind of a container but they always end up spilled out because she couldn't find the one she wanted.

That is how I ended up making this beauty. So simple but so effective.



All I needed was:
A shoe box
Wrapping paper
Toilet roll tubes
Double sided tape

I covered the box to make it look nice. My thinking was, if it looks nice she might use it more
I just stuck the tubes into the box with the tape.
And filled her up.

She loved it! She said it made her table look like an office. She's funny.

Any who, I'm hoping that this will finally keep this little corner of my house organised.

I'm lining up today as part of the “Dog Days (of Winter) Are Over”  link-up series.

I'm linking up with AP twice today so head on over to I love you more than carrots and check out some more of the amaze-balls projects these women have been tackling.

Happy Monday Everyone!!



8 comments:

  1. oh gosh, i LOVE this! what a great (and easy) idea!!!

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    1. Thank you. And THANK YOU for the fantastic link-ups. Love you blog.

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  2. what a cute and easy idea! I am so using this for the gazillion and one pencils and crayons my daughter has! Thank you so much for sharing! Cute blog and cute you!
    Summer

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Summer. Had that whipped up in like 20 minutes. Had to share it. It is staying tidy too.

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  3. The toilet paper rolls are such a simple & easy solution!! And so creative too! I love this! Thanks so much for sharing & for linking up at the "Organize It" party!!

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    1. Thanks. Always have loads of loo rolls hanging around. Love the link-up series. Looking forward to next week.

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  4. this is awesome sauce!

    stopped by from the link up, again :)

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    1. Thanks again. Think I my have to use your "awesome sauce" saying. Love it!!

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