Office BlingCreatively Sam's

It’s March, and my thoughts are turning towards Spring. Spring makes me think of opening up the windows & starting my Spring Cleaning. I’ve made my lists of things that I want to change. One major area that need an overhaul is the office area. My desk isn’t as organized as I’d like it to be. (wow, is that an understatement.)

I was using a flat ‘in/out’ tray for my mail for a while, but it just wasn’t working for me. Since I’m a visual person, I need to see what needs to be done. Although the trays are nice, I couldn’t see what was right in front of me. I found some black metal mail sorters made by Rubbermaid. I think these will work well for me. They are nice on their own, but you know me… I need some sparkle to motivate me. Here’s what I came up with:

I started with the plain black metal mail sorters, and added some Zebra Duck Tape to the fronts. I put a piece of the Duck tape over the front of the sorter, and used a razor to shape the tape to fit it. Then I used my label maker to add an ‘in’ & ‘out’ to the front.

Now for some bling!

I used some of my rhinestone Jewels on a Roll to trim the outside of the Duck Taped area. To fit the width, I used 2 rows of the trim. I cut out one of the rhinestones for the curved area.

I used E-6000 to adhere the rhinestone trim to the mail sorters. Because I cut out the rhinestone, bending the trim around the curved area fit perfectly with out any bulges. Then I used clothes pins to hold the trim in place until the glue dried.