If you take a brief stroll around pinterest you will inevitably come across some clever, ingenious idea for using empty toilet paper rolls – I keep thinking I should start a board and just collect them all! Anyway, I got the idea for this project from pinterest.
With my latest hobby of doodling and zentangling joining in with journalling and sketching, it has become obvious I need to have a more mobile storage system for pens, pencils and assorted paraphenalia – I can then just doodle, journal or sketch away happily here, there or anywhere without constantly going looking for something I have decided I need.
Now, serendipitously [is that a word?], it happened that I had sitting in my craft room a disused cutlery basket dating back to at least the early nineties but possibly earlier – I have a vague recollection of purchasing it when I lived in the UK – it has wandered around the world with me since then, mostly unused but too nice to give away – you know one of those things that you keep thinking will come in handy one day…..
One day it and a toilet paper roll or two met up and voila – inspiration struck!
Last night I got out the paint
I painted inside and out and when they were dry I used an unmounted red rubber lace stamp and white acrylic paint [which I forgot to photograph] and gussied them up a bit. When the paint was dry each roll got a coat of glossy mod-podge and as it was well after midnight and Orlando was crossly telling me he needed me to settle down so he could sleep on me, I went to bed!
This evening I decided some of them needed some pearls to pretty ’em up a trifle more as they would be centre and front stage
Ready for their [slightly blurry] close-up
And the finished very handy mobile carry all
There are currently two mugs being utilised in there as well. They will probably be replaced by re-purposed cans, just as soon as I can eat the foodstuff currently residing in them ….
So that was a fun way to spend a grey, wet weekend!
Earthquake post script for those who are interested: There have been only two or three ‘strong’ quakes today, so it is quieter [which may or may not be a good thing] Some say Full Moon is a likely time for big hits. Time will tell.
Thanks for dropping by, I hope your week will be a fabulous one! 🙂
Hope all is well and the quakes have passed without incident for you!!
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Those are so darn cute. I love the way you applied the ‘lace’ with a rubber stamp.
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Thank you Alys, I have to say this is getting so much use. I tootle all about the house with it and have everything to hand – don’t know why I didn’t think of it ages ago!
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I’ve thought that on many occasions. Sometimes are brains are just full of other things. Isn’t it nice, though, that we can still come up with new,innovative and helpful ideas throughout the years?
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All is not lost! 🙂
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They look fabulous. I love that lace/pearl combo. So classic. And I’d love to see a board with a ton of ways to upcycle toilet paper rolls. It’s something we always seem to have plenty of.
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Hello, hello! Thank you for coming by and deciding to revisit as well 🙂 Thank you for your kind words – I am just so thrilled with having a ‘hold-all’ that actually works for me – and it’s pretty too 🙂 I just had a quick peek at your blog and it looks so fun – Christmas cards already – good lord, I thought I started early, but you have a month on me! I hope we will chat again soon, Pauline
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That is a neat idea. They came out great !
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I like that I can pick it up and carry everything at once to another room – It makes me almost as happy as the gal who invented the wheel must have felt!
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Love this one. Have to try. 🙂 Hope you are doing well. 🙂
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Hello Archita! It’s ever so easy 🙂 All well, thank you.
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That’s cool. I keep my pens and pencils in mugs, I didn’t know that you were in the earthquake area, take care, Annie
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I freed up 3 mugs with this process Annie 🙂 I’m not directly in the EQ area, sorry if I misled you,
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Nicely done Pauline, the pearls were a nice touch 🙂
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A girl’s gotta have her pearls! 🙂
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