Organizational attempts

I'm not a super organized person. . . .I definitely fit in the wannabe category, but I've never achieved even a slightly organized status. But I go in spurts of trying harder than others. And lately I've been trying. It all started with seeing this lovely media center from Pottery Barn . . . just seemed like the perfect answer to control the clutter that accumulates daily on my kitchen counter. . . . . but heaven knows I’d never fork out that kind of money for it. I looked around at other places trying to find something similar for cheaper, but I didn’t want to pay the other guy’s prices either. So, since me and the Deseret Industries are really good friends, I looked there. They of course didn’t have what I wanted, but, as always, they had cheap frames in an assortment of sizes. (which happens to be my standard fare @ DI; I could easily have a frames-only yardsale out of my storage room any day of the week; so I probably didn’t have to go shopping, but a girl can never have too many picture frames:). Anyway. . . .I got to work planning and figuring out what exactly I wanted, designing different pieces and playing around. . . And this weekend I finally got it done. I’m really excited about it. Wanna know the best thing about it?? I like it better than anything I could have bought because it is designed to fit my space and organizational needs, it has my personal touches AND it cost me about $50 to do. Plus I had fun doing it. . . .we have yet to see if it does anything for my organizational issues. . . Anyway, I thought I’d post a few pieces from it each day and then when I’ve shown everything, I’ll post a picture of the grouping. Just a note about cost: I had most of the scrapbooking supplies on hand so I’m not calculating those into the cost of the project. Also, I spray painted all of the frames black, I bought a more expensive spray paint and used one can for the whole project: $2.97.

Item 1: My most expensive piece was the magnet board. The frame cost $2; it is 8”x22”. The sheet metal was $6.77, the knobs were $3.97 each, and the magnets were $1.50. I added stickers to the magnets and a rub-on to the board.

Item 2: Just a piece of framed pattern paper with ribbon and a ribbon holder! Cost of the frame: $1.