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I Ran Out of Gift Wrap…Okay, No I Didn’t…

29 Monday Oct 2012

Posted by klkenned in Be Crafty

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I like to wrap gifts. I buy pretty paper on super sale after Christmas, and hoard it until the time comes to use it. However, sometime i run out of paper, and its 3 in the morning and Target has the audacity to be closed. Or frankly, some things don’t get my pretty wrapping paper. So for those times, I like to use what I happen to have on hand. In this case, its magazines.

So here’s a quick 1,2,3 on making wrapping paper out of magazines.

1, 2, 3

1.) All you need is pages from a magazine, A glue stick and scissors to smooth the edges if the pages are raggedy from being torn out, like mine. I found a few pages of the same color. Sometimes i like to use pictures from the same photo shoots in fashion magazines as they tend to create a cohesive picture, but this time, i was going for the color – Carmex yellow!

2.) Glue the edges of the paper together. There should only be a tiny bit of overlap. Let dry.

3.) Wrap your gift.

I also made that bow from a tutorial i found on pinterest, also from a page in a magazine.

So, there you have it. Super easy, a little more fun than newspaper, particularly if you’re like me, and haven’t seen a real newspaper in a couple of years.

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Pimp My Cubicle – My Inspired Workspace

16 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by klkenned in Be Crafty

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crafty, cubicle, pimp

I work in a cubicle farm. Aisles upon aisles of beige, or sometimes grey, boring lifeless cubicles.

It’s sad, really…

I am also an avid fan of HGTV. I could watch it all day because most of the time they manage to do exactly what I needed to – do a whole lot to move and inspire people’s homes with not a whole lot of resources. Any my office is my “home away from home” right? So after a good episode of Designed to Sell, I decided to “renovate” my office.

Here’s the before:

Awesome, right? Lots of beige…And yet I’m supposed to come up with the latest and greatest innovative ideas here…

So i got some fabric from Ikea, T-pins, and some personal affects and voila!

My Office, After

 No, those plants arent real. Over sized file cabinet gone, allowing more space for company. A small side table with magazines to entertain, and personal items to make my home away from home a little more like me… Now, I can come up with some great ideas…

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