I know I am not the constant blogger, but when I have something to blog about, I get out here. I guess I just don't find my life interesting enough to constantly blog about what is happening! Anyway, I have another project that I completed that I wanted to share with everyone.
I made these for my two kids' teachers as end of year teacher gifts and they were a big hit! They are supply organizers and I have included pics and instructions below.
I bought this KaiserCraft kit online and used it as my starting point. This was the small size, there was also a medium size that might actually be better suited for this purpose as the small drawers made it impossible to include band-aids as a classroom supply.
1.I used Quick Dry Tacky Glue to glue the wood pieces together and also to assemble the drawers, it worked really well.
2.After the glue dried, I used acrylic paint that would coordinate with the scrapbook paper that I chose for decoupage. I painted the edges of the wood pieces on the front, sides, and back. I also painted the sides and back of the drawers. I made sure to cover the front edges in case the decopage didn't cover all the way to the edge. I did not paint the inside of the drawers, but you could do that if you wanted.
3. I then painted the sides and back of the main piece with Rustoleum Magnetic paint. The can said to use at least 3 coats of paint for a more magnetic surface. I used 4 coats, but I would recommend even more than that. It is magnetic enough with 4 coats to hold a small piece of paper, which is probably sufficient for my purposes, but if you wanted a stronger magnetic hold, I would use at least 6 coats. I would also consider doing this step before the acrylic painting as I did get some magnetic paint on the edges and had to do some touchup. Also, allow the paint to completely dry between coats, this gets a bit time consuming which is why I stopped at 4 coats.
4. I then traced out the top, sides and back of the main piece onto coordinating scrapbook paper. I used one design for the back and sides and a coordinating design for the top. I used Mod Podge to decoupage the paper onto the piece. I also traced the front of each drawer, I did 5 drawers with the same design as the top and 4 drawers with the same design as the sides and back. I used Mod Podge to decoupage the drawer fronts as well.
5. The last thing I did was super glue one of the supplies that I filled the drawer with to the front of the drawer, so it would be easy to identify what was in each drawer. The supplies I chose to include were, Rubber Bands (I cut a piece of a rubber band and glued it to the front of the drawer), large paper clips, small paper clips, pencil topper erasers (I cut one in half and glued it to the drawer), small binder clips, push pins (I cut off the point of one and glued it to the drawer), post-it flags, binder rings, and magnets. I used coordinating colors for many of the items so that it would go with the theme. I put a few magnets on the sides and back to show that the panels were magnetic and filled the drawers with supplies.
The kids' teachers really loved them and I am hoping that they will be using them for years to come!
To the right you can see the back of one with the magnet attached. Below, you can see how the colors of the supplies coordinated with the scrapbook paper and paint colors that I chose.
I bought this KaiserCraft kit online and used it as my starting point. This was the small size, there was also a medium size that might actually be better suited for this purpose as the small drawers made it impossible to include band-aids as a classroom supply. 
2.After the glue dried, I used acrylic paint that would coordinate with the scrapbook paper that I chose for decoupage. I painted the edges of the wood pieces on the front, sides, and back. I also painted the sides and back of the drawers. I made sure to cover the front edges in case the decopage didn't cover all the way to the edge. I did not paint the inside of the drawers, but you could do that if you wanted.
4. I then traced out the top, sides and back of the main piece onto coordinating scrapbook paper. I used one design for the back and sides and a coordinating design for the top. I used Mod Podge to decoupage the paper onto the piece. I also traced the front of each drawer, I did 5 drawers with the same design as the top and 4 drawers with the same design as the sides and back. I used Mod Podge to decoupage the drawer fronts as well.
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