Altering Everyday Items

I promised myself that this year, I would do more scrapbook projects and one that takes my fancy at the moment is altering everyday things. I’m such a sucker for collecting storage items and note cards even though I don’t know what I’ll use them for but I bought them because they’re so cute! Did you know when I was younger I used to collect greeting cards? I had a full suitcase of them that I buy without any person in mind and it would only come out of its hiding place when inspiration struck or I found the person to give it to! Yes, I’m a hoarder! haha

However, they look so simple and to be honest, quite blah so imagine my surprise while I was surfing on the net when I saw Valerie Salmon’s post on what she did with her note cards and caddy from Ikea. Seems like I’ll be busy in the coming weeks!

First Project: Altering Note Cards

Here’s what Valerie did:

This is just a simple design that is easy to duplicate over and over, and personalize with a monogram. These are made using those pre-packaged cards & envelopes that you can get mostly at any craft store. A set of my notecards only uses 2 sheets of patterned paper and some cardstock scraps. So easy! I finished it off with packaging it with a cellophane bag and topped it with a bag topper that I quickly created digitally.

Second Project: Desk Caddy alteration

Cute eh? I hope this inspires you as you embark on your own scrapbook projects for 2008!