This is my fourth installment on converting grocery item packaging into useful organizing tools. I’m most proud of this idea cuz I think they look quite good. One of my many passions in life is photography. From a beautiful trip to the Croatian coast last year I have many gorgeous close-ups of the Adriatic Sea, foliage, flowers, old crumbling walls, etc. So with my photos I converted a coffee and a chai tea can into office containers.
It’s super simple to do. After I chose photos that would look graphic and cool, I printed them out on standard 8.5 x 11 photo paper. I trimmed the paper to fit the height of each can and then adhered them to the cans with heavy-duty double stick tape. And voila! I stuffed some bubble wrap into the blue one so my pens would stick out and be easier to access and the green one is where I keep my most used cords for my digital camera, ipod, and isight camera. (can you tell I’m a mac geek). These sit on a shelf right above my desk for easy access.
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That is such a great idea! Beautiful photographs – They make great looking desk organizers!… Donna
Wow – great idea. You totally need to find a place who can sell those for you. I love the way you find ways to reuse stuff. Great!
@Scott – thanks so much! I’ll definitely have to think about selling them. I’m glad people are liking them.
@An Enchanted Cottage – thank you!
You should totally submit this to the Carnival of Green Crafts:
http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_4655.html