I really need to go poking around in my basement more often…maybe this winter when it is freezing down there so there aren’t any spiders scurrying around *shudder*. Why do I need to do this? Well I went down to check out the new (free! We received some items for free after Military Man’s great grandfather died- we are so lucky!!) chest freezer and because Military Man had to clear a space for it things were all moved around.
I saw this sitting on top of some boxes:
A small black plastic basket. We have an entire basement 75% full of the previous owners stuff (Military Man bought the house from friends and they just left some stuff). A lot of it is broken or old electronics but there are some things that I could reuse or makeover.
So back to the basket- perfectly functional as it was but I was itching to break out this new spray paint I bought months ago. American Accents Satin finish in Aqua!
So I did.
Then I made a cute tag with my Silhouette machine (did you know it’s Mac compatible now?!). Little Man isn’t reading yet so I thought a picture would be useful for him to know what was supposed to go in there.
I just cut it out with the Silhouette then colored the back of the tag with an orange marker, glued them together and laminated them using my Xyron 9-Inch Creative Station. Then I just tied a ribbon through the holes in both the tag & basket!
So what do you think?
The images I used from the Silhouette store are the following:
toy car: (toy_car_C00344_23067)
tag: (tag_1047) (I couldn’t find this in the store so I think it was one that came pre-loaded with the machine?)
Have you found anything fun tucked away in your house lately?
Hope you have a Happy Day,
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What a neat basket for his cars… I have used this paint but I do use one called Fusion that is fantastic on almost all surfaces. Will have to add it to my paint shelf… thanks for sharing and come visit when you can…
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