Day Twenty-Four: fridge pen holder

I'm all about accessorizing my fridge right now. My project for today sprang from the mind of not martha, but she used a Starbucks gum container and I am not made of money, so I searched high and low for something similar. The funny thing about this craft stuff is much of what I find is how to recycle old or broken things, but I don't have any of those old or broken things so I have to break nice things or buy things that I can recycle. I wish I was more of a hoarder so I could just sift through my miscellaneous belongings to find the materials I need, instead of going on hunts and buying stuff.

Anyway.

Materials:
- Methos gum container
- magnets
- scrapbooking paper
- liquid glue
- scotch tape

I was about to use a tic tac container (they make giant ones all of a sudden!) and then found a good-sized Menthos gum container that was cheaper.

First I discarded all the gum in the container (I don't really care for gum), peeled off the stickers, and took the lid off. The stickers left nice residue that made it easy to stick the paper on - I used damask again, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. The thing about the one at not martha is that the tin case is easier to paint and put tissue on - I thought I could just wrap paper around the case and be done with it, but the top was gape-y and the green plastic was visible. So I got liquid glue all over my fingers and smeared it over the paper like paper-mache for the top, and then glued the paper on regular for the rest.

top

rest

That was easy enough. Then I glued two magnets on the back, leaving room for a third in case pens were heavier than I anticipated, and waited for the glue to dry. WAITED. Luckily, it's vacuuming day so I was kept busy for a while.

 Then I stuck it to the fridge with two pens inside to test the weight, and voila:

My fridge is the luckiest fridge of all, you guys. It's so pretty right now.

I was going to make a corresponding paper-holder, but it suddenly got a million degrees hotter and I can't focus on anything new. That might be my project for tomorrow.

Day Twenty-Four Highlights: peeling dried glue off fingers, magnets, damask paper.

Day Twenty-Four Lowlights: waiting for glue to dry, gum.

Tomorrow: the corresponding paper-holder, or else there was something else that I wanted to do but it's so hot that I forget right now. Probably it was something awesome, so you should stay tuned.