Rat Trap and Car Papers

1.Rat Trap Wonder:
I know. Rats are grose, so are their traps, but not any more!

Okay, So you get a rat trap. You can also use a mouse trap, it is just smaller, I wanted to go big!

Then you pry off the metal hardware. I took off everything but the spring at first.
Gathered my loot. Paper, paint, ribbon, modge, etc.
Painted the Rat Trap and HATED IT!!! I hated how you could still see the wording. It was ugly.

So, I pryed up the snapping part (be careful!)

Then I found this old gift bag that I had. (you can use any scrapbook paper or material)After that, I simple turned the trap upside down, painted the edges, and modged the gift bag on to the wooden surface.
That's much better!!!!

Added some ribbon and pink rope (from the gift bag).

Then I took my hubby away from basketball for 5 minutes while we clamped down the spring trap part back on to the trap. I don't know how we would have done it without clamps!

Clamped it down tight.

Powered up the staple gun and stapled the spring back on.

I added 3 round magnets to the back, and stuck it to my fridge! Love it. Rat Trap Nasty to Rat Trap Wonder.

You could do bills, coupons, receipts, to do lists, etc. I think bills will do for my first attempt!

#2. Organizing My Car Papers

Found this bad boy for 1 dollar at a thrift store. It is a foldout coupon holder. I knew just where I needed it...... First I had to make it a little bit more pleasing to the eye.

So, I modged, and I cut, and I modged, and I waited.

And I added a little burned edges satin material under the flap, and a satin flower.

I went out to the car to find this mess below:

And made it look a little bit better using my car papers, modge podged, wonder.
Thanks for sharing in my latest obsessions! Have a great day!

Tide Box Ribbon Organizer.....

I have the worst habit of ending my crafting efforts in a wham-bam-thank-you-mam, type of clean up. That means I just throw EVERYTHING into a tote (I am a tote-a-holic), and put the tote in my closet and move on to cleaning the rest of the toddler mayhem that is always waiting for me. Well, these ribbon totes have been screaming at me to organize them.

I kept staring at my Giant Tide Box from Costco, wondering what to do with it. I decided to cut a side off, modge podge some paper and ribbons to it, and think some more. I was going to turn it into a barbie house, but that didn't work. I need something bigger for that.

Here is my ribbon in all it's GLORIFIED, HORRIFIED mess.

And here it is in the tide box. A few holes, a few dowells, and now it is organized. It is not too fancy, I know, but it was basically free, and provides me with a little sanity.