3.28.2011

prettifiy a binder

Actually...these are for boys..so let's coolifiy it not prettifiy it.)

My nephews had a birthday (plural...two separate birthdays)  and they love football cards.  So I coolified a binder to hold their massive ever growing collection of football cards (okay, in all honesty..I just don't get football cards. why would a boy want these? they don't seem fun at all)

even with a pocket and a handle.

I know. coolest aunt ever. whatever.

binder (still have some leftover from my school week stash)

I took my fabric and folded down each edge and hot glued it right to the rings.



for the tops and bottoms..just folded in the sides and hot glued.

then I took a 9inch strip

and hot glued it into a strip

and hot glued it the sides of the binder

Then i added a favorite team..and a name or intital

and of course..I hot glued a pocket...to hold any wandering cards.


super easy..super coolified..

and I might have made one for me.
to hold  recipes..( I might have spilled choc milk on my old recipe book)

with ruffle..cause i'm cool obsessed

too bad this is the only recipe I have in it so far...it's slow going. we are going to be eating a lot of cheese broccoli soup.

7 comments:

  1. Pretty awesome! I just pulled a binder out yesterday to put my sons Totschool supplies in. I was totally planning on decorating it in a similar fashion. I will try and remember to send you a pic when I complete it, hopefully this week.

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  2. Kim your blog is incredibly (not that I have doubts about your talent) good, I love all the crafts you post (I'm making a menu board)so I had to give you an award...go check it out....thanks for a GREAT blog!!!!

    http://www.mrssassycrafter.com/2011/03/somebody-thinks-im-stylish-or-my.html

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  3. This is a slippery slope you are on! My sons who are now in their twenties have a combined collection of about 50 binders filled with sports cards--big fat binders.

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  4. WOW!! it would b eso nice fo rme to make a pretty folder out of my recipe folder as well.. mine is so ugly and so disorganized.. yours look lovely!!

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  5. Very cool! I will be showing this on Random Crafty Georgia Girl Crafty Tuesday tomorrow.

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  6. Great ideas!! I've been wanting to make a recipe book with pictures of who we got the recipe from (Aunt Cleo's pickles, Aunt Maxine's salad, etc...)..
    I even like the handles !! The hot glue will hold ???
    I'll have to stock up on binders at the next back to school sale!!

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