TV-Tray Ironing Board

 How many of you have these ugly

TV-Trays that you use for

this and that?

How about putting it to good use

by turning it into a

TV-Tray Ironing Board



This is such a quick and easy project.

Items needed:

Old TV tray (or new)

Therma Ironing Board Cover Fabric

Cotton Padding

Cotton Fabric

Staples/Gun (heavy duty)

Hammer

Place tray upside down on Padding

and trace around giving about 2"

on each side and cut out.

Staple to tray.
Hammer staples into tray.
Do the same with the
Ironing Board Fabric
and Cotton Fabric.

Tray covered with padding and iron fabric.

Stapling

You might need to hammer down (we did).
How do you like our hammer???
A girls gotta have Girly tools!

Make sure to get the fabric good and tight.

FINI!
Now you can have a cute Ironing Board that fits into small spaces too.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot;
but make it hot by striking.
'William Butler Yeats'

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Pen Holder

What do you do with all of your pens?
Are they thrown into a drawer?
Placed into a coffee cup?
Tossed on your desk?
Every where BUT where you need them?

How about a nice pen holder?

We made our pen holder out of  stuff we had on hand.

We are getting in the Stashbusting mode.
It's not too late for you to sign up for
Stashbusing September over at
The Tshirt Diaries

This is what you need to make your own pen holder
Spray Paint
wine rack (from the garage sale box)
Mardi Gras cups (souvenir from our Destin trip)


before & after

Spray paint your rack and cups.  We needed a 2nd coat.

Let dry
and Ta-da
you have a handy dandy Pen holder that did not cost a dime.

 (unless you needed spray paint).

A little tip for storing paint and gel pens.

To keep ink from leaking and drying out store pens horizontal.

Our helper for the day

Johnny Cash

 You may remember this little fella as the scrawny kitten someone did a drop and run.  He is growing into such a handsome man.  Each day we are earning his trust.  We are now able to pick (when he wants us to) him up.  He is eating like all get out.  And talking up a storm.  So I guess the people who dropped him off knew the right people to become his family.

A friendship with some assembly required.
~ Quoted from my favorite Toy Story coffee mug

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