Back to School with Deflecto

 Around the early part of August, we start thinking about school again!  That means it is time to start shopping for school supplies!  Yay!

Kids are starting kindergarten and the first grade, high school and college!  Deflecto has great basics for desk top, storage and lots more! I started with a pencil holder, dark pink frame and a plastic pouch.
Would you like to join me in decorating these with your favorite back to school theme?  I chose girly papers and embellishments for these projects, but you can decorate them in any way that you can imagine.

I used coordinated papers, glitter adhesive tape, dimensional Complement stickers, and some mulberry flowers.  Just measure, cut and apply with adhesives of your choice.  I used adhesive double stick tape for my projects.

This is how the pencil holder looked before I decorated it!

Check out Deflecto's website for office, storage products and more!  Here is the link:

http://www.deflecto.com/craft/

Hope you got a little inspiration here today.  Luckily it isn't August yet and we still have plenty of Summer left!  I am sure we will all be more ready for school to start by the time it rolls around.

Take time to enjoy the small blessings along the way, and

Life Life with a Flourish!

Marilyn

Celebrate Love and Life with this Frame & Valentine Coupons

Do you love Valentine's Day?  I do!  When I was a kid I loved putting Valentines together for our annual grade school party. I would look through the conversation hearts to put just the right message in with my Valentine. We usually had a box decorated with colored paper and crepe paper with a hole cut in the top to drop in the Valentine's.  Our moms would provide cupcakes and cookies.  We drank red Kool-Aid back then.  Mom could make the cupcakes and cookies at home and bring them to school.  And we all survived! Imagine that!  Fun memories!

I am using a Deflecto acrylic craft frame with a pink border for my project.  The black portion is a wet erase Sign Tag.  The pen is a Chalkpen to write on the black tag with.  The writing is removable with a damp rag and you can change the message if you want to.  I used papers from Close To My Heart. www.marilyngossettdesigns.ctmh.com I enjoy the fact that all the collections are put together with matching embellishments and I can get them all together.

I cut the papers with a turquoise background and a Valentine paper layered on top leaving a 1//2" border.  The picture was cut and attached to the Valentine's paper as was the wet erase sign tag.

I wrote the message on the wet erase sign using the wet erase chalk pen.

I attached a suction hook to the top of the frame as shown in the photo above and camouflaged it with some embellishments (Complements) that match the papers I used.  Now you can hang the Love Coupon booklet to the frame.  I printed some free love coupons that I found online and adhered them to papers cut to fit in the clear pouches as shown in the photo below.  The pear clip is binding the pages together and was finished off with a pretty shoestring bow.  I cut a V in each ribbon tail and adhered more embellishments to the front page of the coupon album. 

Following are some more photographs  that might help.  My designer friend, Sue and I were talking about how difficult it is to photograph acrylic frames.  I gave a perfect example of "why" that is so in the photograph below.  Hands and camera in the picture!  Lol.

This is the month of Love.  I dedicate these projects to all of the humans and critters in our lives that we can share our love with.  I am very thankful for the special ones who are in my life.

Hope you got some inspiration today!  Now go out and enjoy the small blessings you find along the way,

and Live Life with a Flourish!

Marilyn

Love Notes Only! Paperless Note Pad

Do you like to get "Love" notes?  I do!  Here is a handy way to share the love every day!  I kind of went crazy with the hearts in honor of Valentine's Day this month.  These are removable as they are just clipped on!

You might like the version below a little better.  I used the deflecto Grip Clip duo above to hold the hearts on the acrylic frame for Valentine's Day "effect".  The one below is more for everyday when you want to leave your Sweetie a note.  You can write who it is to at the top.

There are just a few things you will need to make this wet erase note holder.  See below for the Deflecto products you will need.

Pick out some papers you like and just a few embellies to finish this re-usable wet erase note holder.  You will need a CHALKMARKER pen to write the messages.

I cut the paper to fit inside the acrylic craft frame.  The hearts were cut with my die-cut machine and I found some rubber stamps I liked.  I used ink to chalk the edges to add depth to the shapes.  The wet erase sign tag was cut into a 3" x 3" square and adhered to the top of the acrylic frame with Tacky Glue. (A 1" x 3" strip was glued to the top of the second example shown above). Some fancy yarn was wrapped around the frame above the *stamped image at the bottom (*which is adhered to the polka dot paper and under the top of the frame..) and then tied in a knot.  I clipped the double grip sign holder to the top edge of the frame (as shown) and you can add a little note to this if desired, i.e. To:  My Hubby; From: Me.

The following are some close-up photos for you to look at.

I covered the inkpen with washi tape and put a little piece of the same tape around the joint of the clip.

When you want to change your message, just wipe the writing off with a damp rag and leave a new message!

No paper to throw away!

Thanks for visiting my blog!  Hope you take away a little inspiration!

Enjoy the small things in life and

Live Life with a Flourish!

Marilyn

Some days the lighting in my studio isn't good for taking photos.  I attempt to provide a clear image, sometimes it doesn't work out as well as others!  Of course it would help if I had any real training in photography other than aim and shoot.  I am looking forward to the sunnier days that will be coming.

Enjoy!