It's Blue Friday.. In Space!

... office space, that is... Go Seahawks!

Yes, I have an Imperial Star Destroyer hovering over my cubicle.

I found all the materials to make this flag right here in the office:

• 1 blue Post-It note
• 1 coffee stir stick
• White paper
• Tape

Want Some Fries With That?

A little Friday office humor from the Help Desk...

The witty response from Application Support (a.k.a. me):

Heh heh... looks like I even got the font right. :)

Tip: to make paper curl, press it between your thumb and the sharp edge of one blade of a pair of scissors and pull down the length of the paper pinching at an angle... but not hard enough to tear the paper.

Leaves of Green

My husband loves to leave pens all over the kitchen. I don't mind one or two, but when you have an assortment of five or six or twelve of them all over you know it's time to find them a home.

Thus began my quest for a pencil cup. I wasn't anticipating a craft project, but I found this cute, simple wooden pen/pencil-holder and decided it would be fun to paint it!



I really liked the wood look so when I slapped on the green paint I kept it watered down and thin so the wood could show through.

The white leaf detail was added because the plain green looked sad and lonely.

After I made the pencil cup I decided I needed to make... a matching dishtowel!



The leaves are made of green linen scraps and the stem is green embroidery thread. I acquired the plain white towel at Target.

Custom Push Pins (e.g. Cubicle Bling)

Tired of boring thumb tacks?

I was! And I had all of this lovely scrapbooking paper lying around... and these little clear marbles leftover from wedding decorations...

I've seen several people on Etsy make similar crafts so I thought I ought to try it myself.

Materials:
- Scrapbooking Paper (or other decorative paper or tiny photo)
- Thumb tacks (the flat-topped push pin kind)
- Clear glass stones
- Mod Podge
- Elmer's Glue
- Scissors

Instructions:
Glue the paper onto the back of the glass marble with Mod Podge, then use a generous amount of Elmer's to attach a flat-topped push pin onto the back.

Using a similar technique you could make these into pendants, hair accessories, brooches, magnets, etc.

After making a bunch of push pins, it made sense to decorate a piece of cardboard with the same paper and stick them into it. It was easier to bring them to work this way.

Now they are CUBICLE BLING!