Add A Pop Of Color To Your Bookcase

I have a can of this pretty mint spray paint that I have had for a few months and couldn't wait to use. I recently bought a few bookcases and decided to give the white ones a pop of color. I didn't want to do anything too drastic, so I just sprayed the back paper panel of a cheap Walmart bookcase. I wanted to be able to switch it back to white in case I wanted to later, so I sprayed the back (non-white) side of the panel. It was actually the first time I've ever used spray paint, and I must say that it's really fun and easy. I thought the bookcase turned out cute. It is being used in my craft room for sewing books, tools, and accessories. What do you think?

Give your furniture a fresh look with a bit of color!

Organize Your Fabrics With Mini Fabric Bolts

A couple of months ago I had posted a question to the sewing subreddit to ask for some ideas for fabric organization/storage and I received some great suggestions. One suggestion was to use comic boards as the core to my own mini bolts as mentioned in this blog post: Mini Fabric Bolts {tutorial}. I liked idea this a lot and borrowed it. Although I didn't bother to pin the fabric, it turned out fine. I had already starting creating fabric bolts, but was using crudely cut pieces from Target and Amazon packages. I admit it was a bit tacky. I wanted to try foam boards, but comic boards was the most cost effective solution. Comic boards can be found on Amazon, but I found out later that they were cheaper at my local comic store. Well, now I know for next time! For ~$10/100 boards, it was worth it to give it a try. I used all but about 5 boards for my bookcase of mini bolts. I was able to fit all my non-fleece fabrics in a 5-shelf bookcase! I have a ton of fleece that I have in a storage bin and also on hangers... in my coat closet still.

I posted this blog earlier that you guys might like:

A Quick Idea To Transform A Bookcase.

I updated the shelves with wrapping paper.

Oh, and check out that suitcases I picked up at Joann's. I love them! I've always wanted a funky vintage looking suitcase. Now I have two! I just have to figure out what to put in them.

A Quick Idea To Transform A Bookcase

My coat closet has been over flooded with fabric for the last few months, but I had been procrastinating about doing something about it. I've been looking for a house in the last few months, so my excuse has always been that I would wait until I can have a dedicated craft room. Considering the lack of progress in my house hunt, I couldn't wait that long! So, last week I finally ordered a bookcase to store my fabric. I shopped around for a long time and finally decided to get a white bookcase from Walmart. I originally got one from Target, but it was um... a piece of junk. For $35, my new bookcase from Walmart was perfect for an interim solution and was sturdy enough (here's what I bought: Ameriwood 5-Shelf Bookcase, Multiple Finishes). I wasn't too thrilled about the bottom of the shelves being uncoated, so I picked up some cheap wrapping paper for $1 from Target and taped it to the bottoms. I didn't want to commit to it anything since I plan to move soon (hopefully!), but if you want a more permanent solution, try this:

• Place a shelf on top of the wrapping paper, trace around it, and cut.
• Spread a thin layer of Mod Podge on the bottom of the shelves.
• Place the paper on top, align, and smooth out.
• Let it dry, and add a couple more layers of Mod Podge over it while allowing it to dry in between. Be sure to coat the edges. Finish with a varnish, if desired.

I think this makes the bookshelf look so pretty!

If you're interested in how to organize your fabric the same way,

check out my post: Organize Your Fabrics With Mini Fabric Bolts.