Marker Organizer

I have this friend that is so much fun to hang out with. but every time we are together we have a tendency to over shop. Most of the purchases we make seem to involve large quantities of the same products…… 40 packages of velvet stickers, 35 different stamp pads, 250 different plastic shapes to make scrapbooking faster. We never seem to be happy unless we have purchased the products entire line!

 

Well, on our most recent trip together we took a class on blending markers. Between the class instructor and my dear friend, it didn’t take long before I purchased what I thought at the time was the entire set of 150 different markers.  The markers were expensive and in order to make them last they have to be stored on their side. The markers also needed to be stored in a location that was easy to get to; otherwise I will never use them. I looked around online and in some of the craft stores but couldn't find anything that met both my criteria, so I ended up making my own marker holder.

 

1. Wash and peel the labels off of 12 soup cans
2. spray them with black spray paint
3. Use a round cutter and make circles to cover the bottom and the inside of the cans.
4. Use the paper trimmer to cut the paper for the outside of the can. One 12x12 paper covers three cans.
5. Spray the cans with Mod Podge
6. Hot glue the cans together- you could really make any shape you want.