Altered School Supplies with Laurel

Hi everyone and TGIF!

Laurel here and I am so excited to be sharing my first project as a Design Team member for My Mind’s Eye!  As a teacher I love anything related to school so I couldn’t wait to create this first assignment – altered school supplies.

Every year I alter a notebook that I can use to jot down notes that come up through out the year and for this assignment I just had to use some of the Cut & Paste Flair collection as I just love it! 

This year I also decorated some clips to use as note/photo holders and as a little added bit, I used some of the coordinating decorative tape to flag some pencils.

I like to have some ‘magic’ pencils in my classroom which sometimes help reluctant writers/workers who say they can’t do it.  It is amazing the wonder of magic pencils!

To cover the notebook, I think of it in terms of a large card or small scrapbook page.  Most of my projects have layering and some stitching so I need to create the panel first then when it is complete I adhere it to the notebook. 

I like asymmetry on my projects and for things to look like they just sort of fell onto the page so I play around with different items before permanently adhering them.  Then I just add bits and pieces here and there (stickers, brads, staples) until I like the look.

 

To cover the clips I just trimmed the paper to size and added a sticker.  So easy.

 

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Laurel