28Jun | 2010

Duct Tape Organizer

I am slowly trying to put together my craft room/office, I started with some frames and board, now I’m working on my sewing table (I will post the process as soon as I’m done), organizing my fabrics and tools.

I have a lot of markers that I wanted to have them close to me,  I didn’t like the organizer I had, so I grab some duct tape, pieces of cardboard and a basket to create my own duct tape pen organizer! I already had all of the material so the cost was $0, and it only took me about 45 minutes to pull it together.

duct tape organizer

I cut stripes of cardboard and place them the way I wanted to divide my basket, I hot glue the pieces together, and finally duct tape the structure. I loved the color of my duct tape so I will me making more duct tape projects soon :)

If you know me, you already know that I am a sucker for flowers, specially non-usual material flowers, so obviously when I though about a way to make my basket pretty,  a flower was the answer! Duct tape flower, with a small yellow button =)

I cut the shape of the pedals, then folded on the middle and place tiny drop of hot glue, grab a paper clip and tape it to a circle. I started by gluing the button to the circle, then I glue all the pedals around the button.

flower
duct tape flower

Here is the basket in action, I have tons of room for all my markers now!

pen basket

I love the fact that if the flower gets dusty, I can just wash it with water and a brush.

Now I need to make and organizer for all my sewing tools! I think I will make more duct tape flowers to make them pretty too.
Would you like me to share how I made the duck tape flower?

Joy
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Joy Kelley is a Chilean Designer. Wife. Crafter. IMac dependent. Pattern lover. Color obsessed. The girl behind the HowJoyful Design Studio. Mrs Poodle at Weddingbee.

  1. 1

    • Kelly De Luca
    • June 28th, 10

    How smart. it looks great :)

  2. 2

    • LabRat 101
    • June 28th, 10

    So cute and crafty! Wonderful way to repurpose a basket! =)

  3. 3

    • Cap Creations
    • June 28th, 10

    How great is that! Yes the flower looks awesome! Thanks for sharing. Great blog you've got here.

    Come say hi when you get a chance!

  4. 4

    • Cece ~ CraftySmurfette
    • June 28th, 10

    Love the flower…it's hard to believe it's made from duct tape. You have such a creative mind!

  5. 5

    • TwoWishes Tara
    • June 28th, 10

    LOVE IT! That is such a creative use of duct tape. (And what a spectacular color.)

  6. 6

    • Anonymous
    • June 30th, 10

    I love seeing colored duct tape. It always reminds me of this: http://www.duckbrand.com/Promotions/stuck-at-prom.aspx
    My friend did it back in the day for prom. lol
    The basket looks and the flower is so pretty.

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    • chased
    • July 28th, 10

    found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later

  8. I love this. So easy but so cute. I love this color, and that it is Duct Tape makes it all the better. Fun ;)

  9. 9

    i thought this flower was sooo darn cute!! i was on Google and i looked at some duct tape flowers and found this amazing!! i fell in love with it!!!

  10. 10

    • Flavia
    • May 22nd, 12

    Olá,

    Pesquisando novas idéias de flores, achei o seu Blog, e fiquei encantada, gostaria de parabenizá-la pelo seu trabalho!!Amei!!!!!!Bjs!!(Sou estilista e artesã brasileira).

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    • jadyn Kinghorn
    • January 22nd, 13

    i think this sooooooo cute and i needed a organizer my room has pens and pencils allover (the flower is very cute).

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