Are you working to get your hobby room, home office, or another area of your home organized? For me, it’s the kitchen. An organized space is a tidy space, and provides easy access to whatever is needed.
If you are a scrapbooker or are into other paper crafts, you likely have paper scraps that you can use to make the labels with. Attach labels to boxes, binders, and more. I’m going to make mine for labeling the herbs I dry and put into jars.
You can make labels to put on a number of organizers, including baskets, photo boxes, file cabinets, hat boxes, plastic storage totes, and pencil boxes, that will allow you to organize each space in your home.
NOTE: You do not have to laminate these if you don’t want. Simply delete that item from the materials list, and leave out that step in the directions.
Materials
Measuring tape
Card stock
Paper cutter
Adhesive
Stickers and/or other embellishments
Markers in your choice of colors
Laminate
- Measure the front of the container you’ll be making the label for, to determine the size you want to make.
- Decide on a card stock size big enough to adhere a sticker or other embellishment to the front of, and that will allow you to write in letters big enough to be read easily.
- Choose a light-colored card stock to match the room the organizers will be placed in.
- Use a paper-cutter to measure and cut out however many labels you’ll need, in the size you want. Make sure the blade of the cutter is sharp enough so that the cuts are clean.
- Use a dark-colored card stock that will also go with the area as a background. Use the paper-cutter again, this time to measure and cut the card stock ¼ to 1/3 inches bigger around than the labels you just cut out.
- Glue the light-colored labels to the dark-colored backgrounds, making sure the labels are centered onto each of the darker-colored pieces of card stock.
- Allow these to dry thoroughly.
- Adhere a sticker or other embellishment to each card. Mix these up so you have some labels with an embellishment on either the left or the right, or keep them uniform by placing one on the same side of each label. Or place a small embellishment to each edge. Whatever you prefer.
- Choose a dark-colored marker, such as green, black, or blue, to finish the labels. Write the name of the item for each container on its’ corresponding label. Use clear print or script, so the labels are easy to read.
- Cut two pieces of laminate for each label. Cover the front of each with one piece, and adhere the second piece to the back, so the edges stick together. Trim around the edges of the laminate to be sure everything is even.
- Adhere a label to each drawer with tape or another adhesive.
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