Saturday, June 19, 2021

Crafty Tool Tote

Happy Saturday, everyone! This week I have a project to share that I made just for me. With the weather finally warming up I have been crafting out on on covered back deck and have been schlepping my most-used craft supplies out there in a box, then putting them away when I get back into my upstairs craft studio. I decided to make myself a tote using a GSL Tool Caddy to permanently hold everything that I use on a regular basis.

Here are the pieces laid out ready to assemble and decorate.

I know this will be used a lot so decided on a dark color for the interior to keep scuffing to a minimum as I move tools in and out of it. I painted the handle and all interior surfaces with black acrylic paint before assembly.

Once the paint was dry I assembled the tote with tacky glue and held everything tight with rubber bands while the glue dried.

The paper I chose for the outside of the caddy is a pretty one from Graphic 45's Floral Shoppe.

 

Rather than leaving the tote plain, I chose a GSL Stackable Label for an embellishment.  I painted the base of the label pink and used clear embossing powder around the edges.


I considered a few phrases before settling on 'Power Tools' which got printed on yellow cardstock.


It came together really fast and ended up pretty cute.  It will get a lot of use this summer.

GSL Products Used

Tool Caddy

Stackable Labels Shape Set


Other Supplies Used

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

Graphic 45 Floral Shoppe

Clear embossing powder

Cardstock


 

3 comments:

  1. This is a departure from your usual miniatures. I love it and would find it very useful! Thanks for sharing your talents with us!!

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