Little DIY's for the win

So my file labels were boring and some were peeling off and looking generally pretty icky! It annoyed me and with the study re-vamp, I knew it was a project I needed to give some attention too.

I have said before that I am not good at "design" on the pc.  But I played around a little and came up with this spine binder which I really like.

They are really simple, but for now I like it.  Maybe as I play around more and get better at creating labels etc, I will change them.  I simply printed them on sticker sheets cut and stuck them on.  So they will be super easy to change.

Looking at the over all picture the actually look a bit "white" if you stand a little distance away.  Maybe I should have made the chevron colour a bit darker.  It is a light minty colour .... mmmm I might reprint sooner rather than later.

I also designed some labels to mark all boxes and storage containers in my study.

I printed it on plain white board.

Punched a hole in it with my single hole punch (can you believe I did not have one?  I ran out during lunch time yesterday from work to quickly purchase one).

I realized though that the board it not that "hard" and the hole might tear easily with a simple tug so I also grabbed some clear stickies to put around the hole to re-enforce it a bit.

Look closely below, and you will see there is a little clear sticker around the hole......

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I am also working on making a freezer and pantry inventory list. And thought of making a home inventory list for insurance purposes.  Do people do that?  I think it might be worth while.  Thought I would do one.  Scan one and send it on the insurance people, updating them maybe every six months, then also keeping one on the pc and on in the safe? I will share the outcome of my sheets soon!!

Also will share some pictures of the finished product once the labels are attached to the storage containers in the study....might take a day or two.

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