easy card and correspondence storage

Remember last week, when I told you about the whole big box of wonderful that I received from Canvas Corp? Well, here's another project I created with some of the goodies I received...

Now let me backtrack just a little...a few months ago, I posted my Forty before 40 list. One of the items on this list is to send birthday cards to friends and family...I've already failed...miserably. BUT, I WILL get better...now that I have this super-duper handy-dandy organizing system.

This is what I started with:

*A 7Gypsies library drawer*

*Some Conservatory paper from 7Gypsies*

*Some DecoArt DecouPage

*A couple of odds and ends

I removed the handle that came on the library drawer...I wanted something just a little more low-profile...and replaced it with a length of twine and a button I had in my stash...

Then I cut a piece of the scrapbook paper to size and DecouPage'd it onto the bottom of the drawer...

Yes...the paper is a bit wrinkly...no, I'm not the best DecouPage'r...admittedly...

I used the individual month dividers that came with the drawer to organize the different cards I will need throughout the year.

Then I made a couple of postcards using Canvas Corp paper...I like to have a couple on hand to use for a quick note or thank-you...

One sheet of the 12x12 paper had these wonderful vintage-style postcard templates on it...then I simply cut two other sheets with patterns and colors I liked to size, and attached them to what would be the front of the post card. So fast & so easy. And completely personal. I think I may eventually add some other embellishments to the front of the postcards, but they are ready-to-go as-is if I decide to leave them alone.

I now have this drawer sitting right on the main surface of my hutch in my craft area...easy to find...no more excuses for not sending correspondence...I hope.