If It's Groovy Blog Hop - Washing Machine Catch-All

Welcome to the National No Housework Day Online Blog Hop! 

If you have arrived not knowing until now about the hop, no problem...just go back to 

If It's Groovy

Which is where this hop starts and work your way through. You may find games, prizes, 
projects and how do-you-dos along the path :) We would appreciate it if you sign up to 
keep in touch with us by "following" and would love your comments!

Perhaps you arrived here from Intrepid Thread (Julie's Blog), Great!

Hope you enjoyed that stop and the others so far!!!

Check out my project below!

1) Leave a comment sharing you thoughts, insight, laughs, etc....

2) Answering the 2 questions honesty: 

What is the first thing you think about when you enter a room?

What is the first thing you do after entering that room?

**and you will be in the running for my blog hop prize. 

If you want another chance to win:

**Become a follower of my blog.

We celebrate this national holiday by scrapping today and into the weekend with projects 

that remind us of housework or getting away from it!!! Take the day off, put up your feet 

and let's hop!

Michelle's Blog for If It's Groovy - "No Housework Day"

Here is a quote My Aunt passed on to me, which is so true. If you stop 

and think about it!

"The only advantage in not being too good a housekeper is that your guests are so pleased 

to feel how very much better they are."

Eleanor Roosevelt, "My Day" syndicated column (June 7, 1939)

OK, that is usually what happens when I do an online crop....But since 

this one is actually titled NO Housework maybe I could work on things 

that involve housework. The first thing I thought of was my laundry room. 

I have always thought of making something for those "treasures" you find 

in the wash. Since, I am always finding "treasures" in the laundry. I 

usually just placed these items into a basket that I keep a pair of 

scissors, a pen of two and those dryer balls in. 

What was in the basket most recently?

My husband is an Ironworker; so the most commonly found "treasure" is a 

piece of soap stone. He uses soap stone to mark steel. Other work related 

"treasures" are tips for wire feed & bolts. I used to check his pockets 

before washing until I ended up dirtier than the clothes themselves. OH 

and his work jeans are carpenter style so there was just too many pockets 

to deal with! Since I just wash the work stuff together it is not a big 

deal. Of course, some days are better then others when it comes to the 

"treasures". So, there are other "treasures" such as screws from projects 

around the house, bits and pieces from my daughter's small toys that were 

grabbed out of my 1 yr olds hands before reaching his mouth and list goes 

on!!!!

As anyone knows if they have the laundry duty, finding the coins and bills

are the best "treasure". Too bad it doesn't really pay off in end!!!

Here is my BIG find!

For the Blog Hop I made two different projects for my laundry "treasures" 

one is a bank and the other is a catch all. 

Below is the step-by-step directions.

Washing Machine Catch-All

I used an old tissue box:

Cut two 5 1/2" x 12" pieces of white cardstock. I gently creased the two 

pieces of paper around the tissue box. After, I got the correct fit and 

gave each fold a good crease. Set them aside.

Using another piece of white cardstock I cut a 4 1/2" x 12" piece to make 

the top of my washing machine. I cut out the top to the washing machine 

using the largest Oval from the Spellbinders Classic Ovals S4-110HL. Then 

fit it around the top of the tissue box, gently creased the edges. Figured

out a height I liked for my dials and creased that too!

I cut a strip 4 1/2" x 1 3/4" out of a piece of blue scrap I had. Took 2 

clock faces (1 clear & 1 chipboard) punched holes in the center using an 

eyelet tool. Added 2 Large White brads to the clock faces and attached to 

the blue strip of paper, making my washing machine dials. (A package of 

the Clock Faces are apart of my RAK)

OK, next I attached the top with the hole First! Then attached the front 

to the tissue box and followed with the back.

Using those two pieces cut for the sides attached them. Making sure I had 

a smooth front and the overlap was at the sides of the tissue box.

Finished my basic white washing machine! The top of the washing machine 

was bugging me! It was the hole not perfect and the top blue paper by the

dials. So, I cut a ¼” strip of white paper and attached it to the top edge

and fixed my crooked looking blue strip. I also bend it down to give it a 

little more dimension. I will get to fixing the opening in a minute.

Now, it needed something and a label/saying stating it’s purpose! Since, I 

have a girl and a boy! I used pink and boy ink with my SU Jumbo Roller and 

the “Wash Day” stamp. Fussy cut the stamped images out and attached.

Now, for the opening fix! Of course, I didn’t have a big enough piece of 

scrap in the same blue I used on the top with the dials! But I had some 

Blue Swirl that looked like soapy water. Using Spellbinders Large 

Scalloped Ovals (S4-111HL) I taped my largest and the next one down 

together with Scotch tape. Then cut the paper out and got a border scallop 

and a solid piece.

I attached the border to the top and put the solid piece inside on the

bottom.

For my label/saying I used Spellbinders Classic Paisley cutting one out 

of the Blue Swirl and a smaller one out of White Cardstock. Hand wrote I 

saying that fit and attached.

My finished Catch-All

 Hope you like what I did! Let me know my commenting!

Remember to do the following to be in the running for my blog hop prize!
1) Leave a comment sharing you thoughts, insight, laughs, etc....
2) Answering the 2 questions honesty: 
What is the first thing you think about when you enter a room?
What is the first thing you do after entering that room?

and you will be in the running for my blog hop prize. 

If you want another chance to win:
**Become a follower of my blog.