Everytime I say that, I sing it like “Hot Pockets”. You do too, right? Maybe not. Well, I picked up this little do-hicky at Salvation Army a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been looking for something like this since last fall, but I could never find what I was looking for.
Right now you’re thinking, “Uh…that’s what she was looking for?” It was $1.99, and it had the clean lines I wanted. Plus, it looks great sitting on my washing machine.
I went to my local craft-booking store and bought some labels. These are the ones I did not use. The ones I went with were white with iridescent glitter all over them. I, of course, forgot to take a picture of them. They were only $2.00, though. .1 cent more than the wall pocket cost, mind you.
I used the paint I had from my mudroom cabinets because I like it all matchy matchy. Well, that and it was free.
I simply spray painted the tags from white with glitter to stone—with no glitter. I typed out my kids’ names on some paper, glued the tags on, and stuck the paper inside. Voila!
Conveniently placed at the back door, I will continue to misplace their school papers anyway no longer misplace any important papers or library books during the school year.
Not bad for $3.99, eh?
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Love this! Now only if I could find something like that – looks better than the ones Ballard sells. PS: Now I have that jingle in my head 😉
Cool idea!! perfect for 3.99!!!
Suzanne
I wonder if I can find one with 8 pockets in them?
Maybe I will just have to settle for 4 with 2 pockets.
What a fantastic idea though! I will definately have to keep a lookout for these now.
You kill me….you are so awesome!
Karen
Where's mine?? How come you never make ME anything??! heehee 🙂
Love it -anything organizational is good. Like right now if I had that I wouldn't have lost my decals I am looking for- arrrghhh
~tammy
What a great idea! I love it.
Love this! Great idea!
LOVE YOUR fnds and IDEAS! it turned out so cute, way to go mom! I need to do a chalk board and paper holding board… THANKS for sharing!
Not bad? Pretty smart I'd say. Love the clean lines and the simplicity of it. Love every project you do and I wish I could shop with you at your GW. You find the best stuff!
I love it! What a great project. I love the personalized labels!
Hmmmm….Now I'm going to have to be on the look out for that at our thrift stores! Awesome makeover! Wayyyyyy better than any of the new stuff you can buy for $$$$$$$$$!!!!!
Excellent! Love the project and it looks totally different with your paint and tags.
You have inspired me. I am serious. Nice work.
Love that!
You come up with the best projects!
I love it! I need to start thrifting regularly!
not bad at all – love this!
This is great! It really helps kids to have a place for their stuff and it helps us when it looks all matchy-matchy and cute! Awesome job!
love this idea!
That is so cute! I love reading your blog. You have such a wonderful sense of humor. I have a permanent smile on my face while reading your posts. 🙂
We used to have something similar in my office and every time my assistant would use it, she would sing the Hot Pockets song, too! Super cute!
Love the trash to treasure!
Great job! I love the color and the way you labeled them. I've been looking for a wall pocket too, and your right,,HOT POCKETS,, it just comes out, for my daughter going to college. They are harder to find then I imagined! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great idea. As a retired teacher, I wish the parents of some of my students had been so organized. Good job!
Charla
Great idea! You have such an amazing eye for these things 🙂
Awesome! Love the way it turned out, now I iwll be scouring my thrift stores. 🙂
Holy crap!! You are the coolest 😉
That's awesome! I wish I could find as good of stuff as you do at our Goodwill/Salvation Army but I'm not so lucky 🙁
Thanks for sharing!
-Desiree
OHH lucky you. This a great find. I have my eye out for this kind of thing always. . . but no luck for me lately. Great idea
What a great idea. I need to go find me some wall pockets. Oh, btw, I didn't say it like Hot Pocket, but now I forever will. It's stuck in my head.lol
ok…first off…now I have that Hot Pockets in my head…Second…GREAT idea…cute and cheap, Me Likey…
This looks great! The pb catalog would charge like $40 for it. Well done.
I made a customized typography basket to contain my sons library books in the hopes of no more tears. Come by.
I must confess, I am a constant LURKER 'round these parts… but I just wanted to tell you that 1) you have the best design/craft ideas of anyone I've seen, 2) you have an uncanny ability to spot a diamond in the rough when it comes to thrift stores, and 3) you get better bargains than anyone I know.
Thanks for sharing all your great ideas and finds!!
Love it! I've been looking for something similar, but no luck yet.
Yes. Yes. Very lovely. It reminds me how ready I am for school to start up again..
Probably how NOT ready you are huh?
Ok, totally love it! You are the Queen of the quicky, functional and cute projects!
Love this idea! Now if I could find something similar and had a rockin' mudroom like yours to hang it in!
You find the most amazing things and make them look so cute. Love it!!
You are awesome!
I feel like Wayne & Garth at an Aerosmith concert…
not worthy!!!
😉
You're awesome!
Awesomeness! That's exactly what I need for my kids' papers!!!
Yikes! It looks amazing! Great idea!
Your talent of turning "trash" to treasure honestly amazes me. It is a talent to be proud of.
We have several thrifty type stores in our town. Inspired by your makeovers I perused one of these shops the other day – the only thing I left with was the heebie jeebies.
*sigh* Someday I'll find that magic thrift store with all the "good stuff". In the meantime I'll continue to stalk your blog and drool on my keyboard dreaming of what could be.
I LOVE it! Such a clever idea.
Thanks for sharing.
Blessings,
Amy
LOVE IT! You have such great ideas. I need some of your "vision" and creativity. 🙂
Yes, it looks great! I love the clean lines too.
I have a Jackson too;)
Chrissie
Perfect. There will be crowds at Thrift stores all across North America while we search for something similar to work some magic on. You come up with so many great ideas. You have VISION!
Next time find one for my house – I need one with 3. Hurry it up lady – I'm a stack of papers mess around here.
Wow! That looks fantastic. Potterybarnish for sure. Great find!
What a transformation! I was at the thrift store volunteering today and saw stuff similar but did not have the vision you had. Lucky you.
LOVE IT! I've been looking for something like that to improve my miserable organizational skills too! not that your skills are miserable or anything, I totally meant just me…:)
I normally read and don't comment, but I said…hey…why not?! I love that idea. I do not have kiddos, but I DO have a mail sorter. If I didn't have one of these I would be major jealous of yours and have to find one just like it so I could make one too. Mine would say something to the sound of…"PAY" and "SEND" or just simply "MAIL". 🙂
Very clever sister friend!!
Wow! You are giving Pottery Barn a run for its money nowadays! This turned out sooo cute!
That is just wonderful..amazing!
I would pass that up and never think twice…
sandy toe
Looks great. But like you, I will still misplace things, no matter how organised I try an be! Haha.
I love it! I want one so bad now.
Oh yes…pure love! It looks like absolute perfection now. I have 2 of these for my kids and I STILL lose their school stuff ALL.THE.TIME.
~Amanda
What a great transformation. I wouldn't have even given that a second glance at the thrift store. But just look at it now! Great choice of hardware too.
Looks like you spent $60 on it at Pottery Barn! Great job! 🙂 Visiting from Kimba's party. 🙂
Looks super!
Stopping by from Kimba's…
niiiiiice!!
This turned out great!! Love it!!! Hope this will help with organization. Love & blessings from NC!
What a pretty and practical project!
That turned out great! My problem would be not wanting to fill it up with stuff because it's too pretty! : )
wow, I LOVE this project…good will here I come! 🙂
I love it! Looks great and what a great price. Good goal-to stay organized this school year.
Now I know what to do with all my MM metal *smiles* This is awesome, great job!
Thank you…I will now be singing "Hot Pockets" all weekend! hehe..love your idea!
Love it!
I love it! Now we'll all be out scouring the thrift stores and garage sales for the same thing.
You ae on e cafty mama…I love you blog! : )
Looks fantastic! I don't think I have the gene that lets me see what a thing will look like sanded and painted, but when I saw the finished project I thought, "Oh yeah, now I get it!"
Nice work!
That is awesome, very cool!
AWESOME, Looks like it came from Pottery Barn. You are sooo talented.
Nice Job! I have always love wall pockets and your version is very Pottery Barn'ish. Wonderful
Sooo cute…love this idea!!
Great idea! I love it!!
That is such a great idea. I love how it turned out. I wish that I could look at things that started off at goodwill and know what it could look like.
This looks like it could have come from Pottery Barn. What paint did you use?
Love, love, love it!!
I have something similar but it is a flimsy cardboard thing from Ikea – will be on the lookout in Charity shops now! :o)
That's an impressive overhaul – very nice!
This is a great idea. And it is so pretty too. I wish I had seen this those many years ago when we were trying to keep track of our boys' school projects and permission slips and supplies. Very great idea!
Wow, this turned out great. Creative and very professional looking. I'd pay $20 for it! Very nice blog too.
Every time I come here I get a good laugh and a great idea! I guess that's why I love it here!!
Cheers,
Linda
Seriously…$4 bucks…there's NO WAY this could have gone wrong…It looks great!!
Organization! Plus it looks great and dirt cheap! That's the teacher in you! I have 4 more weeks and then I start back. Nancy from OHIO
that rocks! i'm so jealous.
Love it! And I'm so excited to see the label holders! I've been looking for those for a looong time, but kept thinking they were called label frames, so now hopefully I can find some! Especially because I see the brand of the ones you got! Thanks!
This is a GREAT project…love it!
That is great. I am with Janene, I need one with 6 pockets (4 kids and mom and dad). I can't WAIT till my Goodwill opens up. They are still building. But I can't wait to see what good find's will be finding there:) And it just around the corner. Honestly, I am not much of a thrift shopper but you are turning me into one. GREAT FINDS!! I want one of those flat files. That is REALLY cool.
Thanks for inspiring me. I didn't know you could all that stuff with SPRAYPAINT!
That's wonderful! And all for under 5 bucks too. Love how you kept it simple and matching 🙂 These wall pockets are a great way to keep one's papers, documents, and letters organized, perfect!
Way cute !!!
This is a really great idea! It turned out great!!
Love it! Darn! Now I've got to add this to the list of things I need to look for!!!
Very cute! And you're right, it looked awesome on your washer! Love, love, love your blog!
Not bad at all! I think it's fabulous!
That is such a good idea! I hope you don't mind if I feature it?
Sarah
I love wall pockets and have been looking (in my own storage) for just the perfect one for a spot in my kitchen. You did such a sweet job with yours!!! Love it! Isn't it amazing what a couple of coats of paint can do!
: )
Julie M.