Wood Tags and NO Headaches!

These wood tags saved me from a massive headache.  The knot on top of the head kind of headache.

I was developing a habit in my little workshop that could lead to dangerous situation.

Before it turned ugly, I decided to DO something about it.

Click to read on about the wood tags….

Here’s my bad habit.  Haphazardly stacking scrap wood on top of a 6 foot cabinet.

Just waiting to fall on my head.

So I pulled all the leftover scrap bits down and made wood tags with all the 1 by 2 pieces.  Fun chunky wood tags.  The bit above is a countersink my dad gave to me.  It added a nice detail to the hole for twine.

Out of all the 1 by 2 scraps I got 9 chunky wood tags.  I didn’t worry about the length.  Some are short, some are the same size and some are long.  Six tags were painted with three colors of chalky paint and three painted with chalkboard paint.

To label the painted tags I used the freezer paper technique.  Did you know freezer paper comes in 8 1/2 by 11 sheets!!!

You can read the steps to transfer prints to painted wood here.

I used chalk to label the chalkboard tags.

I have a collection of boxes made from cardboard, tin and wood.  I filled them with crafting supplies then tied on the label with twine.

I stacked the various boxes on my revolving bookcase in the craft area upstairs.

Now I just hope the stacked boxes don’t fall on my head!

Did you notice the other sizes of wood stacked on that cabinet??

Next post is the other organizational project for the craft area.

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