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Tame Those Power Cords

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Sorry that this is turning into a DIY blog; I promise I don’t mean for it to get that way. I just keep finding cool projects that you can do with stuff lying around your office!  Now before I pass on these simple instructions from Apartment Therapy (thanks for sharing!) I need to give the disclaimer that I’m not necessarily assuming you have a ton of extension cords lying around (or even one extension cord lying around) don’t worry I will suggest another use. Also, I am not suggesting that you use a really colorful, girly piece of paper that makes everyone in your office think you are a woose. I think you could use a classy black or solid, dark colored paper that would look very classy and professional.

Here goes:

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The version shown on Unclutter struck us as a fine idea, but it was missing a little something-something. Call us extreme aesthetes, but we wanted to make our cord holder a little more attractive (it’s the Martha in us). We had a remnant piece of decorative wrapping paper we thought would do a fine job of fancying up our version of an extension cord holder. All you’ll need is the paper roll, a small piece of wrapping paper, scissors and tape (recommend additional double-stick tape for a nicer finish)

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We wrapped our roll using one piece to adhesive the paper to the roll, while apply a double-stick tape at the finishing end for a seamless finish. You should have about 1/2″ of excess wrapping paper length sticking out from both ends when done.

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Now cut every 3/4″-1″ cut a slit down to the roll until all you’ve made it all the way around. Apply a piece of tap with a bit hanging off, fold over into the roll and adhesive down.

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Here’s where I’m going to use it:

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Does it look like this underneath your desk too? Do you accidentally unplug the printer that’s around the corner but somehow plugged into your power strip? I think I definitely need some cord consolidation and someday I will hunt down an empty toilet paper roll to make one. It maybe even be useful in being able to determine which cord is going to which place instead of a big jumbled mess.

How do you keep your cords under control? Would love to get your tips!

 

Have an Office Raffle

This is one for the books. Mitsy at Artmind is a genius. I’ve had this tutorial bookmarked for a few weeks and I was thinking today this would be a real fun way to have a company drawing at a party! Or what if you made a bunch of these and sent them out to your customers. I don’t know. I think I am just excited that we can make these ourselves!

Here’s the tutorial from Artmind [Thanks Mitsy!]:

Here is what you need:
cardboard, a print-out of your lottery ticket, glue stick, sticky back plastic, metallic acrylic paint (preferably silver) and dish soap.
I prepared the paper cutting beforehand so I’ll skip that part in the tutorial. :)

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Beforehand you print out a design that you want to be on the scratch off lottery tickets.
If your printer can take thick paper you can print it directly on the cardboard and skip this part. If you do it in two steps, it is nice to get a fun color background paper and glue the design onto the card.

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Then you take a piece of sticky back plastic and put it onto the design

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Make sure that the picture underneath the paint is hidden. Add another layer if this is not the case.

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Mix some metallic acrylic paint with washing liquid. Try to use 1 part washing liquid and 2 parts of paint. Mix the substance.

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Paint the plastic part on the ticket and let it dry.

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And then… scratch! Oops, no luck for me! :(

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Now’s the time to have a little fun. Take all the old computer equipment you have sitting in the corner, give each item a number, and give everyone scratch tickets. You accomplish 3 things. 1) Make people feel excited about working 2) Get rid of all that junk in the corner 3) Someone else will be carrying it out because they won it, not you. (Last is definitely most important)