Mission Organization: Week 12 - The Mail

One of the most persistent and frustrating sources of clutter at my house is the mail. A new stack comes every day and often yesterday's stack is still lying where it was thrown the day before. Most of the time the mail gets thrown on the kitchen island - right in the middle of the kitchen - making the kitchen look cluttered as soon as you step in. My problem to solve this week is how to get the mail clutter off the counter without misplacing or losing those important pieces of mail that need to be dealt with soon or bills that need to be paid.

 

The solution to the mail clutter is an empty cereal box. I'm modeling my project after a nifty one I saw created on the blog There's a Hole in My Bucket.

 

First of all, before I make the project, if your cereal box has one of these coupons on it, please clip it off and save it for a school.

Many schools collect them. My grandchildrens' schools, both public and private, save them, and most of the schools that I have worked in over the years also collected them. At the last school I worked in, a ladies' Sunday school class collected these as a project for our school. So even if you don't have children or grandchildren who collect them, somewhere there's a school that will appreciate you saving them.


Now on to the project - I decided to turn the cereal box sideways to make it wider and not as tall. I cut the front down lower than the back, then taped the top closed. I used scrap book paper to cover it all over. It took most of 4 sheets. I also painted some small wooden letters to spell "MAIL" and then hot glued them to the front.

 

To finish it off I used two clip magnets at the top to hold it to the refrigerator, but to add a little more security I hot glued a large flat magnet to the back. This magnet was just one I had in the drawer with some advertising on the front.

 

Will this solve my mail clutter problem? I don't know. At least now I have a place to put the mail when it gets piled on the counter. I'm not sure that I'll be able to retrain "everyone" to use this container, but I'm going to try.



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One of the most persistent and frustrating sources of clutter at my house is the mail. A new stack comes every day and often yesterday's stack is still lying where it was thrown the day before. Most of the time the mail gets thrown on the kitchen island - right in the middle of the kitchen - making the kitchen look cluttered as soon as you step in. My problem to solve this week is how to get the mail clutter off the counter without misplacing or losing those important pieces of mail that need to be dealt with soon or bills that need to be paid.

 

The solution to the mail clutter is an empty cereal box. I'm modeling my project after a nifty one I saw created on the blog There's a Hole in My Bucket.

 

First of all, before I make the project, if your cereal box has one of these coupons on it, please clip it off and save it for a school.

Many schools collect them. My grandchildrens' schools, both public and private, save them, and most of the schools that I have worked in over the years also collected them. At the last school I worked in, a ladies' Sunday school class collected these as a project for our school. So even if you don't have children or grandchildren who collect them, somewhere there's a school that will appreciate you saving them.


Now on to the project - I decided to turn the cereal box sideways to make it wider and not as tall. I cut the front down lower than the back, then taped the top closed. I used scrap book paper to cover it all over. It took most of 4 sheets. I also painted some small wooden letters to spell "MAIL" and then hot glued them to the front.

 

To finish it off I used two clip magnets at the top to hold it to the refrigerator, but to add a little more security I hot glued a large flat magnet to the back. This magnet was just one I had in the drawer with some advertising on the front.

 

Will this solve my mail clutter problem? I don't know. At least now I have a place to put the mail when it gets piled on the counter. I'm not sure that I'll be able to retrain "everyone" to use this container, but I'm going to try.



This post was shared with:
These Peas Taste Funny Link it up Thursday
Momnivore's Dilemma Creative Juice Thursday
Domesblissity Thriving on Thursdays
Junk in their Trunk Link it up Wednesday
The Shady Porch Rock n Share
Whimsy Wednesday
Mop it up Mondays
Mrs. Happy Homemaker Mission Organization
Country Momma Cooks Link and Greet Party