Project "TP"

So when you first start out blogging, and you’re in the beginning stages of “making over” things, you need to start simple… right!!?? So how can something be simpler than “fancying up” a roll of toilet paper (TP) to put in your bathroom? I have been in the process of redoing a couple of bathrooms at my house (oh my, the stories behind those efforts – more on that later).  Anyway, one of the things you usually do is have a few extra rolls of TP available in a prominent place for guests (heaven’s you don’t want them scrounging through your cabinets do you?) – just in case the current roll happens to run out. So I put out several rolls and thought that they looked rather plain and naked. I got to thinking that perhaps I could decorate them a bit. I immediately thought about going to the Graphics Fairy (one of my new favorite places to visit - that I learned about from you gals on line), to see if there wasn’t something there that I could use. I came up with a couple of different designs that I thought would work nicely, and proceeded to design some bands and labels that would be wrapped around each roll of TP. I wanted to use my accent colors on each of them, so that was easily taken care of by replacing colors and tones. First I found this little birdie that was begging to be used. The “scroll” could even have words put on it.

I decided to add a few words (Extra Toilet Tissue, and “Scott” – which just happens to be our last name), added a frame and voila!!, ..I had a beautiful label. The perfect size seemed to be 2.5” x 1.75”. I copied it and pasted it multiple times and then printed them out on “Avery White Full Sheet Labels [5265]” so I could use them to fasten the band going around the roll.

Next I needed something for the band around the roll of TP. Although I’m sure I could have use ribbon or something, I opted for another graphic from The Graphics Fairy.

Of course the colors were not right on these images, so I adjusted them accordingly.  I created a graphic that was 1.25" x 16", put a boarder around it, copied and pasted enough copies to fill the page and then printed it out on 11” x 17” paper.

(Enlarged version)

I cut out the band, wrapped it around my TP, and secured with one of my labels. This took a plain roll of TP to a pretty thing to display.

Below are the labels and wrappers that I used in my master bathroom. With a few minor modifications I was able to come up with a suitable color. I like the way they look on the corner shelving unit (please disregard the lack of baseboards – still in the remodeling process).

Soooooo, that’s it for the TP project. Considering that I already had everything in house (including extra rolls of TP – which is rare!!), this little project cost me $0!!!! Not bad for just starting out. Somehow I’m thinking the rest of my projects will cost a bit more!!  Now I wonder… do I REALLY want my guests to USE these decorated rolls? Well, I DO have plenty of extra wrappers and labels, but I think the BEST solution is to make sure there is always a full roll on the dispenser for their use!!

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