tuesday (rolodex) remix

ok ok ok. so it's not the typical tuesday remix. but in keeping with remixing something, i decided to do a little diy remix post! now please keep in mind that i am the queen of brilliant ideas and poor execution. i figure i can pat myself on the back for my creative talent as long as i tone it down a little with my actual ability. and it's not even my ability to do these things that is lacking, it's my patience for the project. i will admit that i have no patience when it comes to diy. i want it done and i want it done now. and that's not good for diy projects...which is why i have so many poorly executed projects all around my house!

anyways, on to my diy. i was walking through my office a few months ago and saw a vintage round rolodex in someone's office. i immediately wanted one, and emailed my mom and nora with the once a week emails we send each other saying, "if you ever see [insert weekly must-have] at the thrift store, please buy it for me. i promise i'll pay you back." and sure enough, because my mom goes to the thrift store every tuesday (senior discount day!), she found me this fabulous vintage rolodex. and then it sat on my table for about two months, until saturday when i decided i needed to do something productive. partly because i felt a little lazy and partly because i knew i wanted to fill some of our remix voids with diy posts.

onto the remix!

the item

i started by applying a very scientifically studied protective cover to make sure i only got paint on the parts that i wanted to get paint on.

scientific protective cover courtesy of walmart

then i painted. not one, not two, not three, but four coats. who said i didn't have any patience? (perhaps a beer or two were drunk in between coats.)

up next, i peeled off the (scientific) protective cover...

and pulled out the trusty 36 pack of permanent markers to create name cards!

i then cut out old baby pictures that i meant to put in an album one day.

i continued for eva. (by now chris was also having a beer with me.)

and i couldn't forget their furry brother!

then i had to clean it up as best i could. this meant scraping any paint that got underneath the (not so) scientific cover with my fingernail to get it off the rolodex. this process is also very scientific. i'm pretty sure it is what monet did when he messed up a water lily.

of course, i had to position it in a way that won't show that crappy paint job i did. some day i will fill it up with pictures and funny quotes from the kids throughout the years. because my kids are pretty darn cute. they are also amazingly funny and witty (they get that from me). (their patience for diy they get from their father.)

 have a great day!!

xo,

megan bird