It started as a desire to practice making finger joints. It ended in an entirely scrap sourced organizer! The wood is pine from drops from the storage shelves my husband recently made. I marked the finger joints, cut the sides with a band saw, and excised the waste with a chisel. Sawing on the inside of the line (toward the X) gives a tighter fit.

After cutting and fitting all the joints, I used the table saw to cut the boards into thirds to make three boxes rather than one. It is a little strange to do it this way, but I was testing a technique. I do not recommend this method if you will be cutting dados for a base, because the dados will cut into your joints, making a gap. I filled the gaps with wood filler. I used peg board for the base because it was a good thickness and it was left over from other projects.

After sanding down the wood filler, I used the stain and sealer that was in the garage (again, left overs). I drilled 1/2” holes in the corners of the base, through the peg board to accommodate the 3/8” rope I found in my craft room, and knotted the rope to support the boxes. I hot glued felt (also from the craft room) onto the backs of the boxes to protect the wall.

The hook for the wall is a handrail support. I have no idea why we had just one in the garage, it is possible it has been hanging out with us for almost 20 years, and now it has a purpose!

So there we go, a new organizer from left over bits. Nothing like stretching the creativity muscles to make it work with what you have!

It is probably strange that when I found a fallen branch with lovely fall colors in the meadow my first thought was to make a crown for my masked ghost. Ah well, the ghost looks pleased with her adornment, and although the others seem to gaze on with envy, there can only be one queen.

This is the coolest thing! I read about sewing capsules in an edition of “Piecework” magazine; they have a thimble for a lid, and two spools of thread and a needle holder tucked into the body. I had to have one. I usually carry a knife, so needle and thread is all my sewing kit really needs, and I can never find my thimble. I searched ebay and found one that was a nice green color. Businesses used to hand these out as promotional items, so there are many with old business information. Mine is from a funeral home in Wabash, IN, and the phone number is two digits. Two. From some internet research, it was probably manufactured and distributed around 1930. It is 10 years from being antique. Can I really load the spools up with new thread and throw it in my purse? Maybe I’ll use it as a model and make one, and this one can live in my sewing box in a nice little compartment. It is such a clever design.