My 1st Post for Simply Renee & Clip It Up

Good morning everyone!

Today is my first post of my DT term for

Simply Renee's Clip It Up!!! First, I'd like to

tell you how incredibly easy the Clip It Up was

to assemble. When I received my Base and

Upper Tier, I was shocked at the small box

that my Clip It Up arrived in, and there were
only a few pieces inside that simply needed

screwed together by hand. The entire process

literally took me only three minutes, and my

2 year old even helped to screw on the Upper

Tier. Now how easy is that?!!

Secondly, I'd like to show you how I altered my

Clip It Up to contain a storage box on the top of

my Upper Tier. I used a leftover box that I had lying

around the house, and I simply used some pattern

paper, lace, and ribbon to decorate the box topper to

coordinate with the decor in my scraproom. I started

by covering the bottom half of the box with one pattern.

Then, I used a second pattern to cover the top half of the

box. I cut each piece of paper just slightly taller than what

I needed for the box so that I could fold the excess paper

over the top edge of the box covering the raw edges of the

cardboard. (NOTE: the top flaps of the box have been cut

off to allow for open storage).

Next, I added lace and a decorative ribbon to the center of

the box to cover the edges of whre the two patterns meet.

I finished the inside of the box by covering the inside with

sheets of vintage book and dictionary pages.

I cut a hold using my craft knife in the center of the bottom

of the box in order to accommodate the screw post at the

top of the Upper Tier, placed the box over the screw post,

and simply screwed on the topper.

Lastly, I used a circle cutter to create a piece to cover the

base of my Clip It Up that coordinated with my Storage

Topper. I cut the circle about 11" wide from a sheet of

pattern paper, and then I also cut a hole out of the center

of the paper about 1 1/2" wide in order to accommodate the

bottom screw post. I added a couple pieces of scrapbook tape

to adhere the circle to the base and screwed the Clip It Up

Base back together.

It's as simple as that, and here is my finished

and decorated Clip It Up Base with the Upper Tier!!

Now on to the fun part....ORGANIZING!!!!

I hope that you've enjoyed this Clip It Up Storage Topper

tutorial and that you'll try this yourself!!

Don't forget to head on over to the Clip It Up Blog to see

other fantastic Clip It Up ideas and storage solutions
along with the fabulous new All In One storage system

that was just shown off at the Winter 2011 CHA!!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

LOVES :) -Sarah