Welcome Nicole from Rowdy in Room 300: Alphabet Organizer

Hi everyone!

I'm Nicole from Rowdy in Room 300! I'm so glad that 

Lacey has allowed me to be here with you guys today!

I like knowing who I am reading about.. so that's me! 

I teach Kindergarten in Texas and love love LOVE it! 

I have been crafting and creating like CRAZY this summer to make up for all that lost time in the school year :) I was at Hobby Lobby last week picking up some supplies to make this hall pass. Have you seen it?! THEN, I was browsing around and there was this little gem just calling out my name..

I know.. you're thinking "WHAT?! The Christmas stuff is out already?!" Yessiree it is! We can always count on Hobby Lobby to have their seasonal stuff out waaay too early! Anyway, I was SUPER excited, not because I've been needing an Advent calendar, but because I need a way to organize my letter tiles, don't you?! That tub they come in is just not sufficient - your kids are looking for letters without any success and they all get dumped out or strewn across the table, are ya with me?! 

Plus, I used a 40% off coupon so got it for only $7, can you get any better than that?!

So I snagged it up and forgot all about the hall pass!

First, I spray painted it hot pink 

(I had some leftover from painting those toolboxes everyone's making right now)

{I managed to only get a few little bugs stuck in it - ha!}

Then I painted each individual box. I didn't worry about the bottoms or backs of the boxes, no one sees that part. I just painted the front and each side. I chose to use the same colors my room is decorated with.

Are you a craft paint hoarder like me?! I have a whole tub full of them!

While I was at it, I painted a few little zebra stripes along the sides.. they just needed a little something more. 

Then I made up some cute little ABC labels {I'm sharing... just wait till the end!} and decoupaged them to the little boxes.

Here's the completed project - I'm SO stinkin' excited to add it to my room!

Plus, I won't have to dig around for the letter I need during word work or have my kids digging endlessly through that tub!

It was well worth the 2-ish hours I spent making this (most of that time was watching the paint dry! Oh, and chasing my two kiddles around :)

Here are the labels if you'd like to use them! I'd love it if you come visit my blog!

Alphabet Organizer Labels