Simply Renee

I was so inspired this week by Sarah Mullanix's "altered" Clip It Up (photo below).  She took an ordinary box and altered it to create a storage area on top of her Clip It Up.  See details at http://simplyreneeinc.blogspot.com/

I didn't have a box big enough to do anything to my Clip It Up, but got to thinking about my
Inkssentials Craft Spinner sitting there just looking very basic.    

This is what my spinner looks like, but times 4.  I have 4 units stacked
on top of each other (this is not recommended, by the way).  I think it
is recommend that you can stack 3 units safely, but 4 works for me
very well -- plus my space is very limited.  

So, here is my "altered" Craft Spinner.  

Fun, huh?  All ready to go back to my art studio.  

The new topper on my spinner is made from a 4.5" round chip-
board box I had in my stash of stuff. I painted it black and used
some Graphic 45 papers to trim it out.  I used a matte gel medium
to "glue" everything down and a coat on top to finish it off.  Next, 

I added a black ceramic knob to the lid of the box. 

The base of the spinner I painted black and trimmed out with a
piece of the same Graphic 45 paper that I used on the topper.  

Look what I put in the box!  Here is the PERFECT place to store 

those extra blending pads.  

Close up of finished box before adding it to the top of the spinner.
I put a hole in the center of the bottom of the box (about 1/4")  to
slip over the top of the spinner.  I didn't replace the "handle" that
came with the spinner--I just used a bolt to hold it together.  I
also put a hole in the center of the lid (about 1/4") for the knob.