Make Your Own School Papers Organizer

It's nearly here . . . . . . can't you just feel the vibrations of the hundreds of thousands Moms jumping for joy to know school is just around the corner?!? Okay, perhaps there are a few of you out there who are saddened to see summer go. I'll miss it too, or perhaps miss the thirst quenching margaritas on 100+ degree days. ha ha (okay, not joking).

Anyway, it's important to start thinking about how to keep all the ~~crap~~ important papers they bring home organized. While searching my lady Ana White's site, I came across a fabulous plan for just what I needed. I made a few adjustments and now we are in business.

Before the organizer, I stapled and roughly taped a manilla folder, naively thinking it would hold even a week's worth of papers.

Then it was time for Haley to attend school, and I had to get making an organizer:

The free plan for the organizer is here, but I did make my own adjustments. I needed specific size to fit in this space, and I wanted a place to hold the keys and the mail.

And because it turned out to be so essential to my sanity, I had to make one for my friend Kristy:

I actually followed the plan more closely this time and used a super large frame I had from Ikea. I still added the mail holder using some brackets, and then just painted over them.