Magazine Holders

Hello everyone! I'm still on my constant quest to organize my house. This quest never ends because I keep finding newer, better ways to organize. That, and there's also the fact that I'm not a naturally organized person anyway, so "Project Organization" gets sabotaged quite often. I think I knew where things were much better before I was organized. But slowly I am changing. One day I'll get my act together.

Anyway, I had a new project recently. I made magazine holders. They're very similar to magazine holders you see in the stores, but a ton less expensive. I've seen them sell for like $7 a piece! Um, can you say ridiculous? One drawback I noticed with mine, though, is that they're not quite as sturdy. They like to lean if you have too many or too little magazines in them. But with the right balance, they do great. You could also stabilize them better by adding an extra box inside the first one, or by doing anything you think would help stabilize it. That's the great thing about crafts. You find what works for you!

So, I started out with cereal boxes. One of the boxes is a cake mix box, and it works really well for Reader's Digest or Prevention magazines.


Then, I tore off the box tops.


Then, I measured and cut the sides of the boxes at a diagonal so that you can see which magazines are in there. (If the box is facing you, only cut the right side or the left side. If you do both sides, it will look funny and not be very useful. But cut the front and back parts of the box. I know it sounds complicated, but the picture should help you out.)


After all of the shaping of the box was done, I hot glued fabric on the outside of the box. You could use fabric, wrapping paper, or scrapbook paper.


Here is the finished product! Super easy and super inexpensive!


If I were to do this project again, I'd probably use wrapping paper instead of fabric. The fabric was hard to keep tight. And hot glue was probably not the best idea either, for a person who burns herself at least once a month on hot things. I think I might invest in some rubber cement soon. Good luck with your crafts!