I have been lucky in the sense that Kaye’s Christmas wishlist to Santa has been pretty simple the last two years. Last year, she wanted a candy cane. That’s it. I got her the biggest candy cane I could find. This year, the list got longer. A horn (the musical instrument kind, not the rhino kind), paper, pencils and a book. Easy enough, except the horn.
And because I can’t just wrap a ream of paper and a couple pencils and toss it under the tree, I came up with a sketchbook caddy for Kaye. You see, we’ve been having a little problem with Kaye and her drawings. She sees me with my sketchbook and is motivated to draw, too. I love that she is creative like me. However, the problem has been she takes the crayons, pens and markers then draws on our hearth, dressers, bookshelves and my office desk. Not ideal for the resale value of our house if we ever move. I’ve been trying to drill in her that we only draw on paper. Nothing else. Hopefully this will take care of the problem.
I drafted the caddy idea in a day, then finished it the next day. And I had all the supplies at home, just needed the sketchpad and markers. If you made something inspired by Simply Modern Mom, please upload pictures of it in our Flickr group to show it off to everyone. You may be featured on Simply Modern Mom. What do you think? And anyone out there with an idea of how to get blue crayons out of a slab of marble?
this year all my son asked for was a candy cane. haha. i thought he was the only kid in the world…love it. but this sketch book is super cute! thanks for sharing
That turned out fabulous!! It looks so good.
That’s a great idea for Kaye for Christmas. I’ve used Sani-foam (bathroom cleaner) on kool-aid stains on formica but I don’t know about marble. Maybe someone knows of a marble cleaner. Happy cleaning.
that is soo cute! my children would love that too
This is adorable! You’ll need to do a tutorial – or put some in your Etsy shop.
I am in love with this. So perfect for my daughter who draws constantly. Please do a tutorial?
Tiff…you are SOOO good! This is fantastic idea. I love it!
So so cute! Huh… I wish I could sew!
wow! Great idea! I love that its all organized and cute! Good job!
wow, thanks for all your wonderful comments! I’ll think about doing a tutorial or something for it. Maybe after the holidays.
Way Cute! Where’s the tute? Did you try a magic eraser, or coloring the whole slab of marble blue? J/K Good luck with that:{
Great idea! I could use something like this to organize my art junk..
I love it!! Thanks for sharing!
Your DIY is DE liciously lovely!
Have a merry and bright Christmas.
How cute, and what a great gift. Thanks for sharing. I hope you and your family have a MERRY CHRISTMAS
LOVELY !
Thank you for sharing and have a fabulous day!
Merry Christmas
I love this and will be featuring it!
wow.. great project and turn out so pretty.. job all done!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
That is a great project!! Those magic eraser sponges seem to work on everything! I’m not sure if they can be used on marble though. I even used one on my car to remove yellow paint left from a pole I scraped against and it worked great!
yes, that’s what i am afraid of with the magic eraser on marble. i don’t want to bleach the marble. i’ll add that to my list of possible solutions, though. thanks!
Please, please, please say you are going to make a pattern for this caddy. Please?
i’ll have to think about that. i was in such a rush to finish this up before christmas that i didn’t take step-by-step photos. i’ll have to make another one. it’s pretty simple now that i have the patterns and know the steps.
Tiffany!!! I love this. Please, please do a tutorial!
You are so dang talented.
YES—please do a tutorial! BEAUTIFUL! So sorry there is blue marker/crayon on your marble!
ps…love that you drafted this out and made it the next day–I try and follow a pattern…can’t finish it for a week! Either way–I still would love to see your tutorial!!