DIY Storage Box/Cardboard recycling

Hey guys! For those of you who are new to my blog, welcome and enjoy! My name is Vesna and I`m a full time blogger, blogging about everything home and lifestyle related. I hope you enjoyed your weekend and you're ready for a new week and new ideas!
Today’s project is all about organization. As I mentioned in this post, best way to have a beautiful space is to organize it. In this post you will see how to up-cycle cardboard boxes into beautiful storage boxes. They will help you declutter your space and organize your pantry, craft materials, linens, tablecloths, napkins or anything else. And they are super easy to make!

Zdravo svima! Za one koji su prvi put na blogu, dobro došli, nadam se da ćete uživati. Moje ime je Vesna, ja sam bloger i pišem o svemu što je vezano za dom i stil. Nadam se da ste uživali u vikendu i da ste spremni za novu nedelju i nove ideje!
Kao što sam pomenula u ovom postu, organizovan prostor nam olakšava i ulepšava život. Zato je i današnji projekat posvećen organizaciji i sređivanju životnog prostora, jer niko ne želi gomile sitnica i stvari kojima ne može da nađe mesto, zar ne? U ovom postu ćete videti kako da reciklirate običnu kartonsku kutiju i pretvorite je u lepu korpu za odlaganje. Ovakve korpe su savršene za organizaciju sitnica u kuhinji, kupatilu, za odlaganje kraft materijala, stolnjaka, salveta ili bilo čega drugog i super su jednostavne za pravljenje.

You will need:

- cardboard box of any sizes you need,

- fabric, such as burlap in my case,

- hot glue gun and glue sticks,

- ribbon

Materijal:

- kartonska kutija u veličini koja vam odgovara,

- juta ili neki drugi materijal po izboru,

- pištolj za vrući lepak i štapići lepka,

- ukrasna traka ili mašna.

Tutorial:

First cut the lids off your box, or if you need a deeper box, just tape them together, like I do.

Tutorijal: 

Prvo odsecite sve četiri strane poklopca kutije ili, ako vam je potrebna dublja kutija, zalepite ih selotejpom kao ja.

Cut a piece of burlap slightly longer than the total length of all 4 sides of the box (Tip: the easiest way is to wrap the fabric around the box to measure it). 

Isecite materijal ili jutu nešto duže od dužine kutije (Savet: jednostavno obmotajte materijal oko kutije da procenite potrebnu dužinu).

Make sure to leave fabric wide enough to bend it inside of the box and cover the edges, and wide enough to cover the half of the box bottom (it`s hard to explain, but you can see me showing this on the photo above).

Materijal mora da bude dovoljno širok da može da pokrije širinu kutije i savije se unutar gornje ivice kutije, a za pokrivanje dna ostavite širinu u polovini širine kutije - preklapanjem će te dve polovine pokriti celo dno (malo je komplikovano da se opiše, ali zato sam pokazala na slici gore). 

Start by gluing one side of the box. Press and smooth out the fabric before starting on the next side. Rotate the box as you apply glue to each side and glue the fabric.

Prvo zalepite jednu stranu kutije vrućim lepkom. Poravnajte i pritisnite pre nego što pređete na sledeću stranu. Okrećite kutiju i zalepite sve četiri strane. 

After the 4 side are glued in place, finish by snipping the burlap where the corner turns, fold and glue the side pieces to the bottom. 

Kada su sve strane zalepljene, okrenite kutiju naopako da uradite dno. Prvo zasecite sva četiri ugla kutije, presavijte strane i zalepite svaku preklapajući ih međusobno.

Turn the box, and glue the edges of the burlap inside, making sure that everything is tight and smooth. Box is now covered in burlap  and you can decorate it with a cute ribbon, or fabric flower and leave it like this. But, I wanted my box to have an inside cover, but I was not really in a mood to sew... So, I got this, a little bit unusual idea, but  it actually worked!

Okrenite kutiju i zalepite višak materijala unutra, pazeći da je sve lepo zategnuto i glatko. Vaša kutija je sada sa svih strana pokrivena materijalom i možete ovde da završite postupak. Dodajte spolja neku ukrasnu traku, cvet ili mašnu i gotovo. Ali, ja sam želela da moja kutija ima i unutrašnju presvlaku, ali nisam bila baš raspoložena da šijem... A onda sam došla na pomalo neobičnu ideju koja je naposletku funkcionisala!

I found a large pillow case and put it with a good side over the box. Then, I fold the edges of the pillow case to make it neater from outside. Put the rest of the pillow case inside, fold the fabric on the bottom to look nice, tighten all sides, and there it was! My simple and perfect idea for no sew inside cover! 

Pronašla sam veliku jastučnicu i stavila je licem preko kutije. Savila sam ivice jastučnice unutra kako bi bile uredne i lepe spolja. Ostatak jastučnice sam ubacila unutra, sve lepo savila i zategla i gotovo! Moja jednostavna i savršena ideja za unutrašnju presvlaku bez šivenja!!

All I need to do after was to sew a little bow to make it pretty and my DIY storage box was done! I really had fun realizing this project. What do you think?Do you like to recycle?

Na kraju sam prišila mašnu da bude lepša i "uradi sam" korpa za odlaganje je bila završena! Volela bih da čujem da li vam se dopao ovaj projekat i da li volite da reciklirate?

P I N  T H I S  F O R  L A T E R ! !

Free Printable Kitchen and Pantry Labels

Hello guys and happy weekend! For those of you who are new to my blog, welcome and enjoy! My name is Vesna and I`m a full time blogger, blogging about everything home and lifestyle related.

Spring is upon us and we'll do our best to make our homes more beautiful and cleaner. Why not start with the organization, it saves both time and space!!In today`s post I`m sharing something to help you organize, because every home needs more organization, right?!! 
I love to be organized and to have dedicated place for everything in my house, so it`s no surprise I go nuts every time my hubby do his thing (chaos, of course). But, to tell you the whole truth, sometimes I`m lazy, sloppy and chaotic too, because life is too precious to be so obsessive. We have the right to be lazy sometimes, right?
Still, I think you`ll agree with me, some places in our homes always need a little more organization, and these are definitely kitchen and pantry. We all know how frustrating is when we are making dinner and start looking for something we need and lose the whole 10 minutes on it (not to mention how annoying is that). At the time we finally find it, our dinner on the stove is burned and ruined. Then we have to lose more time (and nerves) to try to fix it, or even start all over again. I don`t know about you, but it happens to me. So, finally I decided to organize everything you can find in the kitchen and pantry with this cute labels and stop losing valuable time.

Zdravo dragi moji, srećan vikend! Za one koji su prvi put na mom blogu, dobro došli, nadam se da ćete uživati. Moje ime je Vesna, ja sam bloger i pišem o svemu što je vezano za dom i stil.

Proleće je pred nama i svi ćemo se potruditi da naši domovi budu lepši i uredniji. Zašto ne početi od organizacije, kada ona štedi i vreme i prostor. U današnjem postu želim da sa vama podelim nešto što će vam pomoći u tome. 
Ja sam prilično organizovana i volim da je sve na svom mestu, pa nije ni čudo što poludim svaki put kada vidim da je moj mužić opet protutnjao kroz kuću kao tornado ostavljajući za sobom neverovatan haos. Ipak, ako želim da budem totalno iskrena, moram da priznam da sam ponekad i ja lenja, nemarna i haotična, jer, složićete se, život je ipak previše dragocen da svaki trenutak mislimo samo o tome kako biti praktičan i organizovan. 

Verujem da ćete se takođe složiti da neka mesta u našim kućama definitivno uvek žude za malo više organizacije, a to su pre svega kuhinja i ostava. Svi znamo kako je to kada počnemo da kuvamo i shvatimo da nam nešto nedostaje. Onda krenemo da tražimo i preturamo po policama i fijokama i izgubimo celih 10 minuta (o živcima da i ne govorim), a za to vreme nam jelo pokipi ili zagori i bude uništeno. Ne znam za vas, ali meni se to dešavalo. Koliko mi onda još vremena treba da to jelo spasim ili ponovo pripremim... Zato sam odlučila da napravim ove nalepnice i počnem da sređujem police i ormariće i uštedim dragoceno vreme. 

I designed this labels to help you get started improving the organization and appearance of those two places in your home. I`m sharing two sets (with 9 labels each) of kitchen and pantry labels today. One set of labels are in pre-designed and filled templates, and another is not filled, so you can add what ever you need on them. Both are ready to print on your laser and inkjet printers, preferably on the sticker paper (you can find it on Amazon) and you can print them as many times as you want. If you can`t find sticker paper, print them on regular paper, glue on your jar and add a scotch tape on top to protect them. Be sure to set your printer on landscape to print them correctly. 

These free printables are for personal use only and may not be resold, or for commercial use. Contact me directly via my website if you want to discuss anything beyond personal use.
Spring is upon us and we'll do our best to make our homes more beautiful and cleaner. Why not start from the organization, it saves time and space !! Hope you guys enjoy them as much as I do! If you ever use any of my printables, I would love to see your creations! Tag me on Instagram so I can see @homechicclub.

Ove nalepnice sam dizajnirala da se pokrenem i malo bolje organizujem, a usput i da sve izgleda lepše i urednije. Pred vama su dva seta po 9 nalepnica. Jedan set nalepnica je popunjen, a drugi nije, tako da ih možete upotrebiti za bilo koju namenu. Nalepnice su spremne za štampu i možete ih štampati na laser ili inkjet štampaču, koliko god puta želite. Najbolje bi bilo da upotrebite papir za nalepnice - stiker papir (ja sam ga kupila u Metro-u), ali ih možete odštampati i na običnom papiru i zalepiti lepkom na vaše teglice. U tom slučaju, preporučujem da ih odozgo prelepite širokim selotejpom i tako ih zaštitite od habanja. Obavezno podesite svoj papir na landscape prikaz kako bi se pravilno odštampale.
Ovaj besplatni uzorak je samo za ličnu upotrebu i ne može se prodavati ili upotrebljavati u komercijalne svrhe. Kontaktirajte me preko ovog linka ako želite da ih upotrebite u bilo koju drugu svrhu osim za ličnu upotrebu.
Nadam se da ćete uživati u njima koliko i ja!! Ako ih upotrebite, volela bih da vidim vaše lepe police i predivne teglice! Tagujte me na Instagramu kako bih mogla da ih vidim @homechicclub.

Did you find this article on how to organize your kitchen and pantry helpful?

Free Printable 

Kitchen and Pantry Labels 

Click on the links below to download your kitchen labels:

Kitchen labels - filled

Kitchen labels - blank

Preuzmite svoje kuhinjske nalepnice klikom na linkove ispod:

Kuhinjske etikete - popunjene
Kuhinjske etikete - prazne

P I N  T H I S  F O R  L A T E R!!

Planner Review - Moj Rokovnik

Zdravo dragi moji! Ako ste prvi put na mom blogu, dobrodošli i nadam se da ćete uživati!

Zamislite da imate ličnog asistenta koji će za vas pamtiti sve obaveze, sastanke, rođendane, godišnjice, koji uvek zna šta ćete imati za ručak sutra i šta se nalazi na listi za kupovinu, koji vas podseća da odete na zakazani pregled kod doktora i zna sve brojeve telefona, lozinke i linkove! Taj neko zaista postoji i zove se Planer!

Svako od nas teži da bude bolje organizovan, jer tako završavamo više obaveza za manje vremena, a ostaje nam više slobodnog vremena za ono što volimo. No, uz toliko dnevnih obaveza, informacija i ciljeva, teško je držati kontrolu nad sopstvenim životom, što rezultira nezadovoljstvom, stresom i odustajanjem.

Postizanje ciljeva i blagovremeno izvršavanje obaveza, sa druge strane, podiže naše samopouzdanje, daje nam elan i otvara pred nama nove mogućnosti. 

Pa zašto ona ne bismo postali organizovaniji i produktivniji?! Jedna jednostavna stvar - planer pruža nam nebrojene mogućnosti da postanemo upravo onakvi kakvi želimo! Šta je zapravo planer? To je skup svih informacija koje su vam 

potrebne na jednom mestu, a uz to je kompaktan i prenosiv!

Hello my beautiful friends! For those of you who are new to my blog, welcome and enjoy! 

Imagine that you have a personal assistant who remembers for you all the tasks, meetings, birthdays, anniversaries, who always knows what you'll have for dinner tomorrow, and what`s on grocery list, who reminds you on doctor`s appointments and knows all phone numbers, passwords and links you need! That someone actually exists and it`s a Planner!

All of us want`s to be organized better and finish our daily tasks in less time, and have more free time for the things we love. But with so many tasks to do and goals to achieve, it`s sometimes very difficult to keep up with everything, and we feel overwhelmed and finally we quit before we even really try.

On the other hand, achieving goals and completing tasks on time, raises our confidence, gives us enthusiasm and opens new opportunities upon us. So why not become more organized and productive?! One simple thing - planner gives us countless opportunities to become exactly that! What exactly is the planner? This is a collection of all the information you need in one place, and it is compact and easy to carry anywhere!

Danas želim da predstavim planer koji sam dobila na recenziju, a koji vi možete pogledati i naručiti ovde ili pogledati njihovu Facebook stranicu ovde, a Instagram ovde. 
Moj rokovnik.rs. rokovnik - planer dolazi u dva formata, standardni (17x21cm) i mini (11x14cm). Oba planera imaju tvrde, plastificirane korice, a dizajn korica možete izabrati i personalizovati potpuno besplatno po svojoj želji, inicijalima, imenom, brendom, žigom itd.

Standardni planer (A5) dolazi u dve varijante, kao horizontalni i vertikalni sa satnicom, zavisno od toga da li vaš dan ima više ili manje strogu strukturu obaveza. Pored toga, standardni planer sadrži i kalendar za dve godine, dve strane za upisivanje važnih datuma, mesečni kalendar na dve strane za svaki mesec, stranu za upisivanje ciljeva i najvažnijih obaveza na početku svakog meseca, nedeljni planer za 12 meseci, stranu za beleške na kraju svakog meseca i strane za beleške na kraju rokovnika. Standardni je pogodan za držanje kod kuće, dok je mini savršen za tašnicu. Uz ova dva planera više nikada nećete morati da se pitate šta vam je sledeće na rasporedu, šta trebate da kupite ili kada imate zakazan pregled, jer će vam sve informacije biti uvek dostupne gde god da ste! Ja sam odabrala standardni - vertikalni nedeljni planer sa satnicom i verujem da će savršeno odgovarati mom životnom stilu i potrebama. Kvalitet izrade planera i inserata je takođe odličan, papir je gladak i svilenkast na dodir!

Today I wanted to share with you a planner that I received for review, and you can find more about it here, or check Facebook page here and Instagram here.
My rokovnik.rs. planner comes in two sizes, standard (17x21cm) and mini (11x14cm). Both planners have hard, plastic covers, and you can chose from the variety of designs and personalized it for free to your liking with initials, name, brand, trademark etc.

Standard planner comes in two layouts, horizontal and vertical with a timetable, so you can chose one depending on whether your days has a more or less structure. Standard planner contains a calendar for two years, important dates on two pages for each month, monthly goals and tasks at the beginning of each month, monthly and weekly planner for 12 months, page for the notes at the end of each month and few pages for notes on the end of planner. Standard planner is more suitable for planning at home, and mini is great for planning on the go. With these two you`ll never again have to wonder what`s next on your schedule, what you need to buy, or where is that important meeting, because all the information you need will always available wherever you are!
I chose the standard planner with vertical layout and believe it`s going to be perfect for my needs. The quality of planner and paper inserts are also very good, paper is smooth and silky! 

Evo i nekoliko razloga zašto da nabavite planer još danas: 

- Možete da pratite sve svoje obaveze u svakom momentu;

- Više ste fokusirani na ono što je zaista važno;

- Povećavate svoju produktivnost;

- Podsećanje iz nedeljnog planera na nezavršene obaveze smanjiće

   gubljenje vremena;

- Uživaćete u postignutim rezultatima na kraju svake nedelje/meseca.

Ovaj planer će, uz omiljeni napitak i miran kutak, postati vaše posebno mesto gde ćete zapisivati svoje planove, ciljeve i snove i kreirati budućnost o kakvoj ste oduvek maštali. Jer ovaj planer je stvoren upravo za to! 

Na kraju bih želela da se zahvalim timu Mog Rokovnika na savršenoj saradnji i preslatkoj washi traci kojom su me prijatno iznenadili! 

Here`s a few reasons why get your planner today:

-You can keep track of all responsibilities at any moment

-You get used to focusing on important activities 

-You’ll increase your productivity 

-A reminder from your weekly planner and the perspective of not finishing your to-do list today will help stop wasting time. 

-You’ll enjoy a feeling of completion at the end of the week 

And so, with a comforting drink and a quiet space, you can get to write all your amazing plans, goals, hopes, and dreams that will utterly change your future and your life. This planner is made to help you do just that!

Finally, I wanted to thank Moj Rokovnik for the amazing collaboration!