Tagged: manila folder

March 26, 2019

Collaged File Folder Pocket

I just finished making the cutest pocket or pouch out of a plain manila envelope. I was inspired by a video by Christina Betts in which she made one to hold some of her ephemera pieces. I made mine with the thought of using it to send happy mail to a friend. Here is the link to Christina’s video:

I also made a video of my process in making my pouch which you can find here:

Unfortunately the video cut off a few minutes before I finished so you didn’t get to see the final results. Here are some pictures of my finished happy mail pocket.

Close up of front

Back of pocket

Close up of back

I decorated several envelopes to fill with goodies for this happy mail.

I hope the recipient likes this pocket. It was super fun to make, used up a lot of scraps and provides a great place to store small paper items.

I bet if you look around your house you will be able to get your hands on a file folder to make some pretty pockets for yourself or as a gift!

January 6, 2015

Goodbye Old Friend

It is with great sadness that I have to say goodbye to the companion I have had with me everyday for this last year. If you check my blog post from exactly one year ago titled, “The Humble File Folder” from January 5, 2014 you will see the organizer I made for my coupons, bank deposits, shopping lists, to do lists, etc..

Pretty brand new organizer

Sadly, she has become a little tired looking and worn around the edges over the past year (but haven’t we all?)

Just tired

Ripped embellishment

Bent side from elastic closure (which went missing).

I even felt bad using it, sort of like wearing old worn out undergarments, if you know what I mean. Well with a new year ahead of me and an urge to “scrap my stash” I made this little beauty last night.

Brand new organizer with charm and elastic!

Inside pockets full of deposit tickets and note pad.

I mixed up all the papers to keep it interesting although they are all from Crate Paper. So today my new organizer went out with me and we accomplished everything on our list without forgetting a thing. If you would like to make and organizer for yourself, there are instructions on my original post as well as video how-tos on YouTube.

I confess that I did throw out my old organizer in the trash and then fished it back out because I have become attached to it. I will use it at home to organize other paper items. I will treat it with kid gloves as it has been my faithful companion for the last 365 days!