DIY Cricut Organization Station

I purchased a Cricut machine and a few cartridges a month or so ago and they were really cluttering my craft table.  I wanted to store the cartridges on a shelf, but I couldn't find anything that would work.  I started to look for scrap wood at Home Depot so I could build one.....then I remembered this little beauty my grandma gave me when she was cleaning out her basement.  

I told her my boys wouldn't like the hearts on it, but she wouldn't take no for an answer.  So it was in my "donate" pile.  I saved it from my donate pile because I suddenly had big plans for this little shelf.
I had the idea to hang it upside down and use the underside supports as "book ends" for my cartridges.  I measured it and they fit perfectly!  

So I painted it a fun bright green color that would go with my black framed magnet board above my craft table.  I painted it with "Kiwi" color acrylic paint and finished it with a clear gloss spray paint.  The plan was to spray paint it but I couldn't find a color I liked.  So I invested $1.87 and bought a bottle of acrylic paint.

I used my Cricut to make a few vinyl decals to spice it up a little. ;)

And I cut a large flower to go over the top of the upside down heart cut out.

I also added 2 brass hooks on the underside of the shelf to hang the cutting mats.  Office binder clips were used to hang the mats off the hooks.

Ta-Dah!  And there you have it, a re-purposed Cricut Organization Station! :) What do you think?

Total out of pocket cost: $1.87 for paint.  I had everything else.

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