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'Tis the season for non-denominational holiday decorations!

Last year, one of my coworkers brought in a ton of Christmas stuff - lights and a miniature tree and a zillion decorations, and my main contribution was printing "gift wrap" off and wrapping up empty office supply boxes to put under the little tree. This year, our corporate office came down with a few rules: no lights (fire hazard), no trees (lawsuit hazard, I assume), and no budget. They suggested a "winter theme." (Never mind that evergreen trees are about as winter as you can get in the Northwest.)

After coming up with a few complicated fake-snow ideas, I added a rule for myself: everything would have to be made with available office supplies, because I am too lazy and poor to shop with my own money.

Here are the results!

ExpandThe Crafty Admin's Guide to Holiday Decorating )
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I love notebooks. Love. However, I'm obnoxiously picky about them - they need to have hard backs (none of this flimsy stuff!), but the front cover also needs to be able to fold behind the back all the way, so hard-backed journal-type notebooks won't work. I also want to be able to easily remove pages without making it look ratty. Once I could drive, back-to-school shopping became an epic tour of every stationery store in the state. If I found JUST the right notebooks, it was an auspicious omen for the school year!

I'm not in school anymore, but these notebooks (almost) make me wish I were!!



ExpandCardboard Book-Ring Notebooks - photo tutorial )
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I did this bit of cubicle decorating/organizing (decorizing?) almost a year ago, but random strangers are still impressed with it when they see it and it's insanely easy, so I thought I would share!


(In the bottom-right corner, you can see the tops of some of the exciting Workplace Awards I've won. Inexplicably, our award certificates all say: perseverence is very important to success. how else would two snails have made it to the ark?)

ExpandUPS Envelope Art & Sorting Folders )
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Sucking up to the I.T. department is pretty much the smartest move you can make, particularly if you're an admin trying to keep a field office running. Fortunately for me, not enough people have figured out this golden rule of technology equipment supply & demand, so the bar is set pretty low!

I had hoped to send a big ol' gift basket, but the best I could squeeze out of my office-mates was some Starbucks cards. I added a tiny pot of Marionberry jam for Oregon flair, and assembled a gift box! Shala from Don't Eat the Paste has a great, great selection of free, pretty gift boxes to print and assemble... since I'm still getting mileage out of being "that admin with the lolcats," I modified one of her templates to use pictures of cats and computers.

This craft is easy, fast, and best of all, is actually a productive use of work time -- it's an investment toward the next time the blue screen of death shows up.

ExpandLolcat Gift Box )
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My midyear review went something like this:

Boss: "Good job with not taking on too many extra projects anymore."
Me: "I'm SO BORED NOW OMG."
Boss: "So what's your goal for the rest of the year?"
Me: "... take on more projects?"
Boss: "I'm going to write down Do your boring job and don't let other people trick you into doing theirs."

Anyway, I've decided to cope with the raging injustice of no longer working above my pay grade by having pretty surroundings (it's a bit of a theme I've been working on lately - I'll post my home redecorations soon!). I have hour-long lunches and office supplies at the ready, so making crafty things was an obvious plan! I didn't think of taking how-to pics along the way, but supplies are listed below the pics. I wouldn't mind growing up to be a craft blogger one day, so should you want instructions for any of these, I'll happily provide. :)

ExpandProjects: Notecard Box & Lolcat Cubicle Terror Alert Meter )

Do you guys have any cool cube-craft ideas?

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