I decided to adapt the All You tutorial and upcycle a tin can into a pencil holder. Last week Jillian gave me the scoop on some good pencils I needed to make sure we can find them when we need them. This little thing has been a huge obstacle to getting through our schoolwork.

One blogger created a cute little storage container the other made a floral lantern.Īs I mentioned in the comments here, we’ve been struggling with a completely embarrassing problem at my house: our pencils are crappy, and we can never find them when we need them. Every month, two crafty bloggers each take an object (this month’s pick: tin can) and repurpose it into a pretty home accent. The July issue debuted a new column called Take this, make that. (It’s not all summer: I was happy to see a nod to Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover in an article about kicking debt, and downloaded a few new picks from their Ultimate Guide to Money-Saving Apps.) I added this book to my to-be-read list and made a note to try the peanut butter s’mores recipe. Appropriately, I read mine in the backyard while sitting sandbox duty. The July issue is packed with all things summer–summer style, summer recipes, even summer reading. Now it’s available all over: I grabbed my new issue at Target. Back then, it was only available at Walmart, but that’s recently changed. I started reading All You magazine back in my couponing days: it’s known as “the magazine that pays for itself” because of its many high-value coupons. This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and All You, but all my opinions are my own.

Modern pencil holder