This weekend we got some organizing done around the apartment.  It's amazing how a little rearranging and consolidation can make your space feel 10X bigger.

One of the sorta-crafty projects was creating bookends on our MONSTER-SIZE shelves.  We both had a slew of ideas that were sort of involved (like fabric covered plywood attached with velcro straps), but we eventually came up with the brilliantly simple idea to get sheets of plastic custom cut at TAP Plastics.

I'd only ever peeked in the windows of the store, and it was everything I'd hoped for and more.  They have all sorts of little boxes, bottles, and plastic-related craft supplies.  I wish I'd taken photos, because there is just no way to explain it sufficiently.  It's like a crafty wonderland.

We went up to the counter, picked out the red plastic that matches our couch, told him the dimensions we wanted, and they cut the pieces right then.  Cake!

This photo is for Pam because I've joked about all the bookmarks I leave in my craft books.  I seem to keep adding more instead of using the one that's already there.  There's something about leaving a bookmark in a book that tickles me.

While we were waiting for our plastic to be cut, I walked around the store and discovered that they had rotary cutting mats and rulers for about one-third less than the art store near us.  Woohoo!  That's one of the things I still needed to replace from our move.  I'd kept my rotary cutter.

As soon as I got home, I cut some fabric strips and spruced up one of the other purchases on our organizing shopping spree.  This was ridiculously cheap guitar stand, which makes me a little suspicious of the foam they used.  To protect Andrew's guitar, I wrapped a strip of fabric around the two padded arms and just tucked the end of the strip under itself.  Easiest recover job ever. :)