Saturday, August 18, 2012

Magnetic Spice Rack and easy DIY labels

I am amazed I am functioning today, as one who does not cope well on inadequate sleep... last night I was awoken by the loudest thunder and brightest lightening I have heard/seen in a long time! It must be the amazing about turn in weather, as the sunshine is pouring into the house today and I am loving it.

Last week I was dreaming about my soon to be magnetic spice rack, and this week I have it! I found a very well priced supplier of magnetic spice tins on good ol TradeMe, so I purchased and a day later they arrived!

It took me all of 10 minutes to create my very simple spice labels. They may not be fancy or complicated but I like them, and they suit me.

Here's the before piccy:


and here is what it looks like now:


it is very much my style to just plonk things into arrangement


here's my wordless tutorial on making the labels


easy peasy!




and because christmas is just around the corner...


I am LOVING my new magnetic spice rack for it's simplicity, ease of locating spices, accessibility, and utilization of space off the bench, to free up that prime real estate!

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7 comments:

  1. Iron Girl!!August 21, 2012 at 11:41 PM

    Love this idea! I need to free up "prime real estate" in my cupboards and this would be the way to do it. Thanks for sharing! I'm pinning your idea onto my Pinterest board!

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  2. UnknownAugust 25, 2012 at 1:25 AM

    I love your DIYs!! I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! Check it out: http://www.madesimpleandsweet.blogspot.com/2012/08/versatile-blogger-award.html

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  3. Jessi @ Practically FunctionalAugust 25, 2012 at 2:40 AM

    Love it! We just did exactly the same thing to our spices (except I stuck a sheet of tin to the inside of a cupboard door instead of using the fridge) and it's great. So organized and so easy to find and use the spices now :-)

    Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!

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  4. UnknownNovember 28, 2012 at 7:18 AM

    This is great! I am always trying to put my custom label maker to use. This is so cute!!!

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  5. AnonymousApril 12, 2013 at 8:29 AM

    Can I ask what you looked up on Trademe to find the little tins? I can't find anything like them

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    1. AlexApril 12, 2013 at 9:43 AM

      Hi There, I just searched for 'magnetic spice tins'. The ones that I bought don't seem to be available now but I have found a similar type on there - they have red bases, and are 4 sets of 3 for $10 - listing number 580472139. Good luck :-)

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  6. jelly andrewsOctober 10, 2013 at 2:59 PM

    It looks so much better. I love how you made those spices look organized. Oh! I will definitely going to give this idea a try.

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