Laundry Hamper: Drab to Fab

I've been totally overwhelmed and drowning in adoption paperwork lately and tonight I really needed to take a break and do something different.....when I was going over my mental "to-do" list, I thought of my boring, drab, blah laundry hamper.  I spend enough time with this thing ~ might as well cutesy it up a bit!

No, it doesn't normally sit in the middle of our living room, but that's where I do most of my projects.  And please, when you look at this picture, try to ignore all the baby toys, the empty Dunkin' Donuts bag, the 4th of July decorations that are still out, and the fact that yep, there's dirty laundry in the hamper (which could stand to meet an iron).  The hamper certainly serves it's purpose, and was really inexpensive, but it's just so boring.  Enter my love of all things labeled.

I grabbed my favorite chipboard letters (same ones I used to stencil on the porch swing) and some fabric paint.  I first traced the letters...

and then, totally ignoring the paint's instructions to lay the fabric flat, I painted in the letters.  Super easy!

So "gentle" went downhill a smidge.  That's probably due to my refusal to measure.  But I'm still happy with the finished product!

Anybody else crafting to relieve stress tonight?

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