paper clips, rubber bands and old notebooks
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45651)
Philippines
March 17, 2019 11:27am CST
the string that binds these small boxes reminds me of old notebooks when we were young.
did you have them?
i only noticed there was text inside the box when i took these pictures.
as i was arranging them on the table, i noticed the red dots in each box.
then it hit me it's supposed to be the sun, so i had to position them that way before i take the picture.
i don't know where these came from, there's nothing else on the side or under the box.
i just labeled it japanese because of the design.
i like that you just flip the lid up and it drops back down.
i used photocollage.com again.
i learned that i had to click the 'auto collage' button again and again to make the 3 pictures move and move and move until i get the arrangement i like.
where do you keep paper clips and rubber bands?
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21 responses
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
17 Mar 19
yes, so it's okay to put it out as a functional decor. then just peep through the hole to know which box we need to get something from.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
17 Mar 19
@DianneN like secretaries, you need complete supplies and neatly all the time
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
17 Mar 19
@hereandthere I was a teacher, so have been "desk organized" for years and years. 
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Mar 19
they sometimes stick together when it's really hot and humid here
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@JudyEv (326128)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Mar 19
@hereandthere I can believe that.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
2 Apr 19
@hereandthere haha that means almirah is a new word for you? Oh sorry dear, I thought it must be a familiar word for all.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
2 Apr 19
is it alimarh or almirah? wikitionary says almirah means "cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers."
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@Letranknight2015 (51537)
• Philippines
22 Mar 19
I remember making something like that but not that similar. Probably with lesser designs, man i forgot how to make them anymore.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
22 Mar 19
we would take out the spring then sew them with yarn
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
27 Mar 19
it took me a while to notice the red dots were the sun
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
24 Mar 19
we have rubber bands in the kitchen too
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Mar 19
These are neat little boxes! I wonder if it could be Chinese (too bad I can't read the harder kanji's better but often when it's all kanji, it's Chinese - but I could be wrong). Our paper clips and rubber bands are in a boring clear plastic container . . . maybe a little bigger than your boxes here . . . and we keep it in a sort of junk drawer in the kitchen.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
17 Mar 19
they seem to be made of thick cardboard. i like that they're easy to open.
@Namelesss (3368)
• United States
22 Mar 19
I like the design of those boxes and they do look like old books. Right now I don't seem to know where anything is.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
23 Mar 19
it's understandable given what you've been through and going through.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Mar 19
In small boxes in the desk drawer.
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@dgobucks226 (34405)
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23 Mar 19
Those boxes are much nicer than the ones I use for paper clips, rubber bands and other office supply items. I buy little Tupperware containers they sell at the Dollar store or Walmart. They come in various sizes.
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@arunima25 (85547)
• Bangalore, India
24 Mar 19
Those boxes are beautiful. I keep my paper clips and rubber bands in small plastic boxes and they are neatly placed in drawer with other things like scissors, sewing kit ear buds etc. That is our miscellaneous drawer which comes to use so many times a day.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
17 Mar 19
It's a beautiful box to put small clutters.
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@Michellekidwell (29259)
• Sonora, California
24 Mar 19
Paper Clips and Notebooks generally are in my desk! I have tons of notebooks rubber bands are in my catch all drawer!
