I saw this totally awesome tape dispenser on etsy:

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And I thought, what a great idea!  I have a tape dispenser that would love a cute makeover!

Here's my regular old tape dispenser before…

Before
…and after:

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I put some washi tape into my tape dispenser for a bit of color drama for the photos:

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DirectlyAbove
Behind
I took a few shots without any tape at all:

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Back-notape
Back-notape
And here is my new artful dispenser nestled into my desk with its usual boring (but necessary) clear tape:

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I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to leave that stapler black…!

ETA: I didn't do anything to prep the surface.  I just used this pen and a steady hand.

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Also…

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My friend Nat is hosting a FREE creative booster series in January 2012 called "Creative Jump Start Summit 2012."  If you sign-up (again, it's FREE) you get access to videos and inspiration from lots of wonderful crafty folks including Dina Wakley, Louise Nelson, Ronda Palazzari, Karen Grunberg, Donna Downey, and Celine Navarro (to name just a few of the twenty-two talented ladies who are taking part.)

Did I mention that it's FREE?

You can find out more on Nat's site, right here.  (Click through the link to see a very cute promo video too!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a mixed-media artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops, her online classroom www.balzerdesigns.com, and through monthly membership at www.MyArtPractice.com.

225 thoughts on “Doodled Tape Dispenser

  • Oh my holy CUTENESS! I’m gonna have to molest my tape dispenser….and my stapler…and my keyboard and…and…and…

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  • Oh my holy CUTENESS! I’m gonna have to molest my tape dispenser….and my stapler…and my keyboard and…and…and…

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  • Oh my holy CUTENESS! I’m gonna have to molest my tape dispenser….and my stapler…and my keyboard and…and…and…

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  • Oh my holy CUTENESS! I’m gonna have to molest my tape dispenser….and my stapler…and my keyboard and…and…and…

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  • Oh my holy CUTENESS! I’m gonna have to molest my tape dispenser….and my stapler…and my keyboard and…and…and…

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  • What a wonderful idea to customize your tape dispenser (nos i want to customize everything thing) and thank you for sharing the booster series

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  • What a wonderful idea to customize your tape dispenser (nos i want to customize everything thing) and thank you for sharing the booster series

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  • What a wonderful idea to customize your tape dispenser (nos i want to customize everything thing) and thank you for sharing the booster series

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  • What a wonderful idea to customize your tape dispenser (nos i want to customize everything thing) and thank you for sharing the booster series

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  • What a wonderful idea to customize your tape dispenser (nos i want to customize everything thing) and thank you for sharing the booster series

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  • Wow I love this. I was thinking the same thing about the stapler.

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  • Wow I love this. I was thinking the same thing about the stapler.

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  • Wow I love this. I was thinking the same thing about the stapler.

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  • Wow I love this. I was thinking the same thing about the stapler.

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  • Wow I love this. I was thinking the same thing about the stapler.

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  • That tape dispenser is sosooo cool!!! Thanks for joining Creative JumpStart – you rock!

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  • That tape dispenser is sosooo cool!!! Thanks for joining Creative JumpStart – you rock!

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  • That tape dispenser is sosooo cool!!! Thanks for joining Creative JumpStart – you rock!

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  • That tape dispenser is sosooo cool!!! Thanks for joining Creative JumpStart – you rock!

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  • That tape dispenser is sosooo cool!!! Thanks for joining Creative JumpStart – you rock!

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  • Hey, I remember that orange dispenser! I repinned it from you… because I need a big tapedispenser for my desk. And now I know I don’t have to look for a cool one… I can always decorate it myself!!! (But it’s not going to look as sensational as yours of course….) Did you use a Sharpie?

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  • Hey, I remember that orange dispenser! I repinned it from you… because I need a big tapedispenser for my desk. And now I know I don’t have to look for a cool one… I can always decorate it myself!!! (But it’s not going to look as sensational as yours of course….) Did you use a Sharpie?

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  • Hey, I remember that orange dispenser! I repinned it from you… because I need a big tapedispenser for my desk. And now I know I don’t have to look for a cool one… I can always decorate it myself!!! (But it’s not going to look as sensational as yours of course….) Did you use a Sharpie?

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  • Hey, I remember that orange dispenser! I repinned it from you… because I need a big tapedispenser for my desk. And now I know I don’t have to look for a cool one… I can always decorate it myself!!! (But it’s not going to look as sensational as yours of course….) Did you use a Sharpie?

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  • Hey, I remember that orange dispenser! I repinned it from you… because I need a big tapedispenser for my desk. And now I know I don’t have to look for a cool one… I can always decorate it myself!!! (But it’s not going to look as sensational as yours of course….) Did you use a Sharpie?

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  • Hey that is SO COOL!!! Oooh – I wanna doodle on something now………..

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  • Hey that is SO COOL!!! Oooh – I wanna doodle on something now………..

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  • Hey that is SO COOL!!! Oooh – I wanna doodle on something now………..

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  • Hey that is SO COOL!!! Oooh – I wanna doodle on something now………..

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  • Hey that is SO COOL!!! Oooh – I wanna doodle on something now………..

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  • Sooooooo fabulous! steady hand and a white sharpie?

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  • Sooooooo fabulous! steady hand and a white sharpie?

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  • Sooooooo fabulous! steady hand and a white sharpie?

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  • Sooooooo fabulous! steady hand and a white sharpie?

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  • Sooooooo fabulous! steady hand and a white sharpie?

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  • Very cool! I am also wondering if it is a white Sharpie paint marker. As soon as I saw the photo of the tape dispenser in its true role, I thought that the stapler is next in line for a makeover. So fun!

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  • Very cool! I am also wondering if it is a white Sharpie paint marker. As soon as I saw the photo of the tape dispenser in its true role, I thought that the stapler is next in line for a makeover. So fun!

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  • Very cool! I am also wondering if it is a white Sharpie paint marker. As soon as I saw the photo of the tape dispenser in its true role, I thought that the stapler is next in line for a makeover. So fun!

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  • Very cool! I am also wondering if it is a white Sharpie paint marker. As soon as I saw the photo of the tape dispenser in its true role, I thought that the stapler is next in line for a makeover. So fun!

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  • Very cool! I am also wondering if it is a white Sharpie paint marker. As soon as I saw the photo of the tape dispenser in its true role, I thought that the stapler is next in line for a makeover. So fun!

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  • Beautiful! What kind of pen did you use? All free hand, or any stencils used?

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  • Beautiful! What kind of pen did you use? All free hand, or any stencils used?

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  • Beautiful! What kind of pen did you use? All free hand, or any stencils used?

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  • Beautiful! What kind of pen did you use? All free hand, or any stencils used?

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  • Beautiful! What kind of pen did you use? All free hand, or any stencils used?

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  • Love it!

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  • Love it!

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  • Love it!

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  • Love it!

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  • Love it!

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  • Julie, you do THE most amazing things! I love the doodling, but now that stapler looks so unloved!

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  • Julie, you do THE most amazing things! I love the doodling, but now that stapler looks so unloved!

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  • Julie, you do THE most amazing things! I love the doodling, but now that stapler looks so unloved!

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  • Julie, you do THE most amazing things! I love the doodling, but now that stapler looks so unloved!

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  • Julie, you do THE most amazing things! I love the doodling, but now that stapler looks so unloved!

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  • Very cute idea, I’ll have to use it for my stapler — I could never give my cute frog tape dispenser a makeover — well maybe some bling on his eyes or somethin’! 🙂 Have a great day Julie!

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  • Very cute idea, I’ll have to use it for my stapler — I could never give my cute frog tape dispenser a makeover — well maybe some bling on his eyes or somethin’! 🙂 Have a great day Julie!

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  • Very cute idea, I’ll have to use it for my stapler — I could never give my cute frog tape dispenser a makeover — well maybe some bling on his eyes or somethin’! 🙂 Have a great day Julie!

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  • Very cute idea, I’ll have to use it for my stapler — I could never give my cute frog tape dispenser a makeover — well maybe some bling on his eyes or somethin’! 🙂 Have a great day Julie!

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  • Very cute idea, I’ll have to use it for my stapler — I could never give my cute frog tape dispenser a makeover — well maybe some bling on his eyes or somethin’! 🙂 Have a great day Julie!

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  • I love it so groovy
    now everything is up for grabs … you’ve started something Julie!
    thats fun

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  • I love it so groovy
    now everything is up for grabs … you’ve started something Julie!
    thats fun

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  • I love it so groovy
    now everything is up for grabs … you’ve started something Julie!
    thats fun

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  • I love it so groovy
    now everything is up for grabs … you’ve started something Julie!
    thats fun

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  • I love it so groovy
    now everything is up for grabs … you’ve started something Julie!
    thats fun

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  • That is awesome!! I am sitting here at my pleasant but not arty desk at work thinking you just have to do the stapler cause I cannot decorate this one-:)

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  • That is awesome!! I am sitting here at my pleasant but not arty desk at work thinking you just have to do the stapler cause I cannot decorate this one-:)

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  • That is awesome!! I am sitting here at my pleasant but not arty desk at work thinking you just have to do the stapler cause I cannot decorate this one-:)

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  • That is awesome!! I am sitting here at my pleasant but not arty desk at work thinking you just have to do the stapler cause I cannot decorate this one-:)

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  • That is awesome!! I am sitting here at my pleasant but not arty desk at work thinking you just have to do the stapler cause I cannot decorate this one-:)

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  • Hope you are feeling better today. What did you use to doodle your dispenser? It is awesome doodling!

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  • Hope you are feeling better today. What did you use to doodle your dispenser? It is awesome doodling!

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  • Hope you are feeling better today. What did you use to doodle your dispenser? It is awesome doodling!

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  • Hope you are feeling better today. What did you use to doodle your dispenser? It is awesome doodling!

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  • Hope you are feeling better today. What did you use to doodle your dispenser? It is awesome doodling!

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  • Julie, did you use your favorite white gel pen?
    It’s like a zentangle got a hold of your tape dispenser.

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  • Julie, did you use your favorite white gel pen?
    It’s like a zentangle got a hold of your tape dispenser.

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  • Julie, did you use your favorite white gel pen?
    It’s like a zentangle got a hold of your tape dispenser.

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  • Julie, did you use your favorite white gel pen?
    It’s like a zentangle got a hold of your tape dispenser.

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  • Julie, did you use your favorite white gel pen?
    It’s like a zentangle got a hold of your tape dispenser.

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  • Really? That is just off the chain!!!! You could put those up for sale and they would be gone in no time. Hope you are feeling much better!!!

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  • Really? That is just off the chain!!!! You could put those up for sale and they would be gone in no time. Hope you are feeling much better!!!

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  • Really? That is just off the chain!!!! You could put those up for sale and they would be gone in no time. Hope you are feeling much better!!!

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  • Really? That is just off the chain!!!! You could put those up for sale and they would be gone in no time. Hope you are feeling much better!!!

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  • Really? That is just off the chain!!!! You could put those up for sale and they would be gone in no time. Hope you are feeling much better!!!

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  • Absolutely fantastic!! I definitely need to make one for myself. You’ve revoluntionized the ordinary 🙂

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  • Absolutely fantastic!! I definitely need to make one for myself. You’ve revoluntionized the ordinary 🙂

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  • Absolutely fantastic!! I definitely need to make one for myself. You’ve revoluntionized the ordinary 🙂

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  • Absolutely fantastic!! I definitely need to make one for myself. You’ve revoluntionized the ordinary 🙂

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  • Absolutely fantastic!! I definitely need to make one for myself. You’ve revoluntionized the ordinary 🙂

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  • Everything is aquiver on my desk knowing they are in for a make-over! Look what you started, Julie! This is awesome. Hope you do a blog post on prepping the surface?? and media that you used….

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  • Everything is aquiver on my desk knowing they are in for a make-over! Look what you started, Julie! This is awesome. Hope you do a blog post on prepping the surface?? and media that you used….

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  • Everything is aquiver on my desk knowing they are in for a make-over! Look what you started, Julie! This is awesome. Hope you do a blog post on prepping the surface?? and media that you used….

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  • Everything is aquiver on my desk knowing they are in for a make-over! Look what you started, Julie! This is awesome. Hope you do a blog post on prepping the surface?? and media that you used….

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  • Everything is aquiver on my desk knowing they are in for a make-over! Look what you started, Julie! This is awesome. Hope you do a blog post on prepping the surface?? and media that you used….

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  • That is the coolest tape dispenser ever!! Love it. I am guessing you used a sharpie white paint pen. Am I right?? Tell me please before i mess miy dispenser up!! lol

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  • That is the coolest tape dispenser ever!! Love it. I am guessing you used a sharpie white paint pen. Am I right?? Tell me please before i mess miy dispenser up!! lol

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  • That is the coolest tape dispenser ever!! Love it. I am guessing you used a sharpie white paint pen. Am I right?? Tell me please before i mess miy dispenser up!! lol

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  • That is the coolest tape dispenser ever!! Love it. I am guessing you used a sharpie white paint pen. Am I right?? Tell me please before i mess miy dispenser up!! lol

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  • That is the coolest tape dispenser ever!! Love it. I am guessing you used a sharpie white paint pen. Am I right?? Tell me please before i mess miy dispenser up!! lol

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  • What a cool idea.

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  • What a cool idea.

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  • What a cool idea.

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  • What a cool idea.

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  • What a cool idea.

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  • I love it, just love it. I have one of those pens and I’m going to try to doodle something. This is just the neatest tape dispenser I’ve ever seen. Girl you could sell those. TFS

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  • I love it, just love it. I have one of those pens and I’m going to try to doodle something. This is just the neatest tape dispenser I’ve ever seen. Girl you could sell those. TFS

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  • I love it, just love it. I have one of those pens and I’m going to try to doodle something. This is just the neatest tape dispenser I’ve ever seen. Girl you could sell those. TFS

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  • I love it, just love it. I have one of those pens and I’m going to try to doodle something. This is just the neatest tape dispenser I’ve ever seen. Girl you could sell those. TFS

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  • I love it, just love it. I have one of those pens and I’m going to try to doodle something. This is just the neatest tape dispenser I’ve ever seen. Girl you could sell those. TFS

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  • oooo fanfreakintastic! continually marveled by you dear julie. that creative jumpstart sounds fun.

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  • oooo fanfreakintastic! continually marveled by you dear julie. that creative jumpstart sounds fun.

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  • oooo fanfreakintastic! continually marveled by you dear julie. that creative jumpstart sounds fun.

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  • oooo fanfreakintastic! continually marveled by you dear julie. that creative jumpstart sounds fun.

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  • oooo fanfreakintastic! continually marveled by you dear julie. that creative jumpstart sounds fun.

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  • This is just the niftiest thing! Now you’ve got me going! Maybe spray mine with Stone Accents…

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  • This is just the niftiest thing! Now you’ve got me going! Maybe spray mine with Stone Accents…

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  • This is just the niftiest thing! Now you’ve got me going! Maybe spray mine with Stone Accents…

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  • This is just the niftiest thing! Now you’ve got me going! Maybe spray mine with Stone Accents…

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  • This is just the niftiest thing! Now you’ve got me going! Maybe spray mine with Stone Accents…

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  • Haha! This is great. Must’ve taken a while? but when I get some downtime at the office I may break out my own marker!

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  • Haha! This is great. Must’ve taken a while? but when I get some downtime at the office I may break out my own marker!

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  • Haha! This is great. Must’ve taken a while? but when I get some downtime at the office I may break out my own marker!

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  • Haha! This is great. Must’ve taken a while? but when I get some downtime at the office I may break out my own marker!

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  • Haha! This is great. Must’ve taken a while? but when I get some downtime at the office I may break out my own marker!

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  • I will be eyeing my office supplies – LOL! Great idea and I think I will have to do that too!

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  • I will be eyeing my office supplies – LOL! Great idea and I think I will have to do that too!

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  • I will be eyeing my office supplies – LOL! Great idea and I think I will have to do that too!

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  • I will be eyeing my office supplies – LOL! Great idea and I think I will have to do that too!

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  • I will be eyeing my office supplies – LOL! Great idea and I think I will have to do that too!

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  • LOL, Love it! I think my tape dispenser is definately in need of a makeover now :p

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  • LOL, Love it! I think my tape dispenser is definately in need of a makeover now :p

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  • LOL, Love it! I think my tape dispenser is definately in need of a makeover now :p

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  • LOL, Love it! I think my tape dispenser is definately in need of a makeover now :p

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  • LOL, Love it! I think my tape dispenser is definately in need of a makeover now :p

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  • Your tape dispenser looks awesome! I love that kind of thing…applying art in some totally unexpected way to make something you see every day into something delightful! Thanks for the info about the free series…sounds like a fantastic opportunity to learn some new things.

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  • Your tape dispenser looks awesome! I love that kind of thing…applying art in some totally unexpected way to make something you see every day into something delightful! Thanks for the info about the free series…sounds like a fantastic opportunity to learn some new things.

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  • Your tape dispenser looks awesome! I love that kind of thing…applying art in some totally unexpected way to make something you see every day into something delightful! Thanks for the info about the free series…sounds like a fantastic opportunity to learn some new things.

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  • Your tape dispenser looks awesome! I love that kind of thing…applying art in some totally unexpected way to make something you see every day into something delightful! Thanks for the info about the free series…sounds like a fantastic opportunity to learn some new things.

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  • Your tape dispenser looks awesome! I love that kind of thing…applying art in some totally unexpected way to make something you see every day into something delightful! Thanks for the info about the free series…sounds like a fantastic opportunity to learn some new things.

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  • wow- fabulous. You could sell these! I have a boring one too that could use some arting up!

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  • wow- fabulous. You could sell these! I have a boring one too that could use some arting up!

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  • wow- fabulous. You could sell these! I have a boring one too that could use some arting up!

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  • wow- fabulous. You could sell these! I have a boring one too that could use some arting up!

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  • wow- fabulous. You could sell these! I have a boring one too that could use some arting up!

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  • Amazing! I’d never heard of washi tape either! That white pen looks like the pen you could use to decorate brown paper bags as your “upcycled” wrapping paper…

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  • Amazing! I’d never heard of washi tape either! That white pen looks like the pen you could use to decorate brown paper bags as your “upcycled” wrapping paper…

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  • Amazing! I’d never heard of washi tape either! That white pen looks like the pen you could use to decorate brown paper bags as your “upcycled” wrapping paper…

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  • Amazing! I’d never heard of washi tape either! That white pen looks like the pen you could use to decorate brown paper bags as your “upcycled” wrapping paper…

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  • Amazing! I’d never heard of washi tape either! That white pen looks like the pen you could use to decorate brown paper bags as your “upcycled” wrapping paper…

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  • Too fun! The white on black looks great. What if I painted the dispenser red and then doodled in white, or black, or…
    Awesome idea!

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  • Too fun! The white on black looks great. What if I painted the dispenser red and then doodled in white, or black, or…
    Awesome idea!

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  • Too fun! The white on black looks great. What if I painted the dispenser red and then doodled in white, or black, or…
    Awesome idea!

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  • Too fun! The white on black looks great. What if I painted the dispenser red and then doodled in white, or black, or…
    Awesome idea!

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  • Too fun! The white on black looks great. What if I painted the dispenser red and then doodled in white, or black, or…
    Awesome idea!

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  • Awesome! You are so creative! I will never look at a tape dispenser the same again. : ) Oh and I signed up for the Creative Jump Start – thanks for sharing! Now I have something to look forward to in Jan.
    Blessings,
    Tricia

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  • Awesome! You are so creative! I will never look at a tape dispenser the same again. : ) Oh and I signed up for the Creative Jump Start – thanks for sharing! Now I have something to look forward to in Jan.
    Blessings,
    Tricia

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  • Awesome! You are so creative! I will never look at a tape dispenser the same again. : ) Oh and I signed up for the Creative Jump Start – thanks for sharing! Now I have something to look forward to in Jan.
    Blessings,
    Tricia

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  • Awesome! You are so creative! I will never look at a tape dispenser the same again. : ) Oh and I signed up for the Creative Jump Start – thanks for sharing! Now I have something to look forward to in Jan.
    Blessings,
    Tricia

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  • Awesome! You are so creative! I will never look at a tape dispenser the same again. : ) Oh and I signed up for the Creative Jump Start – thanks for sharing! Now I have something to look forward to in Jan.
    Blessings,
    Tricia

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  • What a knock out! Fantastic job!!

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  • What a knock out! Fantastic job!!

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  • What a knock out! Fantastic job!!

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  • What a knock out! Fantastic job!!

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  • What a knock out! Fantastic job!!

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  • Who sells these, please?

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  • Who sells these, please?

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  • Who sells these, please?

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  • Who sells these, please?

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  • Who sells these, please?

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  • Im not sure what the these refers to.  You can buy a plain tape dispenser at most office supply stores.

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  • Im not sure what the these refers to.  You can buy a plain tape dispenser at most office supply stores.

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  • Im not sure what the these refers to.  You can buy a plain tape dispenser at most office supply stores.

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  • Im not sure what the these refers to.  You can buy a plain tape dispenser at most office supply stores.

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  • Im not sure what the these refers to.  You can buy a plain tape dispenser at most office supply stores.

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