Monday, August 30, 2010

Use What You Have Organizing: Ribbon


I've been organizing everything lately.
One of the things I've wanted to tackle for a while is this mess ...
This is only a small portion of the ribbon pile
because I started this project without taking a "before" picture.
Duh.  How long have I been blogging?
I didn't want to spend money on this project.
I'm trying to declutter, so I didn't want a bunch of jars on the wall.
Then I saw what Chris at Just a Girl did with her ribbon.
I still wasn't convinced I wanted to do this project
because I'm really too lazy to cut cardboard and wrap ribbon.
It took me a couple of weeks of looking at the
ribbon pile to finally commit to wrapping.
But I was still too lazy to cut cardboard, so I used index cards instead.
I took 4 cards (to make it sturdy enough),
folded them lengthwise, and stapled them (you don't have to staple).
Then I wrapped the ribbon.
Once I started wrapping, I couldn't stop because it looked so good.
I fastened small ribbon with a stapler.
Big ribbon I fastened with a rubber band.
This is one of my favorite ribbons.
It's just dollar Walmart fabric ripped up.
I love the little fringe.
I put them all in one of my scrapbook paper drawers.
Isn't it beautiful?


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24 comments:

  1. Yes, it's beautiful! Probably takes much less space, too!

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  2. That is quite the ribbon assortment! Great idea.

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  3. Why did I never think of that??? I'm such a nerd!!

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  4. I have that same mess going on. This is a brilliant idea!

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  5. Wow, I love this idea! By the way, I'm hosting a giveaway on my blog & since you're a follower, I wanted to make sure you know about it. Hop on over to enter!
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  6. Eye candy, sister. Pure eye cand!

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  7. What a great fix! Thank you for sharing it with me, so awesome. It looks amazing. Isn't that the best feeling in the world!!

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  8. Okay, this is pretty fabulous! Thanks for sharing. Love it! I tie my ribbons onto large "macrame" rings by color -- but this may be what I have to do next...

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  9. Great solution! Much better than letting the nice pieces of ribbon lay around and become cat toys like so much of mine has! I'm going to try this.

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  10. What a super creative idea without buying more stuff!!! I heart pretty ribbons.

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  11. Wonderful! I have a plastic caddy that holds rolls of ribbon, but now I have more ribbon than will go in the caddy & on enough space (or $$) for more caddies. Thanks for the idea!

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  12. What a great idea, especially love using what we have already in the house ...

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  13. Rubberbands! Why didn't I think of that?! :) I love how it turned out. Feels good now that you're done, right? So pretty!

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  14. Congrats at being featured on I'm an Organizing Junkie!

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  15. Wow this is sure a "duh" moment for me. I have ribbon and lace all over the place and thanks for the tip. Now I should be able to close the drawer;-)

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  16. What a wonderful idea! I just did the glass jar thing and hung some spools on a tea cup holder and a wall hanging thingy...but this is a great idea! I may need a "do over" and I can for sure do it with my lace that is just shoved in a bag under the counter! Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!

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  18. I hang my ribbon hung a la Tim Holtz, but I like your idea of having it all together and kept clean. Thanks.

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  19. What a great project! :) I've featured this post on Craft Gossip here:
    http://homeandgarden.craftgossip.com/organizing-ribbon-with-index-cards/

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  20. I wish I had thought about this...what a simple but clever idea. I have 3 boxes full of ribbon and can never find what i need...you saved my sanity :-) I must pin this :-)

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  21. I did something similar a few months back: http://www.meari.blogspot.com/2012/02/organizing-fool-ribbon-storage.html

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