I know how hard it can be
to keep your craft room organized when you have so many creative ideas bouncing
around your head. When my crafting
supplies are not organized, I sometimes find myself running up to JoAnn’s or
Michaels to buy a bit of ribbon, trim or fabric just because it is too
much trouble to rummage through my stuff to find what I need. Now that is ridiculous!
So, let’s get
organized! I’m planning a series
of posts to help you organize your craft room.
If you are like me, you
can’t bear to part with small bits and pieces of ribbons and trims. You never know when a small piece will
be just perfect for an accent.
Until now, my organization method has been tossing the bits in boxes or
bags, loosely grouped by color and size.
It has been okay but I knew I could come up with a better system. So I did a little research on Pinterest
and found several ideas including boxes with holes to pull the ribbon out, tic
tac containers, pants hangers and dowel systems of all sorts. Great ideas, but none of these seemed right
for my collections of assorted odds and ends. Finally I found a picture of ribbons wound around a piece of
cardboard cut from a packing box.
I tried that one and it certainly did clean up the collection but I
still wasn’t satisfied. • First of all it really wasn’t very pretty.
• Second, the way I had to secure the ends with pins was a bit dangerous – I really don’t like pricking my fingers.
• This led me straight to the perfect solution!
FOAM CORE!
OH SO PRETTY!
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| To cut the foam core, mark with a pencil then using an X-Acto knife and straight edge, score along the marked line. Now "crack" the board, turn it over and make the final cut. |
