Organization tips from my Scraproom

I was perusing some downtown Waco shops the other day and found these great French wire baskets that were just calling my name!! Since my last order arrived, with lots of the new ribbon, I had sadly out-grown my Stampin’ UP! Ribbon keepers…and you can never have enough ribbon . . . right?!? Well these baskets aren’t really designed to “nest” like I’m using them, but they work just fine for me! Sometimes it helps to think ‘outside’ the box.

I’ve had dowels through the ribbon spools, which I really didn’t use long, because everytime I wanted ribbon I either had to unload every other one to get the one I wanted (in order to take it with me to a workshop) or it started the whole lot of them spinning…and ribbon went everywhere! Whew…these might work for you but it’s way too much work for me! The Stampin’ UP! Ribbon keepers were really versatile in their three sizes and proved to be very useful until I out-grew them, …what to do? I’m not in a down-sizing mood just now and I r-e-a-l-l-y like the looks of these baskets anyway! So there you go! This weeks’ tip for organizing your scrap room or closet or corner or wherever it is you get to have your “stash”…baskets are a great way to tame the ribbon, look great doing it and still allow ease of access and visibility…remember “out-of-sight… out-of-mind” I need to SEE what I’ve got when I’m trying to figure out what to use and opening endless stacks of storage containers, drawers, or cabinet/closet doors, can not only be real creative killers…they can make your projects too much effort!

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