When I opened the freezer & things started to fall out, I knew I had to think of a way to get it organized. When it happened the second time, landing on my foot, it was the wake up call that I needed to get it done. (frozen things hurt!)
I started to do some research online, but most of them included items that were very expensive and specific to certain things. I wanted to customize it myself & I wanted FREE.
This is what I came up with:
While I’ve been on my organizing mission, after reorganizing my ribbon, I started on my ribbon roses. I searched the Internet for ideas to organize them, while still making them easy to get to. I searched Pinterest, YouTube, Google images & Google. All I could find were posts for making ribbon roses.
I’m sure other crafters out there have the same issues that I’ve had. I actually came up with the idea because of a dream. I was lost in a sea of ribbon roses & then the answer hit me. It was so simple!
This is how I organized this mess:
The past week, I was pretty much useless. My back was out so badly that just standing to do dishes was painful. Anything but light housework was out of the question. The only time I didn’t hurt was when I was laying down or sitting. Thank God for my chiropractor. I’m pretty much back to my usual self.
Needless to say, I was getting antsy. I needed to do something. Reorganizing sounded like a plan. And this project could be done while sitting. I had my ribbon very organized, but after a year, and lots of crafting, the drawer was becoming a disaster. You can see how I had the craft room organized here.
So, with the help of some poster board and some sequin pins, it’s now looking so organized. And it was easy to do. I actually did it while I was watching TV.
A while back, a friend of mine gave me a bag of empty Crystal Light containers. I had a rough idea of what I wanted to do with them, but when the inspiration hit me, I surprised even myself.
I created a Craft Caddy!
I’ve finally finished up my Christmas ornament re-organizing. It’s something that I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. The ornaments are kept in our barn (which is actually a glorified, large, 2 story shed). Although the things that are stored in there stay dry, they are subject to heat & cold. The usual labels on the boxes don’t hold up well. They’ve buckled & faded over the years. This year, it will be different.
I thought I’d show you how I organize my earrings. I’ve seen them organized online using framed screens, egg cartons, and even storing them on trays, but that drives me nuts. All it takes is bumping it once & you have a huge mess that can take hours to reorganize. And I really don’t have all that much room to store my earrings like that. If you read my post on Makeup Storage, you know that I like to have all of things close together, so that when I’m getting ready, I don’t have to run all over the place. Once my make-up is on, and my hair is done, the last things I put on are my earrings & watch, and I’m out the door. It’s like a one stop shop.
How do you take all of this and store it in a section that’s 5″ wide, 7″ deep, and 6″ high?
Once I thought it out, it was actually easy.
I’ve been going through a lot of things lately. I’m trying to pare down what I have, and reorganizing what I keep. This time, it’s my make-up that I’m reorganizing & purging. Where do you keep your face? Some keep theirs in a make-up bag, some on a tray, and the Beatles said that Eleanor Rigby kept her face in a jar by the door. I keep mine in drawers.
I’ve found that by keeping my make-up separated in different drawers, I seem to get ready a little more easily. But it’s been awhile since I’ve gone through any of it, or bothered to clean out the drawers. Frankly, they were a mess.
It’s amazing all the things that a woman has to use just to look feminine. One of those things are the make-up brushes. The right brush can do wonders for putting on your make-up. But when they’re dirty & loaded with old make-up, they just make getting ready harder. They can get so dirty, so quickly. And using dirty brushes on your face will only end up hurting your skin. They trap bacteria & dirt. This is something that I don’t want to do to my skin. So a regular cleaning of the brushes is something that I try to do once a week. And it’s easier to do than you think.
Lately, I’ve been reorganizing things in our home. I’ve been trying to do one section of a room a day/week. It’s amazing how things can get out of hand if you don’t stay on top of them. My office desk drawers did just that. I’m in those drawers constantly. It not only houses my pens, post-it notes, computer vacuum attachments & stationary, but my camera battery charger & the equipment I need for uploading my pictures.
I realized that I was stuffing the cords to my camera supplies into the drawer before I closed it. That’s a good way to ruin them.
The sewing room is coming along. There’s a new addition to the room that gives me even more storage. (which in a 6′ x 7′ room, you need storage)
We got this upper cabinet from my mother-in-law. (Her neighbor had given it to her when the redid their kitchen) It was in good shape. Although it only had one door, but that is fine. It just needed a little ‘Creatively Sams’ added to it.
Here it is, before & after:
