New storage I found

I love going to Tuesday Morning and checking out any scrap stuff they have for a good deal. I went a couple of months ago and found these really cool small storage boxes. I didn't get them because they were $4.99 each and I just didn't know if I could use them. I went back yesterday and they were still there well if that's not fate - what is? hehe This time I knew exactly what I could use them for so I bought both of them. It even had a sticker on them that said they were acid free and ??? hmmm something else like biodegradable or something. Anyway, I LOVE them!!! I used them to put my 3x3 cards in, which I have quite a few from swaps I have done on CafeMom.

The other one I used to put all my little StudioG stamps in, you know the $1 stamps from Michael's and Joann's. Yeah, I know, I have a bunch! If they are still in the package it means I haven't even used them yet. : ( I will eventually, oh and I got a few extra so that I can give them away as blog candy at some point. Yeah, you read that right BLOG CANDY!! I have sooooo much stuff and I really enjoy sharing the wealth that I will do blog candy probably, quite frenquently. Like I said ..... I will buy, bride whatever you want to call, to get blog friends!! muahahahahaha I plan on doing my first blog candy at 1,000 hits. Not too far from now. So tell your friends to come check me out and it will come faster! : )

Ribbon and Rainbow

I have still been working on transferring all my ribbon to my new Ribbon Ring system. I knew I had a lot of ribbon but this has really put a perspective on it. I started out buying 2 starter sets which had 30 ribbon holders in each. On each tab you can hold usually 2 different ribbons, I have squeezed 3 on some. I ran out of t he holders fast, so then I ordered another 90 holders. Guess what those are used up and now I just ordered another 90! I know it's crazy! I really do like this system and I can say this will be the LAST ribbon system I will use. All my ribbon will be in one area and I can take it with me if I want. I have been taking the rings and just laying them down and tossing them around in the process of sorting everything out. What I really like is that the ribbon stay in the holder. They don't slip out at all. Here's what I have done so far and really I don't have that much more to do. I still have to go back and sort colors out a little better but you can tell I've started on some of the rings.

Okay, so the title is ribbon and rainbow. Well the ribbon does kind of look like a rainbow but how about a picture of a real rainbow. Yesterday, early morning my kids were outside playing. Austin runs in and says "Mom, there's a rainbow!" So I follow him out and sure enough there was. I got my camera and took a couple of pictures.

Hope everyone has a fun 4th of July!

Ribbon Storage Progress

I really think I am going to like the Ribbon Ring system. But I am going to have to order a whole lot more ribbon tab holders. So far all the ribbon I have on the rings are from the basket and the big white drawer and they are still half full! It took a couple of hours to do just this. This will take a lot of time to do but I think in the end I'm going to like it. I found these book rings at Hobby Lobby yesterday.


I'm placing an order today the ALOT of ribbon tabs and some inventory stickers. Once I've completed the project I will post pics. This is the start of my scrap room reorganization. I love to organize and have everything in it's place but you would never know that by looking a my scrap room. I have before pictures of the current disaster area but I won't even post them until I can show after pics because I'm so embarrassed of how bad it looks. As organized as I am, I've come to realize that I am a messy scrapper. It's awful because I always have a hard time finding something that I need when I'm working and that's usually an item I already used, put it down then papers or something else got laid on top of it then I can't find it. Stay tuned for my scrap room redo coming soon.

Ribbon Storage

I am an avid ribbon collector. Once I got into using ribbon on my scrap pages, I became obsessed with buying ribbon. Which is pretty much what I do with any new thing I get interested in. : } Right now I'm into stamps/markers/inks for card making and yes I'm buying stuff for that. Ok enough of my obession, let's get back to the ribbon storage issue. I have found that as I continue to get more ribbon the storage I have no long works. Here is what I had for quite a while.

This worked fine until I got even more ribbon. This is what all my ribbon looks like now. It's in too many different places and I have to look through each spot when I'm looking for ribbon. I'm not using the above pictured storage anymore.

Now for my new solution and I sure hope this one will be the last! I found the Ribbon Ring. I saw it advertised in one of the scrap magazines and I think I saw it someone's blog one time too. Sorry I don't remember whose or I'd give them credit for helping me find this. I ordered 2 starter sets.

I started working on this last night. This is going to take a while and I'm sure I'll need to order more sets. So far though I think I'm going to like it. Once I have the 2 sets completed, I will post pictures. Wish me luck!