DIY Ribbon Organization

Well, it is official, I am in FULL organizational mode.  I suddenly have a bit more energy, thank you 2nd trimester!.   AND a little motivation thanks to the blogging challenge going on right now {more on that here} and the fact that round two of my home renovations is starting NOW and so my craft room is getting a reorganized and moved to the basement temporarily (more on that later).

And so, part of the deal with my moving my craft stuff to the basement was that I am allowed to keep anything I can “hide” in our main living space upstairs.  You would honestly think that I was never going to see the stuff moving to the basement again for how creative I am being with my organizing and packing things away upstairs all of a sudden!

My first organization project was to condense my out of control ribbon stash into one compact area.

And I am loving it now that it is finished!

Isn’t that kind of how organizing projects go?

I always feel dread and the good old blahhh feelings when I think about starting but then I am thrilled and excited when I see the final product.

But, maybe I am the only one

It was a lot of work, transitioning bags of random ribbon into organized spools!

I used a variety of vintage and new clothespins as a way to secure and organize my ribbon.

And then I condensed my stash into a cute piece from a vintage steamer chest that I am not housing some of my favorite crafting supplies in.

When I rolled my ribbon around the clothespins I secured them with sewing pins.  I like how you can combine multiple ribbons onto one clothespins!

And when I am not using my ribbon, it stores nicely right inside of the box.

Which then fits back into the old steamer trunk which I am using as a coffee table for a sitting area.  Organized storage AND cute decor?!  Perfect!

I can’t wait to share more about my renovations and organizing, but for now, I hope you are planning on linking up YOUR organizing projects over here later tomorrow, it is the first linky party of the series… I am excited for next weeks “Thrift It” challenge already!

And as a side-note;

When you link up to just {one} of our blogs, your submission will show up on all {9} of our blogs!
How awesome is that?? These linky parties are going to be a lot of fun, so start preparing your
posts for all of the other linky parties above! If you don’t have a blog, don’t feel left out! I welcome
you to link up all of your projects to my facebook page {here}. I can’t wait to party with you all!

PS I am linking up to a few of my favorite parties, you can find them here!