Organizing week two

I started on my ribbon this week. It wasn't working because it was just a big mess in the drawer. I couldn't find things and didn't know exactly what I had. My lace was just dumped into a basket and my fibers and embroidery floss were a mess. Now my ribbon is wrapped around photo dividers (those ones that come in photo boxes) by colour, specifically ROYGBIV. My lace is wrapped around those photo dividers as well.

Here's a better view. Those are rolls of raffia in the one basket along with rolls of coloured wire. I have my Embroidery floss and fibers organized by colour (roygbiv) in those plastic holders in the back as well.

Next was my alpha stickers. They were just piled high in one drawer, a big mixed up mess. I hated going through them to find the right ones and most of the time ended up being happy enough using the ones at the top of the pile.

Now they are in 12x12 sterlite drawers from Wal-Mart. I just pulled the drawers completely out of the unit and stored the main unit in the basement. The top drawer is holding black and white alphas and the bottom two are coloured.

And last are my primas and buttons. I didn't like them stored in these bowls because I couldn't quickly find the colours I needed. They looked pretty though. :)

I organized all my primas and buttons in glass jars by colour. Most of my jars are from baby food. The rest are left over from canning jam and a couple (like that big one in the front) from the thrift store.

I'll be back Friday for another challenge and next week for more organizing.

Thanks for peeking :)

xoxo