Work, Organization, And Blogging.....

Working and going to school takes so much time and effort, I wonder how I have any energy at the end of the day. Thank goodness for summer vacation! This fall I have decided to take 16 credit hours, Not sure what I was thinking exactly. I was at a rough point in life, and clearly was not thinking straight.

I had planned to take a few classes in fall, and take the winter off to welcome our little baby.. Well, obviously that was not Gods plan at this time. And welcoming our baby in December is no more. At a loss of how I would cope with December approaching, I took extra classes. Hopefully to keep me extremely busy. I have a feeling that I am in over my head. 3 classes are online, 1 on campus, and 1 hybrid (1/2 on campus, 1/2 online) I will be a busy busy girl!

Thank god I did get my super cute new Franklin Covey Planner! I couldn't convince my husband (or myself) that the $100.00 dollar Kate Spade one was anywhere near justifiable. :) Did I mention my planner is PINK.. So excited... I love organization!

Speaking of organization, I recently found a way to keep my thousands of yards of ribbon organized. I have tried absolutely everything. And nothing seemed to keep organized and neat... Key word neat!

I tried this container (actually 9 of them) by Crop In Style. Great product, however the ribbon never stayed tightly wound and was always hanging out of the container further than I would have liked. I also found that the yards of ribbon that I purchased online from wholesalers did not fit in the container. I used this for months, and still searched for anything and everything that would make my life easier.

I have also tried something like this nifty box, that I made myself. I used a photo storage box and punched holes through the side. This would work great if you do not have a lot of ribbon. I found that with my amount of ribbon, this was not practical. I also had a problem with the ribbons getting tangled inside the box.

Finally! My life is changed forever! I searched and searched until I found this great idea! I found it here, I cannot believe how great this worked. Yes, It took forever to wind up every roll of ribbon. I convinced my wonderful hubby to help me! I would take a handful or ribbon and chipboard to bed and wind them while watching TV. It took a few nights of work... But the end result seen here is great. I easily have a few hundred rolls stored in 2 drawers of a plastic Rubbermaid container! I would recommend this to any trying to save space and store a lot of ribbon! How do you organize? I am always looking for more ideas!

If you would like any details on how I did this just let me know. I hard a very hard time finding cheap Chipboard, so I did imporvise.And still looks just as great! Ill post a pic of my drawer this week!

Happy scraping/bowmaking!