Great Tips for Ribbon Storage
If you are new to the world of scrapbooking, or even if you’re not, countless spools of unorganized ribbon can get you down. How should it be organized? How should it be stored? Here are some of the things that we’ve learned along the way:
Our new favourite solution for storing ribbon is the pull-eez. It comes in a variety of colours and sizes, has a huge storage capacity, and it is portable! You can check them out at www.stor-ez.com .
We also love the new ribbon organizer from Clip it Up. It has built in scissors at both ends, is streamlined, and comes with wall-mounting hardware. Check it out at www.clipitup.com .
The ribbon ring (www.ribbonring.com) is a brand new product. It features a series of tags that your ribbon gets threaded through and then the tags are hung from a metal binder ring. The rings can be hung from the wall and this neat system prevents ribbon from getting tangled and ensures that your ribbon is never more than a snip away.
Cropper Hopper has had great products on the market for a while now. Their ribbon spool drawer is handy and efficient. Visit them at www.cropperhopper.com for more info.
Several manufacturers have stackable storage boxes for ribbon available. Check out the ones from Stampin’Up!, Crop in Style, and Martha Stewart Crafts.
Other solutions we’ve seen include some of the following: store ribbon on a vintage paper towel holder; on a piece of doweling (purchased from a DIY store like Rona or Home Depot); in a multi-sectioned container used to store embroidery floss or in a tackle box; in a 3-ring binder complete with clear plastic sleeves (like you would use to display hockey cards); wind ribbons around wooden spools or clothespins, affix end with a pin, and fill a glass cookie jar with the spools; wrap ribbon lengths around strips of cardboard and then display in a basket; organize ribbon by colour in clear, glass jars.
We hope you have found one or more of these solutions helpful.
The SCT editorial team.
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Posted by: Heather H | August 26, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Thanks for the links and the ideas :)
Posted by: Heather H | August 27, 2008 at 02:45 AM