As you go through your everyday life, start holding on to fruit boxes, chocolate boxes and any heavy-duty plastic packaging. I'm a bit of a hoarder so this is easy for me!
You can use small plastic boxes, with tight closing lids to hold small bits and pieces, such as paper-clips and other stationery.
Cheap plastic fruit boxes, that don't have lids, and come in various sizes work well as drawer organizers.
If you want to store finer materials, such as silk threads, ribbons and embellishments delicately, take a large plastic box, with a lid, and a square of belt.
Trace around the bottom of the box in chalk on to the felt.
Cut out the felt and then use a glue gun to stick it to the bottom of the box.
If you're boxes are going to be kept out on display, you can spruce them up by glue-gunning a ribbon around the outside. (I used a ribbon from a chocolate box).
These will help to keep your shelves and counters super organized.
Voila! So many ways to reuse and recycle box packaging.
I was just looking at my unorganized stuff thinking I need to come up with something. Apparently the answer was in my face (my recycle bin actually)all the time! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction! :)
Cat, you save my life, Today, all day I was tidying up my craty-ness, I had 8 drawers full of crafty stuff and I had to use this idea to tidy up my life xx
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Roma
Mar 19, 2008 4:15pm
Ah, I need a bit of organisation in my life. You have lovely things by the way.
Cat Morley
Mar 19, 2008 4:57pm
Aww thank you :)
opposites-girl
Mar 19, 2008 5:43pm
This is a great way to reuse old boxes people would normally discard. I use ice cream tubs and coleslaw tubs lol
Laura R.
Mar 20, 2008 1:29am
all my crafts need sorting like this!
i might have to borrow u Cat!
LaLaHappy
Mar 20, 2008 2:10pm
I was just looking at my unorganized stuff thinking I need to come up with something. Apparently the answer was in my face (my recycle bin actually)all the time! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction! :)
Twinkle_Toes
Mar 20, 2008 9:29pm
thats so cool and eco friendly!
Cat Morley
Mar 22, 2008 1:22am
No problem guys, hope this helps you be happier, craftier and more organized :D
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
Mar 25, 2008 8:56pm
Cat, you save my life, Today, all day I was tidying up my craty-ness, I had 8 drawers full of crafty stuff and I had to use this idea to tidy up my life xx
ʎǝɔɐɹƃ
Apr 3, 2008 5:28pm
Ohh and in the last picture I have those little wooden draws, I painted mine pink though :D
KattyRa
May 24, 2008 9:56am
I have a round box and I put there all my craft supplies...It's like a treasure...THanx for the ideas