Organize This: Week 12

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Ribbon, twine and fibers...anyone else feel like these can quickly take over your room?  They are so readily available, it is easy to collect them from packages and things.  Pretty soon you have a tangled mess on your workspace.

My Love Affair with the Label Maker has once again come to the rescue with a MASSIVE post of ideas!  Head on over there and get your tangled mess under control.

For me, I have my ribbon sorted by color, wound around clothes pins and sorted into jewlery bags.  (I hang them by book rings in my scraproom closet on the clothes rod.)  My lace and twine are stored in cross stitch floss boxes.

How do you store your ribbon, fibers, twine?

Tutorial-Counterfeit Baker's Twine



Jilli Bean Soup Baker's Twine

I LOVE baker's twine.  I REALLY want to order one of those great multi-color packs from etsy.com.  But I need to make a serious dent in my current stash of ribbons and fibers first.   Here are a few ideas for making your own Baker's Twine (for those of us trying to use what we have)...

Machine Sewing DIY Baker's Twine

"Counterfeit" Baker's Twine

Coloring your own Baker's Twine




American Crafts Velvet Scalloped Ribbon in "Sunflower"


This cute piece of yellow velvet ribbon in this month's inspiration kit.  Here is an interesting idea to create you own "velvet ribbon look" by using flock.

Faux Velvet Ribbon Made From Fun Flock

If you don't own any Fun Flock, Make your own Fun Flock (this looks a bit time consuming, but interesting)!