Hi Stampers,
I've had a lot of projects going on this month that have been keeping me away from stamping - hopefully I'll have more stamping time next month and more projects to share with you all!!! One of the projects I've been working on is getting my stamp stuff organized.
After Grandma passed away we have a TON of her Stamping supplies to go through (by the way a BIG used Stamps and tools sale is going to be happening soon - watch for details) She had some Cubes in her Stamp Area and I decided that I would keep them and re-organize my stamp area...
As you can see I've still got a little work to do - but I'm so excited about how easy it's goign to be to get to everything when I'm finished!! One of the items that I have a REALLY hard time staying organized with is my ribbon!! A while ago I shared my Sponge Dauber Monster problem and I think the ONLY Monster worse then them was my Ribbon spools.
I started with a nice organized basket that over time grew to a GREAT jumbled mess to dig through every time I needed ribbon - and spools tucked everywhere!! So I decided it was time for a different solution!! I saw the idea online years ago to use Rain Gutter as a ribbon holder and decided to give that a try...
I sent Dad and Brother off to the Lowe's where they picked up a length of the gutter - and a couple sets of the end caps. They came come, cut the gutter down to the right size (If you don't have a way to gut the gutter at home ask at the home supply store - they'll usually cut it for you - although be prepared for some strange looks if you ask for lots of small length's!!) :) The slide on the end caps and screwed the holders into the wall.
My brother found an "interior" end cap at the store - that slides inside the gutter and he picked a few of them up for me - they make GREAT book ends to keep the ribbon from falling over when the holders are not full.
I LOVE the new system - so easy to find the ribbon I want and super easy to put things away when I'm done!!! If you have a tip for getting organized I would love to hear it - leave me a comment on the post....
Or if you have a Monster you need to tame - let me know I may have an idea for that as well!
Hi Nancy,
I don't remember for sure how wide the gutter was - I just bough what they had in the store :) .. I'm thinking it was 4-5" wide...
The Grosgrain spools do fit in it - but there is one spool size that's larger (the Size the Poly Ribbon and a few others come on) and that will not fit.
When I went shopping I just took a Grosgrain ribbon spool with me and set it in the gutter to make sure it would fit :)
Hope that helps!!
Julie
Posted by: Julie Edmonds | November 22, 2011 at 05:14 PM
Hey Julie,
I am trying to find vinyl rain gutter and wonder how wide is the one you are using. It appears that it will hold the 1/4" grosgrain which is probably the largest spool SU carries. I sure hope I can find some of those interior "bookends"!
Posted by: Nancy | November 22, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Your photo speaks volumes as to what can be accomplished if we try. I hope to try the rain gutter idea soon. I just need to get to a store that sells them. Thanks for the inspiration. My storage monster is fabric. UGH!
Posted by: marilyn | July 31, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Joyce
I'm happy you love the idea!! :) I used Vinyl gutter - nice and easy to keep clean so my ribbon stays nice.
Posted by: Julie Edmonds | July 02, 2011 at 05:52 PM
Aurora - Thanks!! We used two screws on each end of the rain gutter to hold it to the wall - they were going into studs and it's a short length so we figured we were good. I think if you were running a longer run or not in studs you might want to add a couple in the center.
I'm working in getting my whole craft space made over and I'll have more pictures up as I finish areas so stay tuned!! :)
Posted by: Julie Edmonds | July 02, 2011 at 05:51 PM
I love this for Ribbon holder-is this rain gutter vinyl or metal
Posted by: joyce darrah | July 02, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Julie, Love the rain gutter/ribbon holders! How many nails/screws to adhere it to the wall?
Can you post some of pics of your craft room? would love to see how you store all the stamps, etc. Aurora
Posted by: Aurora | July 02, 2011 at 07:59 AM
Thanks Debbie!!
I do still have the punch rack from Ikea - Love it for storing the old style punches - but it doesn't work so great for the newer style punches - I'm still trying to come up with a good way to store the newer punches!! :)
Posted by: Julie Edmonds | June 28, 2011 at 01:43 AM
Wow that is really neat looking...and makes creating fun!!! Do you still have the punch holder from Ikea??? Hope to be as organized as you one day!!! Thanks for sharing...Keep Creating...I love your ideas!!! Debbie Smith
Posted by: Debbie Smith | June 27, 2011 at 07:53 PM