May Arts Ribbon Organization Blog Hop & Giveaway

Welcome to the second day of the May Arts Organization blog hop!  The Ribbonistas are sharing ways to store all of that gorgeous ribbon that we love.  I have to tell you, this hop kind of sent me into panic mode, because I was afraid if I shared pictures of my studio, a camerman might show up from Hoarders, and want to shoot an episode!  But, luckily, I've been motivated to work on some storage solutions -  and I can tell you, I will be stalking the rest of the team's blogs to see what great ideas they came up with!  Also, be sure to leave plenty of comments along the way, for a chance to win 3 spools of your choice of May Arts ribbon.

I like to organize my ribbons by color (mostly) - because, I am generally looking for a specific color to go with a project.  My exception for this is my silk ribbon.  I keep it all grouped together, because I will generally work with it together.

I have CD storage boxes arranged on a wooden book shelf that the shelved are sloped towards the middle (like a V).  I can see into the boxes of ribbon while they are on the shelf.  My silk ribbon is just in it's own little box.    For shorter lengths of ribbon, not on the spool, I use a large safety pin, and group similar types of ribbon together, and hang this from my baker's rack, that is right beside my ribbon shelf.  This seems to work better for me than having them all stuffed in a big box (which is how it was before the idea of this hop!) Here is the rest of the hop line-up.  I hope you will be inspired to organize your ribbon stash. Monday Candy Rosenberg Charlene Driggs  DeeDee Catron Emily Lanham Erika Taylor Wednesday Erin Thiem Gini Williams Cagle Jen Shears Jenifer Cowles Karen Baker Friday Lalo IK Leah Farrar-White Sandy Allnock Virginia Fynes