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My mom RAK'd me with probably around 100 different ribbon all 1 or 2 yards long. Very nice of her, but WHAT to do with them? My friend told me about Scrapbook.com's new Pull-EZ ribbon purse. I liked it, but it was a bit too much ($20 each).
So, today I was just about to recycle my son's plastic bag that held his wooden puzzle book and thought... I wonder?
It is hard to see since the plastic is clear, but I used my exacto knife to make some slits in the bag in 3 rows near the top and PRESTO! Slid the end of the ribbon out of the slit and here is a ribbon storage bag for ribbons 1 to 2 yards long. Looks pretty awful, but hey, I don't mind. Does the trick!
Ok, so that isn't the ugliest bag I've ever seen and its very clever and environmentally friendly to reuse and recycle stuff you would have trashed. Why spend $20 on something that is free?
Very creative thinking - great recycling - and you can see all of the ribbons in one place - I am going to save the next bag that we have from a toy for this purpose - I have so many odds of ribbons that this is perfect :-)
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And now you have $20 to spend on more stamps!
(PS It didn't make me run screaming into the night. Not gorgeous but you have to do way worse than that to call it the ugliest thing ever!)
Hey! It works and it's way better than the basket of odds and ends that I have. Just tonight I was digging thru the mess thinking, "There HAS to be a better way..." ;-)
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I think this was a very good idea. You cansee what ribbons you actually have and you just need to pull on the ribon and cut. YOu can add more if you need to. Very practical. I would use that with pride! And as others have mentioned - it is recycled and you saved money!!!!! Maybe you started a new ribbon bag trend. This is perfect for all of those loose ribbons. Right now I use Cropper Hopper's cribbon cards and holder for my loose ribbon BUT the ribbon creases from thefolds around the ribbon card. This is a much better idea as the ribon does not really need to be ironed before use.
You may be onto a new ribbon invention! I know I would buy one and get rid of my current one.
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Yesterday I bought an organizer with 26 one yard spools of alphabet ribbon at Hobby Lobby on clearance for 11 bucks. It's cute and sturdy and all, but your idea takes up much less space and is more portable.
I am new to your board! I am a cardmaker/scrapbooker and have lots of ribbon. Since I use ribbon on every project, I need it really organized so I can find exactly the ribbon I am looking for. I use ribbon ring tags... . I like how they hang on the wall and I can see all of one particular ribbon color at once. Just another idea for those of you who haven't solved your ribbon storage problem yet!
Can you wrap them around clothes pins? I got them 100 for $1.41 at Walmart That is what I did then I stuck them in here My box for ribbon by MonTigg at Splitcoaststampers (this picture was taken before the clothes pins so you see a mess of ribbon inside but it looks very neat with the pins)
Personally I think that is the cutest and cleverest thing ever LOL At least you can see it. I took an ordinary box with a lid on it and punched holes in it and pulled the ribbons out so I could see what I had. Later when I got more ribbons I got a box from fabricland and punched holes in that and put grommets in them. It was a big box and I made 3 levels of riobbon threads. I seperated the levels by putting cardboard right after the other. Works just fine and it holds alot of ribbon. Cute to because you could alter the cardboard box ( I just left it the way it was Swirly green decoration. Love green and love swirls) cost me $3.00
LOL! On page 104 of the new Creating Keepsakes, there is a thing called Ribbon pull-ez, which looks suspiciously like your ribbon storage but I imagine costs a lot more. You should sell them!
LOL! On page 104 of the new Creating Keepsakes, there is a thing called Ribbon pull-ez, which looks suspiciously like your ribbon storage but I imagine costs a lot more. You should sell them!
That's where I got the idea!! I got an email from Scrapbook.com and they are $20 each plus shipping. Lack of funds forces creativity!! LOL!
If I had seen it without reading your post first my first thought would not have been that it is ugly. I think it is creative and functional and pretty darn cool! Good thinking!
I was going to buy one of those ribbon purses but now I can spend that money on stamps!!! I have the perfect package to recycle now that I've seen your super cool idea. I have a zippered bag that a set of sheets came in. Probably have enough ribbon to fill a comforter bag but that wouldn't be very handy for crops, would it? Hehehe
This is the UGLIEST ribbon storage EVER!
