New year, new organization

It seems that every year I resolve to be better organized.

This year is no different.

Why do I resolve to be better organized each year?

Because of this…

(This is suppose to be my crafting area.  See the piles?)

and this…

(This is my main work space.  I don’t think there is 6 square inches bare right now.)

oh, and this…

(Not that a single roll or crumpled paper is a big deal but supplies do get lost and ruined when I’m not organized.)

I decided to tackle the box of wrapping paper and bags in a box under my bed.

Why the box of wrapping paper?

Mostly because it is a rather small project and it shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes to complete.  Quick and relatively simple is good.

Let’s start small I say.

Maybe it will give me the inspiration to stick with getting better organized.

Notice I didn’t say get organized.  I don’t think that I’ll ever be completely organized but ever little bit will help.

This was what I started with.

I did binder clip the boxes I put away this year but then I just stuffed the box back under the bed and was going to forget about it.

The box really was layered with lots of bags, tissue paper, tags and even a holiday frame.  Don’t ask…. I guess last year I got lazy and shoved a frame in with the wrapping paper.

 

Look at all the torn and crumpled paper.

Seriously this blue paper is foil paper and was not cheap.

What a shame I didn’t treat it better.

Oh, and both ends were pretty much in the same shape.

Double oops.

13 rolls…. why did I feel the need to buy a roll of paper this year?

Sure it was only a dollar from Target but still, I really did have enough.

I had read a tip somewhere to use toilet paper and paper towel tubes to keep wrapping paper from unrolling.  Sorry I don’t remember where to give proper credit.  I saved a few over the past week or so and used all that I had to keep a few of the rolls together.

It worked good after I trimmed the tattered edges on a few rolls.

After cleaning the box I put all the rolls of wrapping paper back in.

Only one was so long it needed to be diagonal in the box.

I decided to save space and put some rolls inside of larger rolls.

That should help keep the paper from getting tattered too.

    I added a few flat sheets of paper and the binder clipped boxes on top of the rolls of paper.

 

I organized all of the gift bags and put them all in one bag.

This alone was a space saver and really helped to organize the box.

Look… 30 some pull bows.  

I don’t think one of my presents had a bow on it this year.

I wonder why… oh yeah, because they were buried on the bottom of the wrapping paper box that I tried to avoid.

Next year I think all of my present will have a bow, or maybe two or three bows.

I decided to not put tissue paper and some cello bags back in the box.

I’m going to store them with my mailing supplies for my etsy orders.

They will look a lot more professional than random plastic bags I’m using now.

There were a few boxes, a bag and some cello that I decided to part with as well.

In the spring I get together with some of my sisters and we exchange our crap, no I mean our excess craft supplies, with one another.  These boxes will be perfect to pack up my crap, oh, my ‘supplies’ to share.

I started already by putting some tags in one box already.

I’m pretty happy with my results.

Looks much better than what I started with.

    

Look the cover even fits on making it easier to slide under my bed.

 

As a reminder of what I started with..

Before                                            After

 

This feels good.

One messy area taken care of.

Maybe this will be the year that I get organized after all….

 Maybe there is hope for my craft area.

Any tips to get me organized this year?

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