Ribbon Storage Saturday, May 17 2008
ribbon and storage and tips 12:02 pm
Hello all,
While wandering around Home Depot, I suddenly remembered that I needed some pegboard hooks. So I meandered over to that section and discovered a possible solution for my ribbon storage! Who’d a thunk?!
Below, is a picture of what I found. It’s a holder that is used on pegboard and it’s for paper towel, twine, and wire. So, why not ribbon?! It cost about $2.57 and seemed to be on clearance (as the tag was yellow):

Although it states it’s for pegboard, it comes with corner holes (as you can see) so somebody can drill it into regular wood (or your wall).
I decided to try it out in my scraproom that has some pegboard near my worktable:

As you see, it works great! I purchased three of them. Now, please note that the plastic rod is rather thick, so I did have to use a steak knife and widen the holes of most of my spools. But that didn’t take too long.
And yes, perhaps it’s not the prettiest ribbon holder out there…

but it gets the job done!
And for about $8.00 for all three of them, it’s a lot less expensive than the $10 (I had a 50% coupon!) I paid for the Martha Stewart Ribbon Storage boxes. That’s $10 EACH!
Hope this proves inspirational for somebody.
Until next time!
S.C.
May 17, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Great idea! HD is a great place for finding re-purposed items for scraprooms! We salute you, Sir Craftalot for searching the aisles of the foreign kingdom for us, the fair damsels in the cricut domain!
Your humble maiden,
BettyBee
May 17, 2008 at 3:01 pm
That is a great idea–and using a steak knife to widen the openings sounds just like something I would do!! The steak knife is one of my best tools since it is always right there in the kitchen drawer!!
May 17, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Really cool idea!!! Love it!!
May 28, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Fantastic idea for the ribbon storage thanks for sharing:)
June 23, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Ted! Thanks for letting us know about your website. If you mentioned it before, sorry, I missed it!
Love the website and love the jars with magnetic lids. Gotta go get some of those. Lots and lots of things to put in them!