by tascha
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| semi-done for 2 1/2 months |
And now I have FINALLY finished it!
long[ish] screws with caps on them
for the hair bands and elastics
{I have no idea where to acquire them as they were just in our stash of odds/ends}
double ribbon for hair pins
one strand ribbon for smaller clips
tied to very small screws
small clips {smiles}
fewer empty spaces now!
it hangs from a hook at the top of their bedroom door
as I do not want to put a hole in the door
and there is not really any wall space available for it.
YEAH!!!
Just in time for making some Christmas bows.
EDITED to add [January 2012]:
The head bands were having trouble staying on with the board since it is hanging on a frequently used door, so they now have a home in a basket, but all other clips and bows stay in their place when not in use!! YEAH
by tascha |
taming the hair bows
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| a cork board with no home |
[and extra ribbon]
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| lightly spray painted white |
[craft glue]
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a pack of magnets
[from the craft store or walmart] |
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| add hair bows |
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| lots & LOTS of hair bows! |
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[going to put on pegs]
[to hang head bands and elastics] |
And hang on the wall. Ours is not permanently hung anywhere yet, but it is very helpful for the girls to have a place that their bows BELONG. The decorativeness of it is just a bonus-that makes it FUN to put them away. oh YES!
AND, as you can see, we have plenty of room for MORE bows
-guess I’d better get busy. {{smiles}}
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| for hanging hair bands |
[inspiration from another project]
EDITED TO ADD:
[places to buy bows]
by tascha |
How do you store your lids?
This is my ‘everything’ cupboard. It includes all plastic storage containers, baking dishes, plastic picnic plates, salad spinner, casserole dishes, hand mixer, and standing on the side are my cupcake pans and cookie sheets [hiding].
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containers are stacked by shape
circle, square, rectangle |
And then came the day when my lid drawer became a sippy cup/snack bowl drawer [when we had child # 3 on the way]. I tried to put all my lids in one container to sit in the cupboard-did not work. I may have tried some other ideas but really have no recollection of what they were-just that they didn’t work either.
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the shelf is only half the cupboard
(normal, I think) |
Enter:
$Tree ‘garment bags’
I had bought a couple packs since they were 2/$1,
and I was trying to get baby SOCKS under control [still working on that one]. And every time I opened this cupboard, I saw the door… and this wasted space above my bowls.
Something ‘clicked’ !
[in my head]
Some nails tapped in just enough to stay,
and I have lid holders. Attached to the doors. I can see into them, and crumbs can fall through [cuz who doesn’t have crumbs falling off the counter?]. And if they aren’t quite dry when they are put away… well, you know.
And they are sorted just as the stacks of bowls: one side is circles and the other side is square/rectangle.
