DIY Ribbon Organizers You Can Make Yourself (...Plus One You Can Buy)
Most of us who are into crafting of any kind have many rolls of ribbon that we use in our crafts.
Personally, I have a drawer that I keep all of my ribbon rolls in, but sometimes that can make it hard to find the roll I'm looking for with all of my ribbons loose in the same drawer.
If you're like me and you've got the same problem, then you've probably been looking for a ribbon organizer so you can put your ribbons in one place -- once and for all -- making it easy to find the ribbon you want for a project very quickly.
Here are some DIY ribbon organizers you can make yourself, plus one you can buy that I happen to like...
1. Purchase one of the many ribbon organizers that are available in craft stores or online.
One of the best ones that I've seen is the ribbon organizer on Quilting Warehouse.com. It's 11-5/8"W X 13-5/8"H X 4-3/8"D and there is a back zipper that opens. There are trays that slide out for easy loading of your ribbon rolls. Plus, there is room for a pair of scissors. This ribbon organizer stores all common sizes of ribbons including scrapbookers ribbon rolls!
2. Make your own ribbon organizer from a plastic box with a lid.
You can usually find these boxes at the dollar store quite cheaply. The only other things you'll need are: a 3/8th inch dowl, a drill or nail driver, a small saw, a magic marker, and sandpaper. Providing you have all these tools on hand, this can be a great money saver!
3. Another option for a homemade ribbon organizer is to use a papertowel dispenser to organize your ribbons.
There are paper towel dispensers that are designed to sit on your counter. They are weighted down at the base to hold them still while you unroll the papertowel roll to get a paper towel. Since ribbon comes on rolls, you can do exactly the same thing with your ribbon rolls by simply stacking them one upon the other on the dowel. If you have a lot of rolls of ribbon, you can simply get more than one papertowel dispenser. Then all you have to do is have a place to store it -- like in a cupboard or on a table you use to do your crafts on.
4. Make your own ribbon organizer using a shoe box, an exacto knife, and a magic marker.
As with the papertowel holder method above, you can easily have more than one shoebox with ribbons. The nice thing about shoe box ribbon organizers is you can easily stack them on your craft table or in a cupboard for ease of finding and using ribbons in a hurry.
5. Make your own ribbon organizer using a sugar jar -- like the ones you see in restaurants.
Sugar jars turn up at second-hand stores all the time. You might also find them at a restaurant supply store or online, as well. One of the cool things about sugar jar ribbon organizers is that you can see when your ribbon rolls are running low. All you do is take the lid off of a clean sugar jar and stack your ribbon rolls inside. Make sure that you grab the end of the ribbon though first. You then thread the ends of all the ribbons up through the little hole in the top of the silver cap. As with many of the other homemade methods, you can purchase as many of these sugar jars as you need for all your ribbons.
You can probably tell I'm a huge fan of doing it yourself if you can rather than buying pre-made anything. While I like the idea of the pre-made ribbon organizers, I don't like the idea of spending money on one (or 3!) that I might need.
Making my own ribbon organizers appeals to my sense of frugality, and I'm certain that there are others who will agree with me. Whichever type of ribbon organizer you choose, having one at hand will definitely make doing craft projects much easier!
Where do you get your pretty ribbons from? i live to buy my ribbons in rolls