I know this will be a big job but it needs to be done.
First I printed out an Anchor to DMC floss conversion chart whitch I found here at
Yarn Tree .
I also created an Excel sheet so i could keep track of all of the dmc colors I have on hand so I dont keep buying repete colors which i seem to do alot :).
As you see my current way of storing my threads and excessories is done in a mixture of diffrent ways that I have discovered over the years trying to organize them.
Bobbins
Clothes Pins
Leaving them in there orginal wrapping
By project
But in the end I just ended up tossing them all in a bin together creating this beautiful jumbled mess.
To get started I went into my Cricut Design space and desiging my own CraftyLady Floss Drops.
This way I will be able see all the colors that I have on hand and get inspired to use them.
Being thrown in that container kept them out of sight out of mind,
I used my cricut to draw out my logo and cut out the tages I needed.
I then glued the 2 halves of cardstock together to make them thicker.
Once dry I sealed them with packing tape and used hole punch to repunch all of the holes out.
They now had a protective covering and feel like a thin piece of plastic making them more durable.
Made a bunch of drop cards so I am now ready to start moving all of my embroidery threads
to there new homes.
Now that the flosses are all hung up I organize the rest of the items in the container.
I took small size snack bags and placed card stock in so that they could stand up taking less room in the container and easier to grab when something is needed rather than digging threw container.
These will holds extra flosses and hang tags.
Other items being stored here are sewing needles , small scissors, a tape measure, sewing kit , hoops and a notebook which I like to have in each of my different crafting bins to write down insperations for that craft as well as projects thatI am working on. This way if i walk away from a project I will know what and why I was making the project and any important information needed in order to complete it.
So nice and neat now what a difference a day makes :)
Since it was so neat and orderly on the inside i decided to make all new matching lables for all of my Crafting storage containers.
So now side tracked for a minute as this is now an important step to my organizing project, so off
the dollar store to pick up 2 rolls of vinyl a teal and a purple to create my new lables . Thinking this will be a simple task on my cricut maker 3. Time to get busy and knock these out so i can move on to the next organizing task.
