December 29, 2006

Bright Idea of the Week

While we are on the subject of organizing I thought I'd share this idea with those of you who are in the process of putting away your Christmas ornaments. I save empty egg cartons and use them for packing away my small breakable ornaments. As much as it kills me to put away these beautiful vintage ornaments, at least I know they will be well protected until next year.

9 comments:

  1. I love that idea :) Now, where do I find the ostrich egg cartons to store the huge ornaments? ;) Your ornaments are beautiful!! I think I broke at least 5 just like them this year! hehe... I like the storage containers you were excited to get in the blog below. Are they up and being used??

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  2. Beautiful ornaments and GREAT storage tip!

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  3. That's a great tip Jen and your ornaments look all shiny and cozy in their protective home. I always keep the styrofoam egg cartons to use as paint palettes for craft projects. A little dab of paint in the bottom stays contained and you can add water if needed to dilute the paint. Close the lid and no mess.

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  4. Hi Jen, that's a really good idea as the vintage decorations are so fragile! Hope you have a Happy New Year and I look forward to visiting your blog regularly in 2007 - hope you don't mind but I've added a link from my blog! Clare x

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  5. Great idea Jen.....LOVE the colours of your ornaments.

    Hope you found lots of other storage ideas for your sort-out.

    Niki

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  6. great idea! We splurged for the ornament boxes. I wrap the delicate ones in tissue first.

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  7. GREAT idea! Now to get all those eggs eaten for the cartons!

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  8. Here Here to the revolution!

    I agree with everything mentioned so far and added to my own list it looks like I will be busy revolting and resoluting all year. Oooohhhhhh I feel tired already .... time for a snooze.

    Look forward to more wise words for 2007.
    The very best wishes Ginny

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  9. I wish I had seen this post before putting away my huge collection of ornaments!!! The are wrapped in tissue and drowned in a huge box. Thanks for sharing this idea! Oh, what do you do with larger ones???

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