I am a cluttery clean freak. When I am working on a project, I can turn my Lysoled dining room into scrap paper mayhem in less than two minutes. Since I started this blog in August, my office slash craft room has devolved from “the place where I work” to “the place where I throw stuff then slam the door so no one will see it.” I could barely walk in there. Knowing that there is this enormous mess in my little house has been weighing on me.
I began tackling it on Wednesday afternoon and finished Thursday. I keep my craft supplies in IKEA storage boxes on modern metal bookshelves. When I originally organized it a few years ago, I carefully put all the cutting tools in one box, all the ribbons in another, and so on. But I skipped labeling the boxes, and so whenever I needed something, I had to remove multiple lids and rummage. Worse, I stopped putting things back where they should go, and the disarray grew. So this time, I made labels for the boxes. Now I can go straight to the item I need, and replace it properly when done.
Once all the scissors and gift tags and ribbons and glue and paper were stored away, I felt so much better. I had returned to the land of productivity, a place we all need to spend time regularly. Especially those of us who may have a little extra stress and time on our hands right now.
I am including the printable labels I used at the end of this post, in case you, too, have anything that needs organizing. You can enter your own text into the PDF before you print it. They also make wonderful, any occasion gift tags.
Materials:
Color Printer (you may also bring the PDF to a copy store near you–I used Fed Ex)
Paper Cutter or Scissors
White Cardstock
Double-sided Tape
STEP 1 Download and Edit
Download the PDF using the link at the bottom of this sheet. Save it to your hard drive or a thumb drive. The PDF is a letter size, 8.5×11 inch sheet, with twelve 2×2 inch labels on a page.
After you have saved the file, open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This step is very important. While PDFs will open in many applications, the form functions only work properly in Adobe. Click inside the blue highlighted areas, and type whatever you like. Save the file.
STEP 2 Print
For paper, use a bright white cardstock. If you do not have a printer, you can also just have them printed at an office store local to you. The cost is less than a dollar per sheet, and many vendors will also cut them for you.
Once you are ready, print as many sheets as you need.
STEP 3 Cut Out
I prefer to use a paper cutter when I am cutting out tags, as it helps to get the corners perfectly square using the guides. I love my Purple Cows Trimmer. If you don’t have a paper cutter, however, you can also use scissors.
STEP 4 Adhere Labels
Use a double-sided tape to attach the labels to the boxes.
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