Shoebox Labels

Organize Your Craft Room Inexpensively With Clear Shoeboxes

Hi There Everybody!

Woohoo, the sun is out! That's a big deal if any of you have 

been experiencing one of the gloomiest winters ever, as we have up here in 

Central Alberta. Right now though, we are in our second week of brilliant sunshine 

and my little girlies couldn't be happier! Check out their snowball feet.

I am still on a mission to get my sewing/craft/art room in order. I decided to 

dedicate the major portion of my bookshelf to corral my smaller supplies into 

one corner of the room.This unit was about to be scrapped by a furniture 
company my eldest son used to work for, and knowing my love of recycling and repurposing, he brought it straight home. It's four feet wide and seven feet tall! 
Yay! This is the same shelf that helps to support my tension rod organizer.

To get started I used these clear shoeboxes that I 

bought at Home Depot for sixty-nine cents each. 

All I needed was some cardboard, a Sharpie marker, a utility knife, 

and a ruler or yardstick. 

This big chisel edge Sharpie is what I used to make the letters. It's fantastic.

I traced the end of the shoebox onto a piece of paper, adjusted it to fit inside, 

and made a template from cardboard. I traced several and cut them out using 

the ruler and knife. I wanted to be able to spot the labels from across the room, 

so they had to be large. 

I lined the labels up end-to-end and used my yardstick to draw two lines down the center.

                                                

         

I then labelled them according to their contents, 

popped them into the ends of the boxes, and filled them up!

 This section used eighteen shoeboxes. Total Cost:  $12.42! 

And now when I open the door I see everything at a glance. Love it!

Hope your day has some sunshine in it, and Happy Organizing!

Val