Our ongoing quest to create Order from Chaos seems to be never ending! Here is a peek of some of the creative ways we're trying to organize our treasures using what we have on hand.
Images 1 and 2: Re~Purposed Vintage Baskets hold cherished bits of ribbon and lace.
Image 3: Vintage reproduction HAT STAND is transformed into a charming ribbon organizer! (Thanks to my kind friend...Cindy Villareal...for sharing this creatively useful idea with me many years ago!)
We're off now, to work on making some sense of the vintage silver plate we have cluttering about! Have a lovely weekend and a very happy Mother's Day to all of you who nurture offspring of one kind or another!
Love and good thoughts from,
Tracey and Family
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P.S. Any "use what you have" organizing suggestions and/or inspirations are always warmly welcome and...of course...sorely needed!
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hi Tracey! thank you so much for your welcome back comment! it was so good to hear from you as always. i see you have been busy. i just adore the organizing ideas. ribbons and baskets are two of my favorite things, but they can get a bit messy at times. i love your ideas! the ribbons look so pretty in the baskets. i am a huge basket fan and what better way to use them than to help organize your ribbon or any small trinkets around the house. also love the hat stand idea. you keep going your going to have to do a craft book. these ideas are amazing! i also looked through your blog and i fell in love with those beautiful plates you and Rosie found at the yard sale. those are gorgeous!
i also enjoy the images of your friend LeAnna's wedding shower. everything looked so beautiful!
are you ready for our Birthday month (June). can't wait. yay for June babies!
well i'm off now. wishing you a blessed and lovely weekend. Happy Mother's Day my friend!
God Bless,
love Charmaine
I love the vintage hat stand as ribbon organizer! I have so many many ribbons and bits of trim and really don't know the best way to organize them. Right now they're in plastic bins and jars but I need to have them in one place.
Happy Mother's Day dear Tracey! I hope it's a wonderful one!
Manuela
Hello Sweet Charmaine! A thousand thanks for the kind comments and encouragement (as always :) !!! Oh yes, you are so right...we've been busy,busy but not as busy as I NEED to be (lots more to keep me moving hahaha). That being said...my answer is YES...we "Junies" (Katie and I) are already gearing up for next month as our birthday month!!! I have a feeling it will be lots and lots of fun!
Thank you so much for stopping by today! I have to say that I am so glad you are back to blogging as I so enjoy looking at the many beautiful things you share.
Love and hugs,
Tracey
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P.S. A happy and blessed Mother's Day to you too Charmaine...and to your mom as well!
Thank you so much dear Manuela!!! Yes, those bits and bobs of ribbons and lace can get all over the place...don't I know it. :)) You have such a gift for keeping things together (and so artistically) I know your solutions will be useful and beautiful! In our case, I found a few more glass boxes (not as pretty as the gilt case in the earlier post but equally useful ;) so I suppose they will be filling up as I continue to sort through my own set of plastic bins and jars!
A blessed and happy Mother's Day to you my kind friend.
Love and hugs,
Tracey
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Tracey, my aren't you the industrious one! I love your ribbon holder from an old hat stand! The baskets are so lovely too! I have been trying to find some pretty things for my craft area. I picked up some vintage jewelry boxes for a song a few weeks ago. STill need to get the bling things in them!
This is not necessarily a pretty organizer idea but it works. I buy the spring mix salad at Sams in those clear plastic tubs. You can see everything you put in them at a glance. The label around comes off nicely if you just have a slow go of it pulling it off.
Happy Mother's Day friend!
bee blessed
mary
The hat stand turned ribbon organizer is a great idea.
Hello dear Mary Ellen!
You are so blessed to have found those vintage jewelry boxes!!! I am just so excited to see what you do with them! I have one...and I've filled it to the brim with some of our costume jewelry...but am always looking for more because they are just so pretty and useful. I don't find them often out here, for some reason.
Happy Mother's Day to you my blessed friend!!!
Love and warm hugs,
Tracey
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Hi DD!
Yes, the hat stand idea is a good one...wish I could take credit for it!
My friend Cindy gave me that little trick a long time ago and I've been grateful ever since!
Warmly,
Tracey
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P.S. I am just charmed by all those amazing feet~finds on your newest post!!!
I am in complete agreement Clarice!!! Form, function and, of course, frugality are always among my favorite frugal luxuries!!! :)
Have a wondrous Mother's Day my friend, hope you are feeling better soon.
Love,
Tracey
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Once again, you inspire me! Now that the play is over and I have some time, I'd really like to do some organizing. I always have my eye open at thrift stores, looking for cute baskets and such. I just can't justify paying $15 for a basket from Michael's when I can spend a couple of dollars at the thrift store. Thanks for the inspiration...and Happy Mother's Day!!
I'm with you Angie...thrift stores, yard sales and flea markets are my very favorite places to find interesting baskets...for practically nothing! I found several huge ones recently and am using them to organize my books!
Hope you're enjoying a happy Mother's Day my friend!
Warmly,
Tracey
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