Week 2 is finished and it took a bit longer than expected, but I did it and am so happy to have it done! The reason this week in the project takes so much longer is that there is a lot of little piddly things that are done. Yes, I am the one who created this list so it is really my fault that there are so many little things to do within this week, but I am crazy like that so...
Onto the list....
The first part hit is always the wrap. I have a big container of rolls of wrap because I do still prefer wrapping over throwing into a bag (don't think I nix the bags though, they have a place as well) In this area, I make sure all rolls are rolled tightly and secured. If I find any torn, I cut it straight and roll. I had just enough this year so, none to get rid of.
Next is the gift bags (see, I wasn't playin') I still have a ton of these as well. You tend to gain a lot when you have 8 kids with birthdays. These are just all-occasion bags and do not include Christmas (those were cleaned out in Week 1 and made their way to our other garage) I go through these and put in order by occasion; Birthday, Valentine's Day, Easter, Solids, etc...Toss out any that may have come apart and detach any tags on the handles that have been written on and this bin is finished!
Next is my wrap cabinet. This cabinet is full of colored tissue paper, little gift boxes, gift card holders, etc...I organized this one really well last year so this year, it was all about folding tissue neatly and adding a few things to the bins I created from before. Have you ever noticed how expensive colored tissue is compared to white??
Yep, I'm that girl who flattens and folds the colored tissue paper from my kids' birthday bags. Hey, no shame in my game. I would rather use that money for something I need. So, a nice color coordinated stack is what I deal with each year. The right side of this cabinet is stacked neatly and the left side is this...
I am the same with all-occasion as I am with Christmas. I use all kinds of containers to gift as you can see here. Mini buckets, gift card holders, jewelry boxes, netted bags, wine bottle tubes, etc...
Next is the Greeting Cards. I usually keep all cards because I do send out quite a bit to various people; family, friends, strangers, but if I am just not feeling a certain card or haven't used and it has been sitting for a while, it goes to the sale pile. These are my files of cards.
These were chosen to hit the sale pile. There are many different kinds here so they will be put into categories and then will go up in my album.
So, when are we coming into the really piddly part of this week? Right here!
Seriously, why do I put myself through this part. Ok. Here we go, I am a sticker person. I love them! I put stickers on all letters I send out, birthday cards, etc...so, in order to be able to find the stickers I need, I have to organize them by category somehow. It isn't pretty, but I just do manilla envelopes right now. Prettier than being all over the place, but maybe will come up with another system at a later date. The reason that this is so "gah" is because I snip stickers to seperate into their correct categories which takes so much time. I just keep them lined up in a cube container that I got from The Dollar Tree.
I had so many kid's stickers this year that I had to make a 2nd kid's envelope! I have a few groups on FB where you can send cards to kids for birthdays, get well, etc.. and not only do I place a sticker on the outside of the envelope, but I also send a few unused stickers as a gift inside the card.
Stickers are now organized and ready for 2022 use.
On this work bench are also a few other fabric cubes. One holds spools of paper ribbon that I use for gifts and gift baskets. There is also one for fabric ribbons. One other for bows. Those stay on the neat side so I didn't document with photos.
That is all for Week 2. Up next Week 3: Organizing Bills, etc...
See you soon!
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