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Make Your Own Ribbon Organizer

ribbon Ribbons can quickly get out of hand and become a big tangled mess. And there are so many deals out there right now for pretty ribbons, that it is hard to resist picking them up and adding them to the collection.

If you can find them, you can purchase ribbon organizers that cost quite a bit. Instead, why not save money and make your own? When the holiday season rolls around, you won’t be fit to be tied.

This ribbon organizer project calls for the following materials:

A plastic box with a lid. (Check the dollar store or your local craft store for these boxes. I have found them for 50 cents each.

A 3/8th inch dowel

And your rolls of ribbons

You will also need a drill or nail driver that can drill or punch a hole that is 3/8th inch, a small saw, sandpaper, and a magic marker.

Here is how you put it all together:

Take the lid off of the box and orient the box so that one of the short ends faces you. Measure three inches from either side and mark the measurement with dots, using a magic marker. Repeat for the opposite side of the box, so you wind up with four marks for hole, two on each short end of the box.

Next, drill the four holes and finish them by sanding the rough edges with some sandpaper.

Take your dowel and cut two pieces from it, each the length of the box plus about two inches. Most plastic boxes will require lengths of about 16 inches long, but check this against your own box. After cutting, sand the rough edges of the dowels.

Assembling each dowel, one at a time, slide the dowel through one hole. Then thread the spools of ribbon through the dowel before sliding the dowel through the hole at the opposite end. Do the same for the remaining dowel. Place the lid on the box, and you are done!

Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here.

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Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, online content manager, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania in the middle of the woods but close enough to Target and Home Depot. The author of many magazine, newspaper and online articles, Mary Ann enjoys writing about almost any subject. "Writing gives me the opportunity to both learn interesting information, and to interact with wonderful people." Mary Ann has written more than 5,000 blogs for Families.com since she started back in December 2006. Contact her at maromans AT verizon.net or visit her personal blog http://homeinawoods.wordpress.com