I’ve improved my crafting life with a simple ‘hack’ (clickbait much?). I’m very happy with it though. For a very long time, my sizeable stash of buttons has been living in a pouch in little plastic bags or in a box in little plastic bags. Effectively, every time I needed a set of buttons, I needed to upend a container, locate the buttons I wanted and then refill the container. This was NOT fun to do, I needed something better.
Since I have limited storage space and too many buttons my new solution couldn’t take up much space. It was hovering around Christmas and I suddenly had an idea, after pinteresting for ever. I was going to hang the little plastic bags up with Christmas ball hooks to some sort of rack. This would allow me to add more easily, sort them into corresponding colours and be able to see all of them at once. So I went to some stores and found a super nice rack, heavily discounted for €2. It even has birds on!
So off with the rack I went to set up my new project. I tied some rope to the top to be able to hang it on my bedroom door – my sewing room door has a mirror so it was ‘full’. Yes, it’s hanging on a Christmas wreath hook, this project is quite Christmassy for no apparent reason. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how many bags have fallen off it since it was put up (only 1 in 2 weeks). Ps. for those wondering, at my job we use USB-sticks that come in little plastic bags. I though it stupid to throw those away when I can use them for buttons, so I’ve been collecting them.
Super handy reuse/repurpose idea!