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I’m a crazy person when it comes to holiday decorations. I love being able ot fill the house with fun reminders of the holidays coming up and enjoy making and purchasing holiday decor. The one thing I don’t like? Organizing holiday decorations.
So when I received my Brother P-touch PT-H100 label maker a few months ago I knew the one project I needed to tackle after the holidays was to organize my holiday decor. And that includes big and little holidays.
Because when I head out to the garage to grab the next holiday’s bin, I don’t want to see Christmas in the Valentine’s & Easter box. Because next Christmas I’ll be wondering where the tree skirt went.
After making excuses for a few weeks I finally did it. I tackled organizing all of the holiday decorations and now have a fairly clean garage again. Here are a few tips I learned along the way:
1. Mix smaller holidays together –
Because I don’t have as many decorations for holidays like Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter I decided to make combo boxes so that smaller holidays that are close together go in the same bin. That also goes for barbecue decor and Fourth of July decorations as well.
2. Use a few color coded bins –
By using 1-2 color coded bins for each major holiday I know where to group the bins that go with it. And I can quickly glance up to grab the right holiday boxes because my eyes go right to the holiday colors.
Now I didn’t go crazy overboard with the color coded bins because I found standard bins on clearance while shopping for these. But if I find more Christmas and Halloween colored bins on clearance I’m sure I’ll pick them up too.
3. Label each bin clearly –
By using my Brother P-touch PT-H100 label maker I was able to clearly label each bin with the holiday it’s for. I won’t have to drag down bins I don’t need to because it’s all there.
And when they aren’t in use I use the empty bins to house my everyday home decor while the holiday decor is out.
I love how versatile my new label maker is and how easy it makes organizing my home. From organizing the craft room to helping out with organizing presents at Christmastime I’ve come to grow very fond of this great tool.
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Great idea to mix smaller holidays together! I’ve got lots of random decor that I don’t want to put in its own box so this would be good for me to do! 🙂
These are some great tips that I can use at work.My craft closet is a hot mess! My best tip: label EVERYTHING! I try to label things and keep a slip in paper in the box so when I get motivated for a craft or activity I can jot down notes for future reference.
Great idea! I need to add some slips of paper to these boxes.
What an awesome idea to label the bins like that.
Please, they are all stuffed into 2 boxes but love your tips to organize them better.
I have the same label maker and use it all the time too. good to use it for the holiday items!
What great tips! I use this label maker for everything! It is wonderful!
Oh those holiday decorations can just get everywhere if they’re not organized! Love the idea of using a label maker for the purpose.
I’ve never owned a label maker but they seem so handy especially for storage of things that are usually such a mess like holiday decorations! And TOYS. oh the toys.