Buttons - heaven knows I have a gazillion buttons and I love them! But, organizing them has been a challenge. I originally had them all in cute bowls from Anthropologie that matched my room so perfectly. I loved having them sorted by colors - but - I didn't have anywhere to put them! Then I started to see on numerous blogs how people were putting all their buttons into big jars and buckets and loved having all the colors in there. Sure - it looks awesome - a rainbow of colors. And then you just dig for the buttons you need.
Well, I decided to do it. I had that large glass open jar from Ikea and threw all my buttons in there (well, not all, but those that were open in my room). I kept it that way - for about a month - and never touched them. I HATED IT!! I hated the chaos of it. I hated how all the colors were messed up and that I couldn't quickly get the ones I needed.
Anyway - I decided to go to my old method of organizing them by color. So, my sweet little helpers came to the rescue. It took us about 3 days to finally get it all finished - Madisyn was the best helper! She loves things like that. Now, I have all my buttons in ziploc bags cause I need to find a place to put them. But, it makes me happy to have them all by color again.
So, that's my organizing nightmare for ya! I guess you have to try things out to find out what works best for you.
I am off for my fun weekend with my dear friend, Amy! I am so excited to see her and to hang out for a few days - with no kids! :) :) We've got some super fun projects planned that I'll be sure to share next week! I am taking sooo much stuff it's sick - I just want to be sure I have everything I might need or want to play with! We are both needing a break so badly so this is going to be so so fun! Can you tell that I'm so excited?
Hope you all have a great weekend! I'll be back Monday with some fun shares! Hugs!