Hi, everyone. I'm Alejandra from Alejandra.TV. And in this video, I'm going to show you how
I organize my wrapping paper and my crafts in my craft organizer.
But first, if you're looking to start getting organized, you can check out my free organizing
video series on my website, Alejandra.TV. I'll put the link is below.
OK. So one of the biggest things I see with organizing your wrapping paper is like the
wrapping paper tubes are not organized and the ends are wrinkled and torn and like the
papers are kind of crinkly and stuff which defeats the purpose of wrapping a pretty gift.
So I'm going to show you how I organize my wrapping paper. But first, I'm going to show
you my craft organizer.
So I have this craft organizer on the wall that just holds like my acrylic paints and
some craft supplies in here. And then it has like my ribbon for wrapping gifts right here.
You just like pull it and cut it. It's so simple and easy. And I have all of my duct
tape for labelling things or just for color coding things when I'm organizing. The same
thing with the ducts, I use ducts for color coding different things like setting up different
systems in color-coded order.
And then since this is like my craft organizer, I wanted to find a way like a crafty way to
display all of like the things that I create. So I mentioned in a previous video that I
don't do as many crafts as I used to do but I still do some. And when I do them, a lot
of things I do is like painting these frames.
My sister and I started painting these frames a few years ago. And so, I kind of just display
them up here as like reminders that I'm crafty and it's just fun to display what you create.
So I created this one a few years ago. This is just like Ed and I like a fun frame. My
sister made this for me a few years ago. That's my sister and me and we made this one together.
And then my friend, Ashley, had made this one for me in college and it's kind of like
ironic. She created this or she made this for me almost like ten years ago. And it was
like before I started my whole organizing business. But it says, "Things that Handra
loves." Because she calls me Handra and it was like cleaning, to organize, having fun,
color coding, and perfection. I found it -- it's at my parents' house a few years ago. And
I found it and I was like, "This is so funny. I need to hang this in my office because it's
all about organizing and color coding and just like cleaning and stuff. So I put that
out there.
And then my grandfather painted these pictures like probably ten or so years ago. So those
stay up there. But yeah, it's just a nice way to display all of the things that you
create. So that's my craft organizer.
Let me show you how I organize all of my wrapping paper in a creative, organized way. So over
here is where I have like my whole gift wrapping station. I have this little mirror up here
that has three hooks, scissors, this is like one of those -- they're kind of like scissors
for wrapping paper. You just go like that and it cuts the wrapping paper. And then I
have a tape right here.
So I put all of my wrapping paper inside of this free-standing basket that I just got
from Home Goods. It's out of the way and it just like holds all of the wrapping paper
so nice and organized.
Now you're probably wondering like, "How are the wrapping paper tubes so straight up and
why they're not falling over?" Well, when I got this and I put all the wrapping paper
inside, I was thinking like -- or like I saw it and all the tubes were going like sideways
and they were crossing each other. And when you pulled one out, they would all zigzagged.
It was hard to put another one back in. So I was trying to figure out, "How can I get
them to stand up straight and just be easier to pull out and put back in?"
So I tried doing rice. I tried doing like the floral beads and stuff. And that was just
like a big mess. So what I've done here is I've take Styrofoam cups that I just got from
the Dollar Store and I just punched the bottom out with scissors and just pulled it out.
And then I've glue gunned -- so I've taken like cardboard box. I cut it into a circle.
Put it at the bottom of the hamper. And then I took a glue gun, glue gunned the bottom
and glue this to the bottom of the cardboard. And now, the tubes just stick like straight
up inside of the Styrofoam cups that are from the Dollar Store.
So simple, so organized and now when I come here to grab a wrapping paper tube, I just
pick it up. It's like right there. And then to put it back in, I just put it back in like
that and it doesn't fall over. It's so easy. The ends don't get torn or crinkled and it
also kind of like limits me to how many tubes of wrapping paper I can buy like I can't fit
anymore in there. So I can't buy another one until I finished another -- like until I finished
a current one.
OK. So another cool thing about using Styrofoam cups as storage is you're actually reusing
them for storage instead of throwing them out and putting them in a landfill. Another
thing is a lot of recycling centers don't accept Styrofoam so it's hard to recycle.
So if you can use them as storage, it's a great way to just keep them and not toss them.
Another thing you can do with Styrofoam cups is line a bin for your holiday storage and
put all your ornaments inside so they don't touch each other and crack and get damaged.
So, tons of cool ways to reuse Styrofoam cups for storage.
So that is how I organized all of my crafts and wrapping paper. If there is something
that you do that you want to share to keep all your craft supplies or wrapping paper
organized, leave a comment below and let us know. And if this is your first time watching
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my website at Alejandra.TV.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you soon. Bye.