Boxes and Bags and Bows, Oh My!

December 15, 2009

in Works For Me Wednesday

Sometimes I come up with something so profound that it surprises even me.

Humility anyone?

Actually, I’m not sure how profound this is, but it certainly is a clever little trick that works for me.

While perusing through The Big Lots one day I ran across a couple of large, fun boxes. I had no earthly idea what I was going to do with them, I just knew I wanted them. Sadly, that is the way that 86% of the stuff in my house ends up at my house. The only difference with these boxes is that I actually use them for something that is practical.

Here are the boxes.

While they look like cutely decorated, cleverly disguised Christmas gifts, they are in fact hiding some Christmas necessities that I hate to go digging for when I’m ready to wrap a present or running late and in need of a Christmas bag.

For instance, this Santa Claus box is actually storage for 247 Christmas bows.

 

Okay, so there aren’t actaully 247 in there, but I can tell you there are at least 80 with plenty of room for a ton more.

And this cute Snowman box hides all of my holiday gift bags, to/from labels, tape and ribbon.

Like I said, clever, practical and profound.

You can thank me later!

Have a great Wednesday, folks! And be sure to head over to We Are That Family for more things that work for you!

{ 6 comments }

1 Terry December 16, 2009 at 8:06 am

I’ve seen so many festive boxes, now I’m looking at them differently. I love how your “thinking in the box.” Saves so much time from running here and there to get everything when it’s gift wrapping time! Thanks for the great post – I will be doing this one!
.-= Terry´s last blog ..Christmas Finds at Goodwill =-.

2 Kim Young December 16, 2009 at 8:19 am

That is really cute and genius! So simple. When my kids are older, I will do this, definitely!
.-= Kim Young´s last blog ..Construction Site/Dollhouse =-.

3 Julie Bagamary December 16, 2009 at 12:44 pm

Clever and cute!!

4 B December 16, 2009 at 5:11 pm

That’s a great idea! Why didn’t I think of it before? Thanks for the tip!

5 Nikke December 17, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Super-D-Duper clever! LOVE it!! Thanks for sharing!
.-= Nikke´s last blog ..My Secret Santa =-.

6 Jean December 18, 2009 at 4:07 pm

Thinkin’ inside the box, Julie! I will keep that in mind. Next year should be a normal Christmas at home. Glad we’re missing the snow, though. Ha

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