Tracy's Organize Challenge

My friend Tracy issued a challenge this morning: to clean and organize either your stamp room, cards, paper, or any storage area that's been bugging you. I know it's not much, but I did accept the challenge. I have a 3 bin container that sits on the filing cabinet next to my desk. The middle bin has been stuffed to its limits of loose ribbon that I have either purchased at a LSS or been given. It is so crammed pack that the poor drawer wouldn't close anymore and when I opened the other draws it would pop open and their would be a mini confetti ribbon explosion. I also noticed that I stopped using all that great ribbon hidden in there because I didn't want to deal with the mess. Almost a year ago, I saw this idea on Amy's blog and I bookmarked it for future use. Now for a little background story, I used to work in a lingerie store at the outlet mall when I was in college. One time we had a shipment of pantyhose..you know the kind that come 1 to a package, and they were shipped with these thick cardboard pieces so the packages wouldn't bend. Being the stamper that I am, I saved those babies and have used them for many projects in the last 5 years (yes I saved a ton of them and still have a nice supply). That is what I used today to wrap my ribbon around. They are cut 2 x 3 with a little slit on the end to hold the ribbon in place. If I only had a short piece of ribbon, I was able to get 2 different styles on one cardboard. If I remembered where I got the ribbon from, I also made a note of it on the cardboard. So now I'm happy, I can once again see what ribbon I have available and everything looks nice and organized. Thanks Tracy!!!