organizing

How-To: Vintage Spool Cork Board

  I love scoring vintage wooden thread spools at thrift stores, but the thread on them is often too old and brittle to use for sewing. The Silly Pearl has a cute how-to for turning them into this handy cork board (and a few spool-based thumb tacks). The colors play off each other so nicely […]

How-To: Crochet Pincushion Storage Jars

Not only is this project a nice way to reuse empty jars, it’s a cute idea for collecting all the small items you need for a sewing project – with a crocheted pin cushion on top! The tutorial from Her World.com is in Danish, but travels reasonably well through Google Translator, as you can see […]

How-To: Handmade Paper Magnet Board

By Andrew Lewis The refrigerator is the organizational hub of many households. All of the little sticky notes, bills, tickets, reminders, and priceless works of crayon art conspire to clutter up the door. It’s a convenient place for important reminders, but it does make it more difficult to clean the kitchen. It’s also awkward when […]