A couple of months ago, I saw how Leanne from Organize and Decorate Everything organized hers, and I fell in love. But then, I forgot about it. The other day, I pulled out an old cell phone, and went in search of the charging cord for it, and my frustration hit a high note. I encountered a full grocery bag full of 25-30 cords, all tangled together, and most we didn’t even know what they went to or why we had it.
I immediately remembered Leanne’s tutorial and made it my own to organize our horrible mess.
Using toilet paper rolls, I wrapped the darker spots (where the tacky stuff holds on the paper) with washi tape. I did find out that the tape didn’t hold extremely well on the cardboard, so I used some scotch tape to hold the two ends together.
Then after rolling up the cords, I stuffed them into the roll and marked them a with a little piece of tape as to what the cord belongs to.
Now, they are neatly placed into a tub, where there’s no untangling, and we know what they belong to (well most of them…we still haven’t figured out a few!).
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They turned out really cute Vanessa! I love the washi tape! Don’t you love having all your cords organized now?
I love this idea! I just threw away a bunch of rolls that I was saving for Keynes birthday. The way I’m going through TP it won’t take long to get stocked up
Oh man, do I hear ya on that one. We have gone thru so much with both kids having colds. I didn’t have enough for all my cords, but give it another week and I definitely will!
Those washi tapes are cute. Nice idea Vanessa! I’ll now start keeping my rolls…
What a clever idea!
It’s always a pain when those cables get tangled.
I should start saving up my rolls today and start picking my washi tape.
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Opps, That was the wrong address! I knew there was a good reason I had to be holding on to those! So glad I found these over at the Sundae Scoop! I hope you’ll drop by and check out my “No Ordinary Carrot Cake!” , I’m http://www.iheartnaptime.net/sundae-scoop-link-party-70/ number 389!