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Hi everyone. It's Alejandra, and I want to show you one of the
projects that I recently did inside my home office. So I am big
into gift wrap. I have tons of wrapping paper, tons of cards,
tons of ribbon, all kinds of gift bags, all kinds of stuff to
make a really cute gift basket or wrap a really pretty present
to give to somebody for their birthday or for a holiday or for
a celebration. So one of the things that wasn’t really working
for me was my gift bags and my gift tags. So, for example, I
used to keep all of my gift bags in this clear box at the top
of my desk. And every time I needed a gift bag, I would run and
get a step stool, bring it back, take the heavy bin down, find
what I was looking for, and then have to put it back. It was
just a big pain in the butt. So what I did was I took that box down,
I sorted all my gift bags by category; so I sorted the large
ones together, the "Birthday" ones together, the "Holiday" ones,
the "All Occasion," the wine bags; and I put them in this large,
clear door pocket organizer that I got from The Container Store.
I also labeled each of the sections with yellow label tape so,
it’s very easy to read and it stands out, because if you use a
white label or a clear label, it’s going to easily get lost with
all of the color and design I the gift bags, and you won’t even
see the label. So, this is working out really well. The second
part of the project was organizing all of my gift tags. So, gift
tags are those little, um, these little gift tags that you hang
on a present or hang on a gift bag when you don’t have a real card
or if you’re giving a very small gift. Now, I, I have, like, I
don’t know, maybe like, sixty of these cards and the way I was
keeping them before was, again, in a shoe box. They were all contained.
It was working, but I could have taken it a step further and
sorted them by category. So, what I did was, I went to
The Container Store, I’m a big fan of The Container Store,
and I got this jewelry bag organizer and it’s made for
storing necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, all kinds of
small jewelry, and it has a hanger at the top, um, because
you’re supposed to hang it on the rod inside your closet, but,
one of the things that I always do, and this is something that
I tell all of my clients and anybody that I’m working with,
is that if you’re going to be shopping for organizing products,
go to the store and look at each of the products and say,
“What else can I use this product for?” So, on the box or on
the shelf it’s going to give you suggested uses.
So, for this one it said, “Perfect for jewelry,” but if you think,
“What else is small and difficult to contain that I can use this for?”
And for me, I thought of gift tags because it’s perfect;
perfect size, they fit really nicely in the pockets,
but you could also, for this, you could also use, like, Q-tips,
or cotton balls, or bobby pins, or hair ties. There’s all
kinds of stuff you could store inside of it. But, anyways,
let me show you what I did. So, let me come on this side.
So, I put all my hanging tags at the very top, and then down
here I have all the other ones. I have, like, “Get Well,”
“New Home,” “Wedding,” “All Occasion,” “Birthday,” “Kids Birthday,”
“New Baby,” and then down here in these pockets I have all
of my gift card holders. But, anyways, it works perfectly.
All the gift cards are now sorted by category, and it’s so simple.
I love it! It’s so easy! I look at it and it’s clean,
it’s easy to find, it’s accessible. And now that I’m done
with this, I just hang this behind the gift bag organizer
and all my gift stuff is now in this corner, very accessible,
easy to use, and very organized.