WFMW: Containerizing and Labeling

What one thing has made my house cleaner and more organized than anything else I’ve tried?Containerizing everything. It makes a huge difference. I guess it works because it’s part of having a place for everything and everything having a place. Anyway, although containerizing has been great, those nice big plastic rubbermaid type boxes have stumped me. They are great, but you need to label them so you know what you have and where it is. The problem is, almost nothing sticks to those plastic boxes. If you find something that sticks, the adhesive is so permanent that relabeling is difficult. (I like my boxes to look neat, that’s the whole point of containerizing!)

Fortunately, I found a labeling solution:

  1. Go to the office supply store. a) Purchase clear sleeves for business cards, the ones that have adhesive on one side. b) Purchase blank business cards . I like to use ones that I can put in my printer, but you could write your labels out by hand, if you prefer.
  2. a) Mount the adhesive side of the business card holder to your plastic box. b) Make a label out of a business card and slide it into the sleeve.

Voila! Now you can have nice, neat, beautiful labels, and you can switch them out whenever needed. Most word processing programs have a template for making business cards, so that makes it east to see what font will fit, etc. For more Works-For-Me-Wednesday posts please visit Shannon at Rocks in my Dryer.

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October 24, 2007 | Filed Under Organizing, Works-For-Me-Wednesday 

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11 Responses to “WFMW: Containerizing and Labeling”

  1. {Karla} on October 24th, 2007 3:45 am

    oh, this is awesome!!! I had seen someone mention using chalkboard paint, but it seemed a bit complicated. THIS though, is great!!

    Blessings,
    Karla

  2. Heather on October 24th, 2007 3:52 am

    This is a good idea–I always just use black permanent marker, but then the kids decide the box should be for something else and we are always trying to remember what really should be in the box anyway.

  3. Lisa@Take90West on October 24th, 2007 5:11 am

    Thanks for this great tip!
    I am going to give it a try. I always use my label maker and it is very frustrating when the edges of the label start to roll up.

  4. stacey on October 24th, 2007 12:13 pm

    i love the flexibility of it!

  5. SAHMmy Says on October 24th, 2007 1:23 pm

    Great idea! Wish I’d heard it last year–I labeled all my Christmas boxes with a Sharpie–and I so do not have pretty handwriting!

  6. TX Poppet on October 24th, 2007 2:05 pm

    Yes! Yes! Yes! And for a label freak like me, so much cheaper and easier to read than labels from my label maker. This is a tip I can use!

  7. Jendeis on October 24th, 2007 3:51 pm

    Just found myself nodding and saying “Hmm, that’s a good idea” to the monitor, so I made sure to comment. :) Will have to try your method (once we get containers, of course).

  8. Ann Kroeker on October 24th, 2007 3:57 pm

    Love it! I love creative problem-solving, which is why I love this whole Works For Me Wednesday concept. This excellent idea will be my New Year’s project. Declutter. Containerize. Label…with business card holders. Brilliant.

  9. amyswandering on October 24th, 2007 4:24 pm

    Love this idea – thanks!

  10. Ornery's Wife on October 25th, 2007 2:44 am

    Good Idea! I never remember those little sleeves, but the adhesive on those could stick your dentures to your gums! :-)
    TM

  11. carrie on October 29th, 2007 1:38 am

    What a great idea!! I’m going to have to use that one!!!

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