Organizing Treasure

I just love a bargain!! I also love finding something in a resale shop and putting it to good use. I was just browsing in a resale shop in my small town the other day. I saw this little plant stand and immediately wondered if some of my punches would fit on it. I thought I could put it by the chair where I stamp, and it wouldn't really be in the way. I eyeballed the depth of the shelves and decided it might be a good fit.

Being the shrewed shopper I am, I dallied with the idea of buying it, but decided to come back later. It might even be marked down. I went back a few days later. They had moved it to the window with some cute things sitting on it. I decided that I'd best buy it if I wanted it. I invested a whole $12.00 in this little metal stand. Look! They fit. The punches exactly fit.

Then I was eyeballing that little piece of furniture and decided I might be able to add a rod to hold ribbon. I just happened to have a curtain rod and some of those little sticky backed hooks. After trying a few other things, I just attached the sticky backed hooks to the front legs of the stand and placed the curtain rod on the hooks. Tah-Dah!

I may have to get a skinnier rod at some point as the very small rolls of ribbon are a bit tight on the rod. Otherwise, I think it will work wonderfully well. I can easily take the rolls off too. If, in the future, I have too many rolls for the rod, I'll just add another rod a little lower on the back leg. I feel so..... ORGANIZED... and so SMART. I LOVE bargains! Yes, I do.