Feline Friday: Organize your ribbon!

If you're a scrapbooker, you know that ribbon can quickly turn into a tangled mess. So, as a public service to scrapbookers everywhere, Lily kindly offered to put together a brief tutorial on organizing this essential scrapbooking embellishment.

First, sort through your ribbon and be sure you like it all. There is no need to organize ribbon you don't like! Use your undesirable ribbon to wrap packages or even make cat toys, or give it away to someone who might enjoy it. Keep only the ribbon you like and will actually use.

Next, test the strength of your ribbon by pulling it through your teeth. This is an important but often-overlooked step in the organization process!

(Editor's note: This photo is a bit blurry, but I thought you might like to see how the inside of Lily's mouth is spotted like a cow!)

Finally, wind your ribbon around floss spools and sort it by color. We prefer rainbow-color order at our house. This system makes it easy to choose the perfect ribbon for your project.

Once your ribbon is organized, put it in a nice box like this one and close the lid. You sure don't want any cats getting into it! :-)

By following these steps, Lily says that your ribbon will be purr-fectly organized!

Next week: Tinsel tackles pop dots.