If you have daughters, like me, you probably have a lot of what we have called "hair doodles" - ponytail holders, barrettes, scrunchies, etc. - for as long as we've had daughters.
What do you do with all of them to keep them organized? They are currently taking over my life. Right now I have them all confined to a small, pink, plastic bag - but that's neither visually appealing nor highly functional. I want to be able to see the goodies.
Alas, I used to keep them in little jewelry boxes and cute containers for the girls, but they just get into them and mess them up - and break the containers. So I need something that's truly for me (right now) to keep them neat and orderly.
Thanks!
Fin.
i've got the same problem smellyann.
i have some in a big basket with a lid
+ some in a clear container with a lid
+ some in a colorful bowl without a lid
+ some in zip lock bags,
but she just dumps them across the table
Posted by: mod*mom | 02 April 2008 at 00:49
My sister keeps hers in a shallow basket in the bathroom. At my house I keep them in a deep basket (but mine are boring, grown up hair bobbles). I think my mom had some kind of rope thingy that was hung horizantally, like a clothes line & we could slide the pretties onto it & then when we wanted one we just stretched it over the others & off the end of the rope. But you could do the same thing with some wall S hooks & some rope/twine. Just make sure you leave enough "sag" that they don't fall off the ends..and put it up high enough that Soph can't get it.
Posted by: Steph | 02 April 2008 at 05:41
Oh & for barrettes & clippies we had a piece of ribbon hung vertically. You just clip the barrettes onto it.
Posted by: Steph | 02 April 2008 at 05:42
My WFMW post today is an easy way to organize bows & barrettes. I still struggle with all the pony tail holders - I think they multiply while we are sleeping!
Posted by: Nicole @ Life in Progress | 02 April 2008 at 10:52
I blogged on this a while ago
http://organisingtips.blogspot.com/2007/09/frugal-organising-with-cereal-boxes.html
The last picture is the one where I show you how I organise hair stuff :)
Posted by: Marcia Francois | 02 April 2008 at 10:57
I have been using a bead organizer from the craft store to organize our barretts, pony tail holders, etc. The lid clamps down tight so they don't get spilled easily. Mine is a flat one with probably 15 or so spots. I have mine organized by color in the container.
Posted by: Nikke | 02 April 2008 at 13:04
I keep my daughters' in a basket- but here's the key- I keep the basket on the top shelf of the bathroom where it is out of her sight and thus out of mind. Since placing it on the top shelf back in December, I've had no issues with her getting into it. (Granted the top shelf is at seven feet or so...)
Posted by: Gettysburg Mom | 02 April 2008 at 14:03
I blogged on this a while ago. Follow the link to see what we use...
http://glimpseofsonshine.blogspot.com/2008/01/works-for-me-wednesday_30.html
Posted by: Sonshine | 02 April 2008 at 16:27