I posted some pictures last week of the custom made storage boxes that my father and brother made for me – perhaps in the hope that with better organisation there’d be room for a cup of coffee on the kitchen table. My brother had made my sister a ribbon holder recently and I decided that I needed one too. Caro’s is a bit like a paper towel holder – handy if you don’t want to take up much space. Mine actually doesn’t take up any real estate on the table – at least not due to the ribbon.

They made me a sort of drawer to keep “things” in – haven’t planned it all out yet, but so far as you can see, it’s holding twine, embellishments and piece of die cut card stock. I often cut out words in card stock in various colours before deciding which one should go on the card. The extras end up in an old stamp set case for later use.

The knobs on the right hand side are glued to the dowel and the ribbon can be removed if needed, by removing the left hand knobs. My father made these on the lathe – I think that they are made of cherry.

I had not been very successful in using ribbon on my cards. I’d get it out and look at it and put it away again. Since I’ve had the ribbon in front of me, I’ve used a number of pieces. I’m hoping that this will continue. Either way, I think it’s an awesome piece of storage.