How to store your Christmas Bows....

Here's a quick tip I'd like to share with you....

If you're like many people, this week you will be busy aking down all your Christmas decorations.  It's always bitter sweet to start packing everything away until next year.  I posted  HERE earlier about decorating your staircase.  I have lots of these large bows that I use for the staircase.

Here's the problem.... How can they be packed away so that they look just as nice next year when it's time to decorate?

Here's an easy solution....  Instead of packing them in a box, hang them up.  Here's of photo of how I do it.  These bows were from a clients home.  I had premade them and then brought them to her house.  This is how I store them until it's time to decorate.  Just  cut a long piece of curling ribbon and thread the curling ribbon through one of the loops of the bow.  I string about 3 bows per one piece of ribbon.  I then tie the ribbon  and hang it on a hanger.  I had about 15 bows on these two hangers.  When it's time to store them, I put them in the attic. I hang the hanger from a nail that I hammered into one of the 2x4's in the attic.  If you want,  you can cover the hanger with a large plastic garbage bag.  I don't even bother to do this.  When November rolls around I just grab the bows on the hanger and I'm ready to start decorating.  The bows look as good as new.  

Hope this easy trick makes storing your Christmas decorations a bit easier! Stop by Metamorphosis Monday to see more interesting ideas.....