In further tackling the Christmas un-decorating (which I enjoy as much as I do reverse sewing), I remembered the brilliant solution that I came up with last year as an alternative to the $20 ornament storage boxes that you can get at the Walmart. I'd love the beautiful individually compartmentalized Christmas storage boxes that are archival and non-acidic and nuclear-bomb-proof that places like The Container Store sell, but I'm cheap. And I have a boat-load [technical Navy term] of ornaments and otherwise critical Christmas paraphernelia. I also have a lot of wine case boxes. What can I say? We like good red wine and John has a propensity to ignore the pile-up of cardboard in the garage. Some might call it a fire hazard, but who am I to judge? Anyway - in a fit of wine case surplus brilliance, I realized that the cardboard bottle separator inserts would be great for ornament storage. Pulled those suckers out of the wine cases, fitted them into my four score and seven Rubbermaid rough tote Christmas storage (totally elegant, I know), and viola! I was in business.
I wrapped those silly schwetty Christmas balls in tissue paper, lovingly tucked them into their wine bottle columns and patted myself on the back. Safe for another year -and perhaps another Navy move.
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