Christmas Ornament Organizing

How I organized my ornaments while watching a one hour tv program.
Ok, so you’re asking yourself, what crazy person organizes their ornaments before Christmas. Well that answer to that would me “ME”. I have always kept my ornaments in some type of stackable storage system, but I never had each container organized by color. This was a must for me this year….I normally decorate about 6 trees in my home, and that includes the ones on the porch.


But this year something exciting is happening for me, I am opening my own Photography Studio and my first photos session is Christmas portraits, and Christmas cards {insert big cheer here}. That being said, I knew I wanted my white artificial Christmas tree set up in the studio to use as a prop along with my burgundy sofa. I suddenly panicked when I thought about dragging all 500 ornaments to the studio, decided what I want on the tree, and then dragging the remainder home. I chose to get organized at home before carting every Christmas doodad to the space.


I know second question, what crazy person owns over 500 ornaments? Yep, “ME” again.
One of the easiest things to do was designate one container per ornament color. The storage devices I have hold 48 ornaments with nice cardboard dividers. I turned on the TV, watched the PBS show “Paradise” and sorted ornaments. There was glitter everywhere before it was over, but now it will be much easier to grab the box containing the color I want and run. I have decided to decorate the white tree in the studio with the traditional green and red ornaments and the family tree at home this year with the turquoise, copper and cream ornaments.


Wow it was so much easier to make a decision now that I could see each color combination beside one another. From here on out I will take them off the tree and put them in their designated colored box.
Here’s a few other organization systems that are a must if you like to keep things neat and tidy.


1. Ornament storage boxes (remember to put the same color ornament in each box)


2. Stackable organizers (these are great for garlands, replacement bulbs, hooks, the tree skirt, and general tabletop decorations)


3. Wreath storage (one of the best inventions every, no smashed wreaths anymore)


4. Wrapping paper storage container


5. Christmas light storage (make sure you check your lights before stringing them on the tree, it’s a real bummer to get them all on and then discover they don’t work)


6. Artificial tree bag (for some reason those trees never fit back into the box they came in)


I hope you found some inspiration that gets you in the mood to organize your Christmas ornaments this year.
Dawn @ Creative Cain Cabin
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  • Miriam Illions Miriam Illions on Dec 19, 2014
    This is so handy. Clipping! @Mary Beth - this is perfect for the Organize It board ;)
  • Nat32080497 Nat32080497 on Dec 15, 2017

    Well, I can say you're not the only crazy person. I do the same thing. Organizing my Christmas ornaments is one of the most important thing to me because Christmas is the most important holiday and I don't want to lose it. I'm glad to see I'm not the only "crazy" person.  . Thank you.

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