31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 8 (Chalk labels)
Welcome to Day Eight of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series! Throughout this series I’m sharing organizing tips to help you on your journey from overwhelmed to organized.
Yesterday I talked about labels and gave you links to lots of cute labels you can download or buy. I also shared why I think labels are so important in getting and staying organized.
Because it’s such an important topic and since there are so many ideas out there, I’m going to continue with labels today. In particular, today I’ll show you lots of things you can do with chalk labels.
Some people are hesitant to label things because they feel like it makes the containers too “permanent” and they’d prefer something more flexible because their needs are constantly changing.
There are so many great ways people are using chalk these days to solve this problem!
Here are a few of my favourite ideas:
1. Leanne from Organize and Decorate Everything used chalkboard vinyl to make labels for her pantry.
2. Ginny from Organizing Homelife uses a dry erase crayon to write on the lids of her leftover containers {I didn’t even know these existed until I read her post but since I’m not a fan of chalk dust these are a great solution!}
3. You can also use chalkboard paint to create tags to label baskets (affiliate link).
4. I use chalk labels in my pantry for my baking ingredients so I can change them as needed.
Chalkboard labels come in a variety of shapes and sizes (affiliate link). Choose what will fit your needs.
Please pin from the original source for all these pictures.
For Day Eight, label some more containers in your house. You can make your own chalkboard labels using chalkboard paint, you can buy pre-cut shapes or you can buy chalkboard paper and cut your own shapes. Or just use dry erase crayons on a rough surface!
Tomorrow I’ll give you some tips and links on how to make your own labels.
How did you do with labeling your containers yesterday? Have you used chalk for labels before? What is the best organizing tip you’ve implemented?
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Happy organizing!
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