I have a thing for gift bags but you can only use so many so I've given away a great deal and only kept the one's I know I'll use. The more elaborate and bigger one's are kept in one of the Kassett boxes on top of my craft corner unit but the smaller ones are stored in one of the Muji drawers. That drawer was a mess, bags kept getting caught and creased when sliding the drawers in and out.
Enter my bulldog clips. I had already started using them on some like bags but now I went all out and bunched almost all the bags with the clips. It's really convenient, rubber bands (which is what I used before on some stacks) deteriorate and snap and slippery bags like cellophane tend to slide out but the clips stay put. Just unclip to get a certain size bag out.
I love how neat and accessible my little bags stash is now.
By the way, these are available online now. They may have been there all along but they are listed in the bath & bodycare section which may have confused some of you (and me).
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I recently discovered BHG Do it Yourself Magazine which isn't available over here and am now trying to get hold of back issues (2008 and 2009). I got the spring 2009 issue on Ebay but have had no luck with the rest so if any of you have the other issues and don't need them any longer I'd love to buy them (and pay for postage of course). Please send me an e-mail!
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I could be looking at the pictures for hours. The bags look so pretty!
great post. do you remember where you got the strawberry and heart print bags? they are really sweet 🙂
I also have lots of gift bags, kept in a large solid sided paper carrier. Your idea is better, and you can see them all really well. Love the red patterened ones.
Receiving a present from you must be great-very stylish!
I got them from the cutest little stationary shop in Hong Kong a few years ago. To my sadness the shop has since closed 🙁
Again, a real Larsson idea. Simple, yet I didn’t think of it myself. You have such a creative mind!
now i know what i need to organize for the day. thanks for the tip. what is your opinion on gift boxes? do you reuse or just buy new ones?
If it’s a nice plain gift box or even bag I definitely reuse it but I tend to toss the ones with print because I know I won’t use it again and it’ll just clutter up my space.
since you’re on the topic of bags, I have a bit of a follow up question. Do you keep shopping bags? I find that some of them are just too well designed and too beautiful to throw away, but I was hoping you could provide a tip or two on how/when to reuse them and how you organize them (if you do!)
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it really looks nice. I’ve never seen bags with a so nice pattern before. They’re really cool.
Ja, eller hur 🙂
BHG DIY should have YOU as a columnist! Your blog is more informative than any magazine I read.
Benita, don’t you know anyone in the US who will order for you, then post on? It’s how I used to get a maagazine from France before it was available over here.
I intend so get an international subscription but want to get the back issues too.
thank you so much for the muji link! i have a little shopping to do now.
thanks Benita, im alwasys looking for these kind of bags they are perfect for soooo many things
Thanks for the link to the Muji boxes. I want them even more now that I know they’re called PP Make boxes. Heehee.
Are you sure you want to be giving them away? You can always start a collection.
Nicolette
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They look great!
What a transformation!! It looks so neat and tidy. I’m going to try this idea myself.
I know, some bags are way to good to toss 🙂
Before I got my stash of Kassett boxes from Ikea for a more unified storage look I used some nicer not so tall shopping bag for storing letters and other keepsakes. I kept them on a top shelf in my wardrobe, “spine” side out. I also used a really small one from a store in London (glossy white with a small nice black logo on the front and white handles)in our upstairs WC as a holder for extra hair bands, brush etc. It sat in the background on the then glass shelving and looked pretty and practical 🙂
oh my stars! I just found this blog and the wonders of your organization. It’s down right swoony how wonderful it is! Thank you for the inspiration!
This is a great idea. Right now I just have smaller gift bags messily stuffed inside a large one. The whole contraption is stored in an overstuffed closet, the kind that usually avalanches out on you when you venture into it. The whole thing needs work … but maybe I’ll start with the gift bags!
Benita, this is so clever. Now I kno what I will do tomorrow!
I love those little clips – they’re perfect for so many different uses 🙂
Wow!!! What a very lovely gift bags. They all looks so cute. Love them!!!
I have a question – what is the heaviest type of thing you keep in the Kassett boxes? I went to IKEA in NC to scope them out after reading about you using them for storage on your blog, but they seem very thin and not very sturdy.
It seems that the Muji boxes are better… but you definitely seem to think that the IKEA boxes are worthwhile? Should I just buy them and be careful not to over-fill them? I just don’t want to have to throw them out after one season…?
If they haven’t made them thinner since I got them they are pretty sturdy. I have one which is filled with card stock. It’s quite heavy but it holds up really well. I’ve had many of mine for years and use them at work too. I have to say I don’t pull them out several times a day though so if you need something that is used more on a daily basis maybe plastic bins are a better choice.
Great idea. Gift bags can be such a pain to organize! Wonder if you’d be willing to share this.. or any of your organizing blog posts on my new Organizing Mission Monday link party?
Great site! Thanks