Do you have a crazy amount of holiday decorations stored in bins? Our attic is bin heaven… If I had to guess we have a good 50+ holiday bins. Probably of those 50 bins, 20 are easily Halloween. For years, we have talked about coming up with a holiday bin organization spreadsheet. You see, since we blog, we tend to have to work on holiday projects throughout the year. Think working on Halloween projects during Valentine’s Day and Christmas in June (our poor child is going to be so confused with his holidays). From time to time I ask Jon to go into the attic and bring down some holiday decor. The problem is… he has to sift through ALL those bins just to find the 5 items I’m requesting. Instead, now I can say… “hey Jon, please go to Halloween Bin 3 and grab the skull, dead ivy garland, and snake wreath”. I can just scan the spreadsheet and go from there. Of course, this also means that when it comes time to packing up the bins after each holiday we have to look at the spreadsheet to see what items go in which bin. This is where descriptive writing comes in to play.
I’m participating in the next round of the Cricut Design Space Star contest. The categories this month is holiday and organization and my teams theme is is “fall into fall”. What better way to combine both categories this month than to show you how I’ve started organizing my holiday bins. I’m going to share with you the vinyl labels I created for my fall bins and the free spreadsheet I’ve created to get organized. You will be able to implement this system in your own home!
You can download my Cricut Design Space File for the Fall Bins Vinyl Labels HERE.
Supplies
- Cricut Explore
- Cricut Design Space
- Cricut Tools
- Cricut Vinyl
- Cricut Transfer Tape
- Bins
- Free Downloadable Spreadsheet
I choose a trio of leaves and used BEBAS NUE for the font. I placed the leaves how I wanted them and then the text. Then I selected the leaves and text and clicked “attach” in Cricut Design Space. This will allow it to cut exactly how you see it.
I made the leaves 9.6 inches wide and the text a little smaller than that.
This is how it looked when it cut on the mat.
Next up, it’s time to cut the vinyl on the Cricut Explore, followed by pulling off all the negative vinyl, applying transfer tape, using applicator to adhere the transfer tape and vinyl together. Then I removed the transfer tape from mat (with spatula).
Next up, it’s time to adhere the vinyl on to the bins. Place transfer tape on bin, use the applicator to smooth the transfer tape, and slowly pull the transfer tape off the vinyl.
I love how the bins look!
And if your wondering… I’ve only completed my Fall bins. I’m hoping to tackle the Halloween bins in the coming week! Eek! But at least it will feel nice to be organized for once.
Next up, time to fill out the spreadsheet and get organized!
This is what my spreadsheet looked like filled out! And if you look at all those tabs on the bottom… looks like I have a lot of organizing ahead of me!
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Comments & Reviews
Sharon Anderson says
Hi!
I saw this posting and wondered how you got the labels to stick to the tubs.
I recently tried with cricut permanent vinyl and orange and black tubs I recently
purchased from Wal-Mart. The labels won’t stick.
Katie says
Hi Sharon, hmmm interesting. It should definitely stick on you containers. Did you use your transfer tape? I have found that if I’m using an older vinyl sometimes it isn’t as sticky. Either way–so sorry to hear this. You can reach out to Cricut to see if they can advise.
Margi says
Hi. I saw your project On pinterest and I really like it. I would like to know where you found the Orange bins. I have looked everywhere and I can’t find them.
Thanks
Katie says
Hi Margi–Thanks I’m glad you like this project! Great way to organize your holiday bins! I found them during Fall at Walmart. They might be a seasonal color!