The Container Store

How did I ever manage to avoid this store is unknown to me! I went for the first time on Thursday when it was raining/snowing (it was a very wet snow) I wasn't going to go because of the weather but I had wanted to go all week and I knew if I didn't go Thursday I wouldn't go at all. Anyway, I've been looking for an easy way to store my DMC and went to their website to look and thought I had found the perfect solution. When I got there the little plastic thing looked cheap and just blah so I looked around and ended up spending more than I wanted to but OMG I love my new DMC storage system! Take a look...

I love it! I love it! I love it! I use to hate winding up floss on a bobbin and then the floss away bags got to be too bulky to store but this is just perfect. I just open the drawer and pop in the skein and I'm done. Before this I was buying new DMC for each project because the old DMC I had piled up in a bag and was too lazy to go through it all. If I hadn't found this I was going to give it all away because I was getting tired of having that bag overflowing with DMC in my room. I can't stop opening the drawers and saying hello to my DMC now LOL. Next I need to find a way to store my charts. I don't have much fabric but do have a storage for them and my specialty threads have their own storage too. So once my charts are organized I'll be organized!! Yahwooooo!

I managed to finish the first square to my Red Thread Snappers. I'm still debating if I should take this to work with me to work on the outer border or start something new for the train. I woke up late today and haven't stitched yet so I need to decide soon before I go into stitching withdrawal. I joined the Bent Creek SAL so hopefully I will keep up with these and come next year I'll have them done! Here's a picture of my snowman...


Well I'm gonna go. The brakes on the car broke (or something like that) and I have to walk to the train station tonight (and the rest of the weekend *ugh*) so I'd like to stitch for atleast an hour before I have to get ready to leave. TTFN and until next time!

PS - Thanks for the nice comments on my recent finishes! I love comments :-) And Sandy asked me about my needle magnets and where I get them. They are Zecca brand and I usually get them online since none of my not so LNS' carry them. Just in case the price scares you (some people think they're expensive) let me tell you that they're worth it. I bought a Mill Hill magnet the same time I bought my first pair of Zecca's and the Mill Hill broke about 2 months later and my first Zecca's are still around 3 years later! I love them to pieces!!!