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Ziplock Bag Button Storage System

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Check out my new storage system for our buttons!!!! Can you believe that it is made from plastic ziplock sandwich bags sewn together?!?!?

I absolutely love it because all my buttons are separated by color and they are all in one place. Plus, it doesn’t take up as much space as a button storage box would. This made for a nice little button sorting activity for the kids. I dumped out all the buttons and they grouped them by color for me. Don’t they look so pretty!

So, I saw this awesome idea over on Dollar Store Crafts, but you can find the actual tutorial on Obsessively Stitching. It was so easy to make! The tutorial is great, with step-by-step instructions and lots of photos to guide you along.

All you need is a sewing machine, some wide ribbon or bias tape, and plastic sandwich bags. I am so loving this little system, that I am trying to figure out what else I can store in it…so I have a good excuse to make another one!

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  1. Caron Richard

    October 15, 2013 at 4:49 am

    Hey same here, I also prefer ziplock bags as a button storage system.

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  2. Michelle

    February 6, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    That is awesome, I can’t wait to make one for our collection :0)

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  3. Z-Kids

    February 4, 2010 at 7:14 am

    Wow – I want bags of colored buttons! Great idea…
    -AZ

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  4. Preschool Mom

    February 1, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    That is too cool!

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  5. Bizzy Bee

    January 30, 2010 at 4:30 am

    What a great idea!

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  6. The Lane Family

    January 29, 2010 at 8:42 pm

    Awesome idea…I love it!!!

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  7. Ticia

    January 29, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    I just posted a tutorial to do a similar thing. How funny.

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  8. Mama to 3 Blessings

    January 29, 2010 at 10:32 am

    I am so loving this idea! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

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  9. Debbie

    January 29, 2010 at 6:27 am

    That is such a great ideas. Buttons are on my to get list! I am going to bookmark this for when I get some.

    To think I use to have tons when my kids were little, see what happens when the wee ones grow up, you move cross state and end up being a mom the second time around!

    All those things you use to have are now things you want!HAHA

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  10. Care

    January 29, 2010 at 5:26 am

    FABULOUS!! All those colors are so yummy when they’re sorted like that!

    Thanks so much for giving me the link so I could have a look — I never thought to use this for buttons, but now I think I’ll be doing mine this way! :o)

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  11. Sherri

    January 29, 2010 at 5:00 am

    That is a brilliant idea!

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