Baking Organization - {Part 2}

One thing I've been working really hard on this year is getting all my baking things organized, as you may remember from this post. If you ask my husband he will quickly tell you that almost every single room of our house and all of our cabinets and pantry are overflowing with something related to baking! So to keep my baking hobby under control and eliminate the chaos throughout our house I decided it was time to give everything a place. I've gathered bins and baskets and have re-purposed a book shelf to create my central baking hub in my office. Here you will find a lot of the props that frequently show up in my blog posts such as ribbon, cupcake wrappers, fabric, napkins, etc.

Using an open wall storage system and clear bins with labels and baskets provides both a great visual for things that I have on hand and also provides a lot of color to brighten up my office and make it a fun place to work!

So here's the behind the scenes pictures of one of my central blog & baking related spaces in our house! The baking organization doesn't stop here though, I've got more to show you in my kitchen so check back soon for fun ways to organize your cookie cutters, sprinkles and cupcake wrappers!

Time to Get Organized - Baking Organization {Part 1}

Happy New Year! I know, we are already 21 days into the 2013, it's about time I made my blogging debut in the new year right? I've been enjoying some time away from the kitchen and instead spending time with my family. We've been working on house projects trying to give our living room and dining room a new look for the new year! We've been wanting to tackle these rooms for awhile now and finally decided it was time.

We've also been soaking up as much quality time we can with Sam these days. After taking a few weeks vacation for Christmas and now having to get back in a normal work routine, it's hard to go from seeing your baby all day long everyday to only getting to see him for about 5 hours a day while he is awake before and after day care! So of course, baking has been pushed aside lately so I can spend quality time with my little man! He's so much fun these days, talking like crazy, waving and standing on his own (I think he'll be walking soon!) He will be 10 months old on Friday! Where has the time gone?

So to kick off blogging for the new year I thought it would be appropriate to start with some organization! You see I have this little addiction with sprinkles, cupcake liners and ribbon. I have way too much of them all! The bright colors, fun shapes, and patterns, they draw me in and I can't help but continue to buy all of these baking gems whenever I'm out. My stash was getting a little out of control, so I decided it was finally time to put an end to the chaos and get my baking supplies organized!

This post is the first of what will be a multi-part Baking Organization series over the next few weeks. I've got some great ideas for organization that you won't want to miss. You'll also get to see a peek into my kitchen and the behind the scenes of all my baking supplies and props! So here we go!

Plastic bins (shoe size) are the perfect container to store your jars of sprinkles, cupcake liners and spools of ribbon in. I bought a ton of these aqua bins at Target a while back on sale and have finally found the perfect use for them...baking storage!

I grabbed a few packs of Martha Stewart's Home Office labels at Staples for easy identification of each bin.

Here is just a teeny tiny peak at my stash...there is LOTS more where that came from, trust me! Or ask my husband...he thinks I have a problem...he just doesn't quite understand that sprinkles and cupcake liners are a bakers best friend!

 

Look how nicely everything packs up in these plastic bins! The bins are clear which is perfect so you can see what you have inside, and they are stackable so they store nicely on a shelf.

Take off the lid and look how nice and visible all your spools of ribbon are!

Check back soon for more Baking Organization tips and ideas. I can't wait to show you how I store my cookie cutters!

Don't worry I've got a few fun baking ideas for Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day heading your way too! And I'm also in the middle of planning Sam's 1st birthday so you won't want to miss the big reveal of the theme for his party and pictures and the planning along the way!

It's going to be a great 2013 and I hope share in this journey with me!