Wrapping Paper Wrap Up

I've been searching for a solution for my wrapping paper/lack-of-craft room problem for a while now.  I stumbled across a great idea here.  Thank you, Alissa for such a wonderful idea!  I followed her steps pretty much to a "t", but since I don't have too much time on my hands to complete my projects, I made a couple of adjustments.  I'll get to those later.  Here is a picture of my butler's pantry, aka storage-central, before I completed my wrapping paper rack project.

You can see that the wrapping paper is shoved into a box, albeit a pretty perfect wrapping paper storage box found for free.  But, a cardboard box, nonetheless.  And one on the floor!!  (Not my ideal storage solution.)  Also, on the ledge there you can see all of the embellishments are just sitting out, getting in the way and looking messy.  (Also, not my ideal situation.)

I knew today's task was going to require a trip to Hobby Lobby, so I planned ahead.  My son eats lunch anywhere from 11:30am-12:00pm, and I knew I'd have to shop for supplies after the stores opened at 10.  I had my 40% off coupon printed out and tucked in my wallet, which was waiting by the door.  I had my shopping list and I chose NOT to get "all dolled up" today.  Just a t-shirt and jeans today, folks.

A few minutes after 10:00am, we headed out.  I had something to return to Hobby Lobby, so score one for me.  Carter was pretty compliant, despite trying (unsuccessfully) to throw himself out of the cart a few times.  We traveled quickly through the aisles, gathering up gear.  I took too long picking out one item and we were pressed for time at the end, but I digress...

Here's what I used for this project:

• A 36" x 24" empty frame.  Note: I found mine with all of the full-priced frames.  They have empty frames in the clearance section as well, but I couldn't find one that suited my needs.  Since I was adding things to the front of the frame, I realized that I needed a mostly flat-front frame.  (Trust me on this one.)
• Cafe Rods.  Located in the "Fabric" section.  The people working there were especially UN-helpful when it came to finding these.  So, if you decide to do this project, I just saved you some time.  I bought 7 of them.  If I had planned better, I would have known that each wrapping paper roll takes up about 3" of space and I could have fit 8 on the size frame I chose, but I digress again...)
• Picture hanging hardware
• Command hooks (this is an addition to the project on 33 Shades of Green, I'll explain in a minute why)

Alissa went as far as to spray paint the things so they were all the same color, but I'm doing this in my (very limited) spare time, y'all.  So, I bought items that were pleasing to the eye without paint or other alterations.  I bought a nice wood frame and the brass cafe rods.  Yes, all-white would have looked better and coordinated better with the shelving in my butler's pantry, but this option served my purposes and my preferences just fine.

Here's how my crafty closet storage solution turned out:

You can see all of my wrapping paper rolls are hanging nicely there, and the last rod holds all of the ribbons, bow materials and tulle that I use to tie up my packages.  I added the command hooks along the bottom to hold other tools that I knew weren't going to go on the rods: scissors, tape, gift bags, gift labels, and stuffing.  (The white bag contains tissue paper, raffia stuffing, and other items that I frequently use when wrapping gifts.)  The gift labels are in those colored envelopes, which I just punched a hole in one end of and hung.  I bought my gift labels at  erincondren.com;They were pretty expensive and I think I'll probably make my own next time, but her designs are so freaking cute!

Anyways, that's what I did today while my son was sleeping!