I was energetic after New Year's Day and managed two projects.
The first is part of a plan to retire the cardboard boxes that the Christmas ornaments are in right now. The boxes are old, and a mouse got in since last year and at least only ate one ornament.
So, plastic tubs. You can find some with cardboard dividers, but those are flimsy and don't fit snugly enough to keep things from wandering in the box. I've been watching Adam Savage's podcast and Youtube videos lately, and he mentioned making foamcore dividers for his drawers a few times. So, inspiration. Two sheets of foamcore (from Walmart, because Michaels is out of the larger sheets), and the hot glue gun, plus two tubs from Walmart. And here we are.
I've got some Sterilite organizers with small dividers for most of the ornaments, so these will be for the loose plastic balls, the star, and the larger (less fragile) ornaments that won't fit the other boxes. And at the same time, I'm planning to thin out the ornaments, because we have more ornaments than we can fit on a tree right now.
On the same Walmart trip, I found a string of wired LED lights for half price. I have a string somewhere already, but can't find it, so I bought another one. (Story of my life, and the reason I am trying to declutter.)
The star looks nice, but then it seemed like it would be nicer if it glowed. For a few years, we just stuffed the end of the light string inside the star, but the colors weren't right for me. This year, we tried a string of battery-powered lights, but the only ones I could find in the house were Halloween lights. Orange. Okay, but not great.
So, after an hour or so, and some swearing, I managed to fit the string of lights and wire inside the star, and even distributed evenly so it's lit nicely. The lights are battery-powered, with a built-in timer - on for 6 hours, off for 18.
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