Here's something I forgot to mention in my last post.
I walked into my pantry this morning and right in front of me was the set of recipes that I use constantly, each in its own plastic envelope and all hanging on a shower curtain ring, easy to flip through them to find the one I want - some are color coded but I seldom bother now, just group them together in their categories, breads, soups, fruit things, etc.
These "rings" are such handy things in the kitchen and elsewhere that I buy them by the gross. I use a great many in my studio.
A hole punched in the upper part of a zip-lock bag makes that a hanging container for all kinds of little things. Spice packets and similar little envelopes that disappear into drawers. Toothpicks that always manage to escape from their boxes. Tiny gadgets that also end up buried in "junk" drawers or boxes.
I have industrial steel shelving in my pantry where hooks hold everything but in my old kitchen I had cup hooks on the inside of every cabinet door holding these shower curtain rings with all these little bits and pieces that take up room that could be better used and often are "lost" so one goes and buys a replacement, only to find the original. (Usually the day after buying the new one!)
I began using them back in the late '60s and thru the '70s when my kids were still at home. They had their small school supplies in plastic bags hung on these hooks in their rooms so they weren't hunting at the very last minute for things they needed at school.
Anyway, I just thought some of you might find this idea helpful.
