Free DVD/Blu-Ray Organizing Labels

My husband and I love movies, maybe a little too much. Our growing movie collection consists of over 300 titles! I have tried everything to keep our collection organized over the years. I first attempted to save space by taking every movie out of their case and placing them into an automatic disc retrieval system. Although it looked great, I had to virtually start over each time I wanted to add a new disc. Next I moved to a binder system, but I had the same issue whenever I expanded my collection. The other problem was getting my husband to put the disc back where it belonged, rather than stacking it on top of the Blu-ray player! Men! I ultimately gave up and put each movie back in its original case and placed them all on a shelf. I decided not to worry so much about alphabetizing all 300+ movies, but rather grouping them by genres. I made color coded labels to go around the bottom of each case, which makes putting movies away a breeze! I knew my year working for a movie rental chain would pay off someday :) Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best, at least for our family. There is one other option that I found while exploring my favorite organizing store, you can read all about it here. It looks easy to add on to, but that still leaves the problem of my husband not putting the discs away because he “doesn’t know where they belong”. Maybe if I color coded the disc sleeves he would actually put them away? lol  I may try this eventually when I have an extra $100 just laying around. 

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* Print on any self-adhesive full sheet label paper. If you don't want to cut each sticker out with scissors, simply grab your trusty X-ACTO knife and lightly go over each line, that way you can peel off each label quickly. I ran a strip of invisible tape over the top of each label to keep messy popcorn fingers from smudging them, but you can skip this step if you like.