I am presently restructuring and cleaning up the workspace in my studio and the ever-present problem of having my dies close at hand came up again... I have so many and have tried a variety of different storage methods.
But that's what they all remained ... storage methods. I am an impatient crafter and not a very tidy one either, and I hate having to sort through a file for the right die, and then having to find the file again when I want to put the die away.
Here is my latest solution ...
This is a pic of a portion of my dies that are now on a timber board that hangs on the wall directly behind my Cuttlebug. I bought a couple of dozen brass cuphooks and the sets of dies are immediately visible and close at hand.
I have 'lived' with this storage system for a few weeks now, and YAY!
IT WORKS FOR ME!!!
The next step now is to get the board painted - perhaps I will even be brave and decoupage and lacquer it..
I hope that this inspires you to do something similar to solve your die storage problem too.
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA
I would love to be able to see all my supplies. Out of sight is out of mind for me, I'm afraid!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Skype Paola and ask her to show you her free standing revolving die storage system. It is brilliant and the clever lady made it herself!
ReplyDeleteJen this is a wonderful storage system and will sort out the fact that they do say - out of sight out of mind. A white washed board will also make the dies stand out nicely.
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DesÃre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}
Hi Jen! This storage looks like it could work great. Of cause I don't have that many :-) I bought a piece of thin magnetic board around 1.5 x 1m, screwed that to the inside of a cupboard door and have my dies stuck to that. Lots of place for 'have to have's - VBG!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like the perfect solution!
ReplyDeleteClever idea Jen and glad it works for you!! Nothing better than feeling organised hey! I'm the 'clutz' type and will probably hook my hands/fingers on those hooks cause I don't look what I'm doing!
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