Hi All,
Today I'm showing you something I bough from the Stamp-n-Stoage store. Just wait till you see my before and after pics....
Anyone that has metal Dies and is looking for a way to store them.... I have found just the thing, I saw this system on a blog that I follow called Darlene Design.com check her craft room out.... Wow! Among many of her ideas she showed how she stored her metal dies.... will I had to have that... I've been storing my dies in CD and DVD cases with magnetic strips, but even that takes up space...
As you can see here;
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On the second shelf is were I store all my metal dies. The cases from the wall to the flat stack in the middle are all dies in CD cases... the flat stack are DVD cases with larger dies that did not fit in CD cases... and then next to that are some empty CD cases that needed to be filled but I was just not in the mood to cut magnetic strips and make a index for the end and cover sheet, I know that's all self inflected work but it would help me find things I though. I still just flipped thru my stack till I found the one I was looking for, and never looked at the index strips. Why brother...?
here's a shot of my Big Shot cutting area with my dies above... ( Boy I need to do something with all my wires, what a mess)
Here's a shot of all my now EMPTY CD/DVD cases 20" tall, next to my New stack of 5X7 Magnetic Cards only 3.5 " tall LOADED....I just could not believe it...
On the first card I was able to put both the original Labels 4 and the Small Labels 4 on the same card. On the other 2 cards I just put one die set.
Now on the second card I put 5 MFT borders on one card, and the last card I have both of the MFT Fish Tale dies sets.
It was SOOOoooo easy to do this after I received my 5x7 Magnetic Cards I think it took me less then 45 mins to get all my dies on these cards.... but now I have to label them.....I'm going to make labels for the back of each card so when I need the info it's right there. The Magnetics are adhered to a thin cardboard so they are not floppy but do have some give to remove your dies easily.
I'll add more pics when I have them in there new box, labeled and divided up.
Let me know how you have your dies stored.
If you have any questions let me know I'll be glad to help if I can.
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Thanks for stopping by again!
Hope you Enjoyed!!
Dotty A
5 comments:
Hi Dotty!
Oh well done you! I store my dies in an A4 folder, on A4 magnetic sheets kept in those sturdy sideways opening punched plastic folders. My index pages are in the front of the folder - some are the little piccies snipped from the envelopes that dies come in, the rest are just list and description. It works really well for me.
Isn't sorting out storage fun, today I've been doing my 6" paper pads and already the difference is brilliant. Will show that one soon :)
Hugs, Di xx
Great post Dotty. What a wonderful storage idea and your pic of the empty CD cases alongside the new product illustrates the space saving benefits so well. TFS x
Hi Dotty- I have mine on A5 magnetic sheets in A5 binders, as you illustrate, its amazing how many will fit into a small space!. Re your cables, Hubby swears by this stuff:
http://www.amazon.com/Evriholder-Cable-Zipper-Organizer-White/dp/B000PZU26C/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1391357335&sr=8-9&keywords=cable+tidy. It wraps aroundthe cables, comes in black & white, and in varying sizes! Hugs, Shaz xx
Oh, yes, this is so much better! I do the something similar, but in a big notebook. Labels directly on the magnetic sheets. Filled that notebook and now I have more in a basket. This size would be perfect for the basket. The magnetic sheets are so much better than the original packaging. I need more of these sheets! Thanks for sharing this idea. Think I'll go check out that craft room now!
Go girl! I have most of my dies in cd cases and dvd cases and labeled but I have two different areas to house them. I also have some in a plastic bin that need to be put somewhere. I'm really bad to put that sort of thing off! My bad! Your area looks pretty neat!
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