Re: How do u store your supplies?

Holey Moley April!

While I know I'm a comparative newbie/lightweight in regard to my scrapping obsession, that pic makes me look like I haven't even begun and I thought I had gone a bit overboard. I bow to a master!

What a great set-up you have!

Lori D.

Here's how I store my stuff: I have a 4-drawer small clear plastic container, about 8 inches wide and very deep. The top one holds pens, ink pads, chalk, etc. The second holds scissors, cutters, and punches. The next holds all my adhesives and Undo. The last one has rulers, glitter, beads, Tidy Tray, and other miscellaneous. I also have a large 2-drawer clear plastic container that can hold 12x12. The top drawer holds extra pages, page protectors, and my CM cutting patterns. The bottom drawer holds some new albums, my CM Sidekick, my CM square punch, and other misc.

I have a tote for all my plain 12x12 paper, filed by color family. My patterned paper is in a box until I get another tote. All my scrap paper is filed in a CM FileMate, grouped by color. This is also where I keep my

As for crops, I find what works the best is to gather together all the things I think I will need for each page, and put them in my CM tote. Whatever I don't use can be put back when I get home.

I got a few sets of watchmaker parts cases from Lee Valley. I was amazed at how much less they cost here than in scrapbook catalogs. They are the small, round, aluminum boxes with glass lids. They come in a pastboard box or a hinged aluminum case. The 33 mm with 40 to a case, and the 53 mm with 15 to a case come in the same size cases and stack well. I filled them, labeled the front and stacked them on a shelf. I use them for eyelets, beads, buttons, wire, brads, etc. They really keep all those small things contained in a compact area. Peggy

Thanks for all your suggestions ladies..I will see what I can gather up here and figure out what to do with my punches!

makes me wish I could see that link even more!!! *sigh*

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (fantayzya) wrote:

A great thing to get or try for punches, and other stuff een, is one ofthose multi-drawer organizing units. Go to the tool - hardware section at Wal-mart, Home-Depot, your hardware store and look at all the different ones available. Hobby obby aso has one. Anyhow look at one with a combination of size drawers. I have a 18 dawer one and even large punches work in it, plus room in the same drawer for the small one that matches it. Some of the drawers have partitions in it that makes them wonderful for stamps. I got mine at a wholesale tool store. Heck if ya'll ladies look i your dh's shop, garage, closet you might find one that he "used/uses" for screws, nails or junk that you can re-appropriate!!! With the drawers it keeps the dust off of them and when I go cropping or rather soeone else's house I take ones I MAY want!!! As far as that goes, if I want punches or stamps, I do iyt befor I crop or on the page after I finished putting pix on them. That way I don't have to take those added things!

As far as he comment on not being tempted when going shoppng - LOL!!! (especially being a lady (wink!))

OKC Dave 64 pages since 1 May 03

Gina...I keep my punches in a rubbermaid container. they are tucked away but all in 1 place so I can take them with me if I'd like...usually I don't drag them with me though....too heavy and I'm selective about who I let use them because they can get damaged so easily. I've ruined several punches myself and it's really frustrating! S