If you know me, you know I like organizing things almost as much as I like stamping! Today I have a new way to organize your Prickley Pear dies! I showed the way I had them organized a while ago on
this post. That worked pretty well, but the dies are heavy and I was popping the pegs in my binders that were made of plastic.
I ran across
this idea and decided to tweak it to work for me, and I'm liking it much better!
These are
Clear Pockets that
come 25 to a pack. I cut the white cardstock inserts to fit each
pocket and I had some magnet sheets on hand from my former organization,
so I used pieces of the magnet as needed. You could skip the magnet
step since the pockets do have a flap that closes, but I need things all
neat and tidy, so it was magnets for me!
You can see
how you can store the nesting dies along with the shape die in the same
pocket by simply overlapping the die if you wish. I decided to do this
so all of the dies I need are in one pocket!
It is easy to group the dies together by theme as well.
You
can see I also wrote the name and item numbers of each die in the
package along the top. This makes blogging a breeze. You could label
them, but I don't have a label maker and other than this post, they are
not on display, so my handwriting works for me!
Here you can see how small a pile the dies in the clear pockets makes.
And
here you can see the stack of cd cases the dies came out of...which was
another way I stored dies previous to the binder method. I can get a
TON more dies in the same space with less packaging.
In
this photo you can also see my clear sets which I store in clear
envelopes that I store my finished cards in. I simply slip the sets in
along with a backing sheet which I have labeled with the set name and
number. The envelopes are not big enough to close, and that is fine
with me, they are quicker to grab and return to the package. I find
that this works really well for me since putting stamps away is not a
part of stamping that I enjoy! :)
Just thought I would share another great option when it comes to organizing your stamping supplies!!
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