How to Store Your Framelits & Thinlets for Organization and Easy Retrieval
August 08, 2017
Today I'm going to share with you How to Store Your Framelits & Thinlets for Organization and Easy Retrieval.
One of Sandi's Stampers, Noella Ryan-Paul and been busily organizing her stamping supplies so they are not only neat and tidy but also, easy to grab and use. If your tools are not in a somewhat organized system--say just tossed in a basket--then often we hesitate to dive into the chaos to find what we want. We are much more inclined to pick up a tool if it is easily located.
Who wants to spend 15 minutes dumpster diving to locate that flower framelit --- we love it, it would look great, but 15 minutes is a long time to take out of our stamping schedule just to locate a die to use. By then our creative juices have dried up, we are frustrated, irritated and have decided that person who was going to receive that beautiful card you have designed in your head--no longer needs to be wished "Happy Birthday!" Am I right? You know I am...I've been there and I'm sure you have also.
There's lots to be said about keeping your tools organized in a way they are easy to find and easy to put back into that organizational system.
Today, we're going to take a peek inside Noella's craft room (don't you just love looking into someone's craft space and checking it out)? LOL...it's so fun and often you get some great ideas for your own space...and I say space because we don't all have an entire room to devote to our craft. This makes it even more necessary to have a organized system of keeping our crafting stuff easy to locate.
Dies (thinlets and framelits) are fantastic tools--but as you know they can be slippery little devils and not stay where they are put...so Noella has found this wonderful magnetic system (you can find them in local craft stores) that looks like this Noella takes those plates out of the case and mounts her dies on those--she does not put them back in the case because she doesn't find it easy to look through them to find what she needs. Here's what her system looks like in her craft space
Isn't that clever and easy to locate your favorite die? Isn't your friend more likely to get that great birthday card from you since it only took a few seconds instead of half your crafting time to find that framelit?
Noella reports that she is now more likely to use a die since she can locate it so easily. Noella, thanks so much for your great tip!
Be sure to stop back by on Friday... I have 2 more tips for you then!
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