How do you store yours??? The results!

Hello friends,

So I've finally put together all the info from my post asking about die storage.

I do eventually get to all these things... :)

You may recall that my storage is simply applying some magnetic tape to the inside of the Spellbinders packaging and popping the dies on to them.

Now to lots of brilliant ideas.

Firstly Michelle - she uses magnets too.

Michelle says: "It's a photo album (pages measure 8inch square) which I've put magnetic paper in -cut down from A4 sheets. I have little tabs on the right hand side with a picture on so I know where to find each die.  Its handy if you go to friends or craft club as its easy to move around."

Next Linda who has sent along a few photos with a superb details.

 Linda says: "I find this way so much easier as it is space saving, each pocket is easily identifiable and it's really inexpensive.  The pockets were under £3 for 50 and the box was £3.  The label card was from my offcuts stash and the only real expense was the magnetic sheets, but even these I can stretch out to save money.   I usually manage to cut EACH sheet up to accommodate at least 9sets of label dies or 6-7 sets of Motif or Accents.  The other big benefit to this storage is that I can also store a card cut-out of each of the dies in the pocket too.  First this allows me to see the actual shape and size of each of the dies but also it allows me to play with mixing and matching different dies together.  Now I can pull out a few different styles and sizes and see which ones look good together or fit together perfectly before actually cutting and possible wasting my good card.

 I identify my dies in two ways: the first is to put a label with the manufacturers number and name on it (you can always hand write this if you don't have a labelling machine) and the second is to group together similar dies.  For instance on the left I have Ovals, Circles, Squares and Rectangles (these will include all the simple Label shapes and the fancy filigree ones).  On the right I have all the foliage and flowers together,  then Tags, buckles etc and next will be the Motifs and coordinating Accents and so on.  I can now find any die I want in seconds without having to flick through them all or having to look through a list to find their position.

Next is Norma.

 Norma says: "I put them on a magnetic sheet and store them in a plastic wallet.  Which does make this easy when I take them to the crop I go."

 I can see how convenient these wallets are, great idea.

Next is Joanna. Wow look at this!

 Joanna says:  "Some time ago my brother-in-law changed the name of his videography business and therefore had a couple of those magnetic advertising signs you put on your car doors going spare. You know as a crafter that you can’t let anything be thrown away and nor can you resist a bargain. 

Also, a sister of mine was re-vamping her kitchen and she had all this wire racking which she no longer wanted so that arrived in my craft room too. My DH mounted the racking on what bit of wall was free of cupboards and shelving and I hung the magnetic sheets on there with cable ties 
(my crop-a-dile punched holes in them like they were butter!)"

What a brilliant way to see all your dies and just grab them as and when you need to.

Thank you so much for sending across your photos.
I'm about to reorganise my dies in the studio so this has been truly helpful.
Back tomorrow friends.  Take care.