Apr 04 2008
A Glimpse Into My World - Part IV
First of all, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone that comes to visit my little blog. I’m amazed at how kind and supportive everyone has been with their comments. This week my blog counter, in the less than 2 months, has reached 40,000 amazing!
Here is yet another little glimpse at my craft-room. This is how I store my punches. They seem rather neglected of late. I may have to get them out to play soon.
I use an over the door shoe holder that I purchased from Wal-mart. Thrifty solution, I think. I use to have them in drawers and would have to rummage through them to find the one I needed. Now, thanks to the see through netting on the shoe holder, I can clearly see them. I do need to reorganize them and put the small punches on the top and the largest on the bottom. It would be easier to see the smaller ones that way, don’t you think?
This holder was also a good solution to use for me since I have very little wall space available. The door is usually open and they are hidden away behind the door.
I would be interested and so would other readers as to how you store your punches. So, please leave a comment and let us all know. A link to a photo would even be better if you have it.
Have a super day!
Until tomorrow. . . . . . . .
Well I don’t have many punches, so my input is nil. They are in a drawer at the moment, but I like to see / hear how others store their supplies.
Happy Friday
Great minds think a like!!! I have the exact same holder on the back of my door!!!
Now if my cards could be great like yours!! Now that would be something. Cynthia
I have lots of punches (around 70 last count) in a Target cube three-drawer thingy under my desk. Some of the larger ones are on top of the cube, one drawer has circles, one drawer has nature, and the bottom has corner/tag/miscellaneous shapes. All I have to do is bend over and open a drawer. Works for me!
Love your blog and am so glad the recent thread on SCS directed me here!
Mine are in the plastic drawers from target too, I have three drawers filled. I also have my border punches from Fiskars in a shoe holder like that.
Love your punch organization! All of my craft things are in plastic drawers. My punches take up 4 of the drawers. I only have a corner of a large room for my craft things. Not much room - too many things!
I have my punches in several drawers out of sight and I’m interested to see & hear how other people store theirs. I’m looking for a more visible storage solution because I have bought the same punch a few times!
I really like the idea of the “behind the door” storage BUT I’m concerned about the weight on this shoe hanger. Please keep us updated on how this is working for you - my feeling is that it would stretch over time and drag behind the door and possibly come apart at the seams?
Have you seen the narrow shelving or even towel bars that you can install on the wall space behind your door? My dad is coming out for a visit and I may have him build something (on the wall behind the door) to house my wheels and punches. If so I’ll be sure to share that!
I do the very same thing… it is so awesome!
Here’s how I store my punches: http://tinyurl.com/3kv7jg Ernie, my partner, made it for me. I have to have him make another now!
Another shoe holder/punch storer vote. Mine is clear vinyl rather than netting and is hung in the closet rather than over the door but it is pretty full (including several heavy Marvy scallop punches) and no problems with it coming apart at the seams ……… yet!
Hey Michelle,
congratulations of the gina k. design team. I check your blog regularly and always enjoy your creations. You really do have wonderful talent.
Best of Luck!!
Kathy
i have done the same thing that you have for your punches, several months ago … HOWEVER I just was in a scrapping store and they had taken this idea to the next level. They had slipped a piece of white cardstock into the back of each slot (sits behind the punches) and it sticks up above the pocket and on it they had punched out in black paper the actual punch design and pasted it to the top of the white cardstock. It is MUCH easier to see where your punches are. I just love it. I would put a pix but I don’t know how! ha!
I have seen a display of a curtain hangar where the punches sit by handle on it and against the wall. Usually the shape is displayed on top of the punch, but punching one out and displaying behind helps, and if you put it back in the same place always, and you lend it out or misplace it, it would remind you what to look for.
I have a book that a friend gave me, that isn’t too large, but in it, it has sections to put samples of colors, punches, stamps, marker pens etc. that I have so I could take it with me shopping to refer to and then not duplicate, or duplicate if needed. It is called the Stamping Companion by B & B Printing Graphics. Takes some effort to keep it up tho.
Love your work Michelle!! Fabulous!
Susan
Looks good Michelle. I don’t have a door that I can use like that, and I think that my punches combined might be too heavy as well. At the moment they are still all just in an underbed storage box which is under my sewing/craft table. I really want something better though. You asked for pictures, so here is a link to mine! http://joanne-mainlyflowers.blogspot.com/2008/04/storing-punches.html