On day two
of the challenge I decided to organize my punches and stamps that I use in the
card and scrapbook page making.
Again
I don’t have a large amount of these, but enough they needed to be organized. Truth be known, I wasn’t sure how many or
what ones I had. It had been so long
since I used them and they were scattered about in various bins, boxes,
drawers, etc. I needed them easy to
access and visual.
This is not
a new idea, but it is a very good one I borrowed from someone, who borrowed
from someone, who borrowed from someone.
You get the idea, it’s been around a long time.
If you have
one on hand you can repurpose it. I
didn’t so I invested $5.50 in the purchase of a clear 24 pair over the door
shoe bag from Wal-Mart. I had originally
planned to hang it on the inside of the closet door, but my husband (once again
the brilliant one) suggested it would be better on the outside of the door
where I could see it at a glance.
I started
out by gathering first all my punches and dividing them by category. Trees/leaves, Disney, Celebrations, Flora,
Fauna, you get the idea. This is when I
realized I had far more pockets than I needed for just punches and since I
probably wouldn’t buy any more because I have an electronic die cutting machine
with Sure Cuts a Lot, and my Cuttlebug there would be no real need to purchase
more punches.
So I
gathered all my wood mounted and foam stamps and sorted them into the same
categories. I have other plans for
unmounted stamps, probably the only stamps I’ll purchase in the future.
Small stamps
were grouped together in zippered plastic bags to make them easier to retrieve
from the pockets in the future.
Because I’m
of short stature I put the lesser used stamps and punches in the upper pockets
and worked my way down. Seasons, down to corner punches and circle decorative
punches.
As it worked
out I had exactly the correct number of pockets for what I needed! If I had needed more I could have placed
another shoebag on the inside of the closet.
But since I don’t plan on purchasing any more of these type products I
have other plans for the inside of that door.
Day two challenge
completed quickly and easily and as you can see by the photo to the side a very organized, visual
system that is easy to use.
Jan who is
starting to like the way this is coming together in OK
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