First up, I reorganized my Thickers collection. Yes, I have a collection (I'm not the only one, right?). I have a serious Thickers addiction. I love using them on my layouts -- and apparently I love buying them too. But organizing them is always a challenge. Those cellophane packages they come in are the worst for long-term storage -- hard to open and a nightmare to get them back into.
So when Mercy Tiara talked about how she organizes her Thickers, I was all over that immediately. So much better. Now, I store all my opened Thickers in these 6x12 open-ended plastic bags (I bought mine on eBay -- just do a search and you'll find lots of options). And I just attach the Thickers label to the baggie to help identify them later.
But I still had the problem of organizing all of them. I settled on placing them all in two open baskets, sorted by color -- neutrals in one basket, colors in another. But the baskets were big and just sat on my floor and took up a lot of room. Annoying.
Then, I had the bright idea of using the bottom drawer of my cutting station.
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| And here is where you see my embarassingly large collection of Thickers... |
So that's my Thickers storage tip -- store open packages in 6x9 plastic bags, store them on their side for easy access, and sort them by color.
How do you organize your Thickers? I would love to hear your ideas.
Until next time,
Stay crafty!
Lissa :)
Wishing I had a drawer that size. I have mine in a drawer but flat and its annoying to go through.
ReplyDeleteI had them side-by-side like this in two baskets that I bought at Target. I liked the side-by-side part but I didn't have a place to put the baskets where they fit, so I moved them to this drawer. You might try baskets to see if that works better for you. :)
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