A place for everything. Everthing in it’s place. The mantra for OCD types, aka as Anal Retentive (wonder what kind of searches my blog will hit on with THAT term?? hee hee!). I found the perfect storage system for my chipboard. I have a ton of chipboard. A ridiculous amount really.
Previously, I had it in a binder- each letter in it’s own spot – but I have some much that the 4″ binder wouldn’t close. Remember floppy disks? I had 3-ring binder plastic sleeves that held 6 floppy disks per side, for 12 total floppy disks per plastic sleeve. It didn’t work well – the idea was good- but the chipboard would slip out the top when I would lay the binder down to flip thru the pages. So i have been on the lookout for a better solution.
TA-DA! Lowe’s home improvement store had a drawer organizer that is bigger than the other ones I’ve seen out there. It was under $20! There are 18 drawers, all the same size and they fit all the big pieces of the Stampin’ UP! Simon OnBoard chipboard sets.
See? I have 3 letters per drawer and still plenty of room to add more! hee hee! I haven’t yet labeled the last 6 drawers as I’m still trying to sort those but right now I have hearts & stars together, flowers alone since there’s a bunch of those, punctuation, tags, circles, squares & rectangles together and of course numbers are combined as well. There are a few pieces of OnBoard that are longer than the drawers and I’ve kept those in the plastic they came in, in the magazine holder next to the drawers. My alpha stickers and Rub-on’s are in binders next to that.
I decided that since I have a ton of die-cut alphas from Basic Grey as well, I might as well put those in there too.
So, for those of you out there struggling to store, easily find and use your chipboard or diecuts- I hope this gives you something to go on!
