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I was getting quite a collection of washi tape and needed to get it organized. I used a pants hanger, the kind that has 3 bars that are hinged. Slid the rolls on the bars and hung it on the back of my craft room door. Now I can find the tape that I am looking for very quickly.
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You can use it just like patterned paper. Or in place of a ribbon. Anyplace you want a strip of pattern or color. You can place several strips side by side to create a background.
A lot of scrapbookers are using it in their layouts,sometimes to secure a photo; gives the page kind of a shabby chic or graphic look, depending on the color or pattern of the washi tape. You can also write or stamp on it (with a permanent marker or an ink like Stazon).
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I saw a video by a young man named Drew on Youtube and he stores his washi tape in a clear taklebox (fishing) and he has it sorted by color etc, and what is good is it is portable if you need to take it to crops or functions.
I found a blog today that's all about washi tape and what to do with it. This post shows using a cup holder as a washi tape organizer. I think I'll try this. Mug Rack Turned Washi Tape Holder on bloglovin
I do have my ribbon on the pants hanger that someone above mentioned, but I have lots more ribbon than washi tape, so the cup holder would be enough for my washi tape.
HTH.
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I might want that instead because I can free up flat table/counter space by mounting it to a wall and I could put my other tape on there as well (i.e. sookwang, redliner...)
Decisions, decisions...
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I use empty round Crystal Light containers. I store them by color family and put a strip of tape on the top and bottom of the container. That way I know which color family is in that container. Works great!
LOL ziploc bags totally counts! I keep all of mine in a Recollections photo storage box. They were dirt cheap a few weeks back and I use those boxes to store pretty much all of my craft stuff, but I would LOVE to have the actual washi storage piece! I have about 25 rolls of washi and counting and I've done jars into kitschy vases, photo frames, cards and even decorated my keyboard--love me some washi!
I wonder why they are on clearance already. I bought them not too long ago at 60% off and paid $5.99 for a set of two. Of course, I had to buy several sets of two... ;-)
I wonder why they are on clearance already. I bought them not too long ago at 60% off and paid $5.99 for a set of two. Of course, I had to buy several sets of two... ;-)
Hi Novell!! I don't think they were on clearance....just a sale. Someone posted that M's had 60% off all storage items including jetmax a couple weeks ago, I think. I missed that sale, but I was able to get the Washi storage for 40% off plus I had a 15% off coupon including sale items.
You can use it just like patterned paper. Or in place of a ribbon. Anyplace you want a strip of pattern or color. You can place several strips side by side to create a background.
A lot of scrapbookers are using it in their layouts,sometimes to secure a photo; gives the page kind of a shabby chic or graphic look, depending on the color or pattern of the washi tape. You can also write or stamp on it (with a permanent marker or an ink like Stazon).
Thanks for the information - I've already got my wheels spinning!
I don't have that large a collection of washi tape and haven't used it. Well, I did use it on my sewing machine.
DH got me a mini sewing machine for Christmas, I plan to use it for making cards and layouts. Haven't gotten around to that yet. But the reason I used the washi tape was because someone came over to help me understand how to use my sewing machine and I sewed a pillow. I found out while sewing that my machine didn't have a straight edge to help keep the sewing in place. So I put the washi tape down to use for my straight edge marker.
The pant hanger idea I use for my ribbons. At least my flat ones and the ones too big for my ribbon carousel that I got at Hobby Lobby. Plus, I use it for my gift wrap center too.
I'm fortunate that we have two guest rooms being used as offices for me and DH in my house. And they both have small walk-in closets. My office closet is where I keep my cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon, gift wrap, and shipping boxes.
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Someone mentioned out in Blogland which I thought was clever, was to use one of those wooden thread spool holders. I've seen the small and large ones at Walmart. The large ones hold about 48 spool of thread, but you can stack the tape.... that would be a lot of tape on those holders.....lol..lol Anyway, that's what this gal was using.....
Organizing Washi Tape
