QOTD {7/31/12} Die Storage

bfinlay · 07-31-2012, 03:36 AM

Can you believe it's the last day of July? I've had my family visiting from the U.S. and time has just FLOWN! Now it's time for goodbyes...

Hope you're having a great summer!
My question today is how do you store your dies?
I LOVE dies and prefer them over punches but I'm always afraid that I might lose some of the small ones in the chaos of creativity. I bought an inexpensive business card holder with plastic pockets which seems to be working pretty well for the smaller ones - as long as I remember to put them away right when I'm finished with them!
So how do you keep your dies organised and how do you store them?

kinglake · 07-31-2012, 05:18 AM

Hiya i store my dies in a cd wallet and the larger ones in a shoe box. The way you store yours sounds good xx jo xx

javagirl984 · 07-31-2012, 06:11 AM

I lined old CD cases with magnetic sheets. I found the 6x12 sheets at Hobby Lobby. The sheets are thin but have a strong magnetic force. I then put the dies on the magnetic inserts to hold them in place. Works great and helps me from losing them (when I put them back in the case right away).

bfinlay · 07-31-2012, 08:13 AM

Great idea to use CD cases....and I can see how the addition of magnetic sheets would be a huge plus!

atsamom · 07-31-2012, 11:29 AM

I wish I had a great way because I love them too! Right now, I have two small baskets on my desk. One is full of Papertrey Ink dies. They come in sturdy ziploc bags and I keep them in the basket sorted roughly by size. The second basket is other brands sorted by brand. For those that don't come as sturdily packaged, I did buy a variety pack of various size ziplocs from an office supply store...don't think of these like grocery store zips, they are a nice heavy duty option.

Then...if any dies are for a specific stamp set, I write the name of the set on the bag.

Crafty Math Chick · 07-31-2012, 07:21 PM

For my Spellbinders Nestabilities dies - I cut down the cardboard piece they are packed in so that they fit in a photo box and attach a section of a magnetic vent cover to it and the dies cling to it and keep them all in a photo box. For my other dies, like my SNSS dies, I have them in their original packaging in a drawer of one of those plastic Sterilite 5 drawer units on a bookcase... when I am unpacked and my craft room is set up that is...