storage for my dies
Hi everyone - I hope your weekend is going well.
Sorry I didn't write anything yesterday - it was a funny day - there were things to do & there should have been spare time but somehow the day just disappeared.
I did a lot of sorting out around the house - then about 3:00 pm nipped out to the Post Office - & took Bob with me so that he could have his first trip outside the house. Then we picked up Russ & Nadine to bring them home with us. We had asked Russ if he would help out by putting the Christmas trees & decorations up in the loft for us. So thought they might as well stay for the evening & have dinner with us. So! it was fish & chips all round & a very pleasant evening. Bob found the journey a little uncomfortable as he can't bear the seat belt over his chest & because of the discomfort on his back - can't sit upright all that comfortably either. But it was a step in the right direction. Also today whilst I went shopping Bob decided to move his car - it hasn't been anywhere since about 11 December. So he took it down the road & back - but said he wasn't comfortable driving.
A few days ago I ordered some items from Crafters Companion for better storing of my dies. Some time ago I bought from somewhere the Artbin Die Storage Case. It is very good but because it is a little like a tool box - it has sliding fasteners before you can open the box. I now have a problem with gripping things so I find it difficult to grip the sliding fasteners in order to open the box. I manage it but it takes a while. So after investigating at the various online craft shops I made a decision to buy what amounts to a 3 ring binder with magnetic sheets. So it opens just like a folder. It arrived this morning so I spent some time this afternoon transferring all my dies. It was tricky setting it up because as I filled a magnetic sheet & tried to turn it over to start on the next one the dies moved. But I think that now the sheets are all full - hopefully when I turn pages that will not happen. Time will tell. It is supposed to be one of the best ways to store dies, so I will be upset if it doesn't work.
On Thursday I bought a couple more stamps - some background ones - by Kaisercraft - I am looking forward to using them over the weekend. So watch this space. I also bought a combined die & embossing folder by X-cut so I am hoping to try that out this weekend as well.
I haven't yet got around to photographing the handmade Christmas cards I received - also hoping to do that tomorrow. Gosh! that's a lot of things to do in one day - I wonder how much I will get done.
Have a good day tomorrow. That's me for now. Night night - sleep well.
Sorry I didn't write anything yesterday - it was a funny day - there were things to do & there should have been spare time but somehow the day just disappeared.
I did a lot of sorting out around the house - then about 3:00 pm nipped out to the Post Office - & took Bob with me so that he could have his first trip outside the house. Then we picked up Russ & Nadine to bring them home with us. We had asked Russ if he would help out by putting the Christmas trees & decorations up in the loft for us. So thought they might as well stay for the evening & have dinner with us. So! it was fish & chips all round & a very pleasant evening. Bob found the journey a little uncomfortable as he can't bear the seat belt over his chest & because of the discomfort on his back - can't sit upright all that comfortably either. But it was a step in the right direction. Also today whilst I went shopping Bob decided to move his car - it hasn't been anywhere since about 11 December. So he took it down the road & back - but said he wasn't comfortable driving.
A few days ago I ordered some items from Crafters Companion for better storing of my dies. Some time ago I bought from somewhere the Artbin Die Storage Case. It is very good but because it is a little like a tool box - it has sliding fasteners before you can open the box. I now have a problem with gripping things so I find it difficult to grip the sliding fasteners in order to open the box. I manage it but it takes a while. So after investigating at the various online craft shops I made a decision to buy what amounts to a 3 ring binder with magnetic sheets. So it opens just like a folder. It arrived this morning so I spent some time this afternoon transferring all my dies. It was tricky setting it up because as I filled a magnetic sheet & tried to turn it over to start on the next one the dies moved. But I think that now the sheets are all full - hopefully when I turn pages that will not happen. Time will tell. It is supposed to be one of the best ways to store dies, so I will be upset if it doesn't work.
On Thursday I bought a couple more stamps - some background ones - by Kaisercraft - I am looking forward to using them over the weekend. So watch this space. I also bought a combined die & embossing folder by X-cut so I am hoping to try that out this weekend as well.
I haven't yet got around to photographing the handmade Christmas cards I received - also hoping to do that tomorrow. Gosh! that's a lot of things to do in one day - I wonder how much I will get done.
Have a good day tomorrow. That's me for now. Night night - sleep well.
Good to hear Bob is making progress, however slow.
ReplyDeleteI store my dies in those page protectors from Staples (you mentioned them some time ago) and I've cut card the right size to fit either the two- or four-section sleeves and then stuck magnetic tape/pieces to that. It's working good for me so far.
I did see the binder with the magnetic sheets in when Q came over to 'play' - we decided that a piece of card between layers helped stop the dies sticking to the back of the upper sheet - does that make sense?
It's fun to organise - I'm about to go sort out my Sizzix dies to make them more accessible....got a plan :)