Thursday 5 May 2011

Wooden Stamp Storage

I'm on an organizational roll...

Thought I would share my wooden stamp storage in the hopes that some might respond with their own acrylic stamp storage ideas...A product that I have not fully organized yet!

I keep my wooden stamps sorted by theme in these 6 drawer rolling iris carts from Costco.
My themes are Inks; Alpha; baby; birthday; Florals, nature, Odds and Ends; Shapes; Wedding/Love; Words/Phrases; and Xmas.

Some of you may remember that I have memory problems since we hit a deer a couple of years ago. I can't remember what supplies I have (or where they are) anymore!!! I  took the Wookie Mouse Organizational Challenge at Two Peas and she showed this great idea to create a binder of stamped off images.
As you can see, the iris cart drawers have a couple of layers of stamps in each one. Stamps can become forgotten when they are hidden on the bottom layer. I guess there is truth to that old adage, out of sight, out of mind!


To keep all my stamps visible, I stamp them off  (by theme) onto cardstock. These are then stored in a binder that I can peruse when trying to decide on the "perfect" stamp to use on a project.


Now I am trying to find a solution for my acrylic stamps. Currently I store the little Studio G stamps and simlar size in baseball card sleeves in the same binder mentioned above.  I haven't found a solution for all the other zillion different sized acrylic stamps I own.  I don't really have room for a Clip it up although I think they look great.
Any ideas or pics would be greatly appreciated.

11 comments:

Just Jaime said...

Looks great! Love your organizational tips!

Poverty Barn said...

Love the drawer idea for your wooden stamps. I don't have that many loose ones, but acrylic collection has been growing by leaps and bounds. For most of those, I use empty CD cases, place the stamps inside and label the ends. I then store them in boxes that I got from Wal-Mart that work perfectly for CD's. It's been working really well for me!

Julie Ann Rachelle Interior Design said...

What a great idea!!! I love it!!!!! xoxo

Susan said...

Wow, that's a great collection of wooden stamps!! I also store my acrylic stamps in empty CD cases by theme and then label the ends. You can fit a lot of stamps in a small space this way.

Jennifer Grace said...

I love your sheets of stamped off images, I often forget about some of my more hidden stamps too. I'm afraid I can't help with organisation, my stamps are all piled together in one big box with no order whatsoever! I do a lot of rummaging! x

Jennifer Shaw said...

Wow, you have tons of stamps!! I store my acrylics in CD cases and my wooden ones sit in a shallow desk drawer. Thanks for all the love you leave on my blog. :)

Keshet said...

Very smart storage system! My acrylics are in a Target bin. I have enough to fit, so it works!

happysnapper said...

my acrylics are in cd cases and in a cd storage rack from a yard sale.
thanks for the comment love on my blog

Jen Cro said...

I like the idea of keeping the stamped images in a binder. A quick flip through and you can find what you like without looking through all of the sets. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Just wanted to pop by and thank you for sweet words you left about the word art! If you do some I hope you'll share on here :)

Central London Storage Lady said...

You have the organisation down to perfection, I'm very impressed!