52 Paper Crafting Organization Tips – Week 8

Welcome to Week #8 of my 52 Paper Crafting Organization Tips and StampinBuds Studio tour! Did you miss last week’s topic? I talked about Storage Studios Paper Holders so be sure to check it out.

This week I want to share with you another way to hold 12 x 12 papers and more…

Week 8: Paper Crates

Back in week #4 I introduced you to a great website where I have purchased several of my wooden component pieces called Stamp ‘n Storage. Today I want to talk a little bit about their Paper Crates.

Prior to the pandemic I was holding Scrapbooking Retreats 2-3x a year with my local customers. One of the things they loved most was that I would always bring lots of retired Close To My Heart product for them to shop through with some pretty fabulous pricing. One of the items I would always make sure to have on hand was both current and retired CTMH Cardstock. They loved being able to purchase this by the sheet!

Throughout the years I would lug my cardstock offerings to our retreats in Cube Storage offered by the company Thirty-One. While the large cubes come in pretty patterns and colors, they were also pretty flimsy for the amount of cardstock I was trying to carry. So, I went looking for a better solution and discovered these wooden crates.

Here are a few reason I decided to try these crates:

• Obviously sturdy
• I could store my retired cardstock colors in 12″ x 12″ file folders, alphabetically with labels
• The crates are stackable
• I can paint them, if desired
• I can purchase a cover so that I can stack things on top of the crates
• Plus, if I bought 2 I could get a deal on the rolling base – Score!

Having the rolling base at a discount was the selling feature for me. It meant I could literally push my crates around my room as needed – OR – haul the crates into my Scrapbooking Retreats with a push instead of carrying them. A lot easier on the back for sure!

The downside (for me) was that because of the pandemic I never had the opportunity to try out my new crates at my retreats – Bummer! The inn owners also sold the facility my friends and I loved so much, so it ended up being a double whammy – Ugh! But on a positive note, I do love having these crates in my studio.

Do you have Paper Crafting Organization questions?

Please be sure to leave your questions in the comment section below. I’d be more than happy to share a solution with you in an upcoming blog post!

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