storage worth stealing: mini stamp mania

I think I am suffering from mini stamp mania these days! It started with one little set of alphabet stamps from the dollar bin. I found myself using them on everything, like this and the next thing you knew I had collected five sets - all from the dollar bin. I love the dollar bin. I love alphabet stamps. What I didn't love was how they kept falling out of the lidless box they came in -

I decided that storage was key in my studio- as it always is with me, as was re-purposing. I dug around in the closet and found a metal box that used to hold scrapbooking tools. The only other thing I needed was some scraps of heavy duty chipboard.

Arrange your stamps how you like them, inserting pieces of chipboard in between each set. This helps separate the sets as well as give the little buggers some stability. This way when you are plucking the tiny things in and out of the box the other 25 stamps don't collapse into a pile.

I just eye-balled my chipboard and trimmed it to fit. You could always glue it down, but I chose not too, in case I want to shift them around later. Now all my little mini alphabet stamps are in one easy to reach storage container- yea!

Comments

[Sandi Keene]

Brilliant!

[Lorraine]

Can you make me one!!!!! What a great idea - I have a ton of those little tiny alphabets, in fact I used one last night for a little "surprise" for retreat!!!

[Re]

Thank you girls! You KNOW it was so stinkin' easy - but the act of organizing, even the tiniest thing, just makes me feel so dang good. xx Rae

[carole]

i Love this idea- those alphas will be the death of me - I'm sure i have a tin somewhere (haha, like i haven't stashed way half a dozen for 'just the right thing') thanks for the idea xx

[Dianne]

I have the tin but not the alpha stamps .... great idea. My tin was sold as a magnetic alpha stamp set BUT contained NO stamps, I looked for a couple of years but couldn't find any, then I forgot all about it until this post. Never thought to use the container for something else (the handle and magnetic bar are useless to me - it is a waste I know)

[Rae Missigman]

So glad you can use your tin now Dianne! I love it and actually USE the tiny alpha stamps now that i see them and get to them easily! Makes a huge difference! Let me know how it works out for you! xx