As promised to Rochelle, here's the first view of my new ProMarker storage. I've tried some different things but I really wanted to have something that would make the pens easy to access (I'm too impatient with pen wallets or tying up with elastic bands), separate my pens into different colour groups for ease of blending, be in a nice strong storage box, and be convenient for carrying to the craft group. Well this is what I came up with. I have bought a 3L Really Useful Box from HobbyCraft for £2.79 - see
here. The pens just fit - sometimes you need to wiggle them a bit when putting on the lid but it works.
At the moment I have separated the pens with cardboard dividers but I hope to make something better with stronger plastic when I have time. The categories are browns/neutrals, purples, pinks & reds, yellows & oranges, greens, blues and greys, and a spare section for swaps/doubles. I have then got some little white stickers (they were for a wall planner) and coloured in the dots before sticking them on the lids. This way I can find the colours easily and I also know how the colours actually work in real life (sometimes they are a little different than the colour on the tube). And there is still plenty of space for any new ProMarkers that might want to join my collection in the future :-)
I'm sure this is sooooo boring to many people, but to my tidy/organised friends like Rochelle and Karen, I'm sure they will love it! It will also perpetuate my reputation in the craft group as being a little bit OCD with my storage and labelling solutions, but there you go. Happy for others to copy! Go forth and organise...
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I love it - have you put little dots on the bottom of the pens? and coloured them in? fabulous idea which I'll probably pinch from you - you clever thing!
I have some really thick box/mount board - it would work perfectly as dividers. Let me know if you want some.
lol Kx
That is a good idea, but it won't fit in a suitcase!!! LOL.
P.S. Its Rochelle as Anonymous, the Google account is still not working rar.
why do you need it to find in a suitcase rochelle? you're not taking your crafting when you're travelling are you? oh my what have I done to you two! lol Kx
Oh yes Karen, she is loving her promarkers - you should see the amazing pictures she draws (free hand!)! And I'll bring some little white stickers for you next time I see you - got loads. Roch - you'll need a whole suitcase for them when you finish collecting them all anyway so might as well create the suitcase storage solution!! H x
really neat storage idea! I have something sorta similar for my copics, but w/o the dividers. that is a clever idea!
glad to be in the Kirsty class with you! :)
what on earth have I done to your two sisters. It's a real good job the final one of you is not into crafting - I hope you two aren't trying to clone her into one of us crafters too. Kirsty's course sounds good lol Kx
I went to my local stationers today and I got some round stickers hehehe! How sick is that, I'm actually going to re-organise my PM's yet again. They' stay in the box they're in until Im able to get to garden centre and/or H'craft. I'm still dreaming about a lovely container/bag rather than a box but he ho at least I'll be able to find them more quickly. Have a lovely weekend ladies lol Kx
Hello Jennifer! Thanks for checking out my little blog... So looking forward to the Kirsty class as well. :-)
Karen - it is so therapeutic colouring all those little stickers! Perfect in front of the telly relaxation... Sorry for enticing you to reorganise once again, but isn't that half of crafting sorting your stash out?! Oh and as for sister number 3, 4 years of fine art seems to have got it out of her system! But she has been known to half-heartedly join in when me, Rochelle and Robert are playing (Robert is definitely a chip off the old block!). H x
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