I did a video on the supplies that I have so far, no including what's coming in the mail still.
I included the prices that I paid for everything, so you can use my experience to help you budget.
I will need additional materials as I get going, mostly absorbent fabric and elastic. But this is the base of what I'm starting with. Happy Sewing!
http://youtu.be/JXS__o1yU1U
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Snap Storage!
So, I'm not the Most OCD person out there, but there are some things That I like REALLY organized. This mostly pertains to my crafts. I found these gem plastic storage bins by accident roaming Wal-Mart $4 for larger, $2 each for smaller. I purchased the 2 small ones, thinking that was enough. Nope! I had bought the all-inclusive Kam Press bundle, which means i had 500 full sets of snaps coming my way...which did NOT fit nicely in the little containers. SO, I went back and bought a larger one, and I LOVE it! First of all, in this picture it is holding 700 full sets of snaps in 7 different colors, plus 100 white sockets, plus 100 moonbeam caps, plus my die set and some room to spare.
The third nook from the top left is a combo of different color caps from the 7 different colors. That's how little were leftover once i distributed them. The moonbeam light blue in the second row second column from the right shows how easily 100 caps fits in these larger nooks.
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Additionally, I JUST received 2 packs of mixed color sets, the Sunburst, and the Autumn. So I decided to put those in the smaller containers. I kept all sockets, studs, and caps separate. Because that's easier to dig out a color, than to dig out a separate part from the same color.
Additionally, in the larger bin, you can see that I mixed colors as well. Two different colors fit perfectly together in 1 slot. So the black/white in the second row is all sockets. And the black/white in the bottom row is all studs. I love love love how it turned out.
One tip though...make absolutely sure of where you want your snaps before pouring them in....otherwise they take forever to rearrange like i needed to originally. I'm still not sure I love how I did the mixed sets in the smaller containers. The bottom left is perfectly segregated with sunburst sockets, suburst studs, sunburst caps in the larger and then autumn sockets, autumn studs, and autumn caps. The second container however is a larger nook of autumn caps, larger nook of sunburst caps, and then i mixed all sunburst sockets with all autumn sockets leftover. Additionally all sunburst studs with all autumn studs leftover. So, there's a whole lot of colors mixed together in the 2 smaller nooks in the bottom right plastic container. BUT...seeing as it will take me awhile to actually use all these snaps....it probably won't hinder me any.
Oh- and because a full set consists of twice as many caps as sockets or studs. The larger container didn't quite fit all 200 caps per color, but very easily fit 100. That's just to clear up confusion.
Hope this helps.
I love organization!!!
Oh and if you're wondering why I didn't do any pull-out drawer organizers or anything, we move everything we own every 3-6 months. So I needed something highly efficient for moving AND storage. :-D
The third nook from the top left is a combo of different color caps from the 7 different colors. That's how little were leftover once i distributed them. The moonbeam light blue in the second row second column from the right shows how easily 100 caps fits in these larger nooks.
,Additionally, in the larger bin, you can see that I mixed colors as well. Two different colors fit perfectly together in 1 slot. So the black/white in the second row is all sockets. And the black/white in the bottom row is all studs. I love love love how it turned out.
One tip though...make absolutely sure of where you want your snaps before pouring them in....otherwise they take forever to rearrange like i needed to originally. I'm still not sure I love how I did the mixed sets in the smaller containers. The bottom left is perfectly segregated with sunburst sockets, suburst studs, sunburst caps in the larger and then autumn sockets, autumn studs, and autumn caps. The second container however is a larger nook of autumn caps, larger nook of sunburst caps, and then i mixed all sunburst sockets with all autumn sockets leftover. Additionally all sunburst studs with all autumn studs leftover. So, there's a whole lot of colors mixed together in the 2 smaller nooks in the bottom right plastic container. BUT...seeing as it will take me awhile to actually use all these snaps....it probably won't hinder me any.
Oh- and because a full set consists of twice as many caps as sockets or studs. The larger container didn't quite fit all 200 caps per color, but very easily fit 100. That's just to clear up confusion.
Hope this helps.
I love organization!!!
Oh and if you're wondering why I didn't do any pull-out drawer organizers or anything, we move everything we own every 3-6 months. So I needed something highly efficient for moving AND storage. :-D
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