I do occasionally come up with some good organizational techniques. (I just need to get them all at the same time and with time to implement them.)
So – controlling beads and keeping the space down – here is one of my techniques:
These were coca cola trays that I spray painted a neutral silver. Then I used the watchman’s storage cases to separate the crystals. And how do they stay there? Well I helped them – I glued a magnet on the back of each of the containers (oh – BEFORE putting in the crystals – those lids don’t always hold!).
I can stack the trays on top of each other. Easy to carry and easy to see at a glance what I have.
So then controlling and separating my stones from my beads is another problem. Here is how I store those. Of note – I usually have the drawers closed but I wanted you to see they really are full of stones.
My sorting approach on these – by color. I just could not come up with another method to sort by. So drawers have sophisticated titles as – Pink, blue, green, black – oh I have two called pearls…so I do have different colors in those drawers. The sign turned sideways? Well its a mix of two colors, lol.
This is a CD holder that looks like the old file card systems in libraries. Fairly shallow drawers – maybe 4 inches?
I have one other way of storing beads but that will wait for another day…
Great storage ideas! Love the silver trays!
Sandra Evertson