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I am converting my die storage from magnetic sheets in CD cases to magnetic sheets in Avery Elle storage folders. I plan on storing them in a Fridge Binz I recently purchased. My problem is categorizing them. I'm not sure how I should approach this. Shapes for example, or more specific like Squares? Anyone have some tips they could share?
I think I will file any stamp sets I have with their coordinating die while I am at it!
I think storage all comes down to the way you work and think. I make a lot of cards, so I use my rectangle dies all the time. I also love circles. So when I go to pick out a die, it is easier for me for each shape to have its own divider. Then for other categories, I just thought of what I reached for most often. I used to have my hearts and stars in my "shapes" category, but since I use those a lot, I made them their own dividers.
My dividers are just made out of cardstock, so I don't mind making new ones when I change my mind.
I suggest thinking about which dies you use the most, what you can do to make them easy to find and remember you can easily re-arrange!!
I'm with Stacey. Store how you would look for them.
That said, I store mine kinda like this:
Nested shapes...like the nestabilities and stampin up's nested shapes.
Ones that go with stamp sets (just a few here)
Floral sets
Scenery sets
Words
Christmas
Edges and stitching
Labels and tags
I agree with the others; it's about how you think. When you reach for a die you can ask yourself how what came to mind. Was it, "I need some circles" or "XYZ Company has a die I like." Do you think "I need a medium die cut" or "I'm in the mood for flowers."
For me it breaks down into Sentiments, Shapes, Subjects, with Subjects subdivided: nature, flowers, animals, birds, etc. At some point I may divide Sentiments into large and small, but knowing myself I'll overthink it and wonder if something is a medium and if I should add that category, and what's the difference between medium and large, give up, and happily live with them all together.
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I keep all my basic shapes at the front. Since I have a number of Spellbinders sets that coordinate (i.e. plain circles, scalloped circles, lacy circles, etc.) I divided them into circles, ovals, squares, rectangles. After that are all of my other dies grouped by flowers, labels, butterflies/dragonflies, tags/hardware, words, motifs (medallions, etc.), Christmas (includes snowflakes), scrapbooking (for dies I would probably only use for that purpose) and miscellaneous for dies that don't fit into the other categories. If I get enough leaves, trees, and animals, I'll probably also create a "nature" category. HTH
Dea
My dies are organized much like StamperDea, I have some "recipe boxes" from Michaels that they had a couple of years ago, and one has squares, rectangles, ovals, circles, another is labels, another is nested ones and flowers, etc. Then I also have a couple of boxes from Ikea which fit the larger dies. they are sturdy clear plastic with lids and inexpensive. I have colored index cards that I made from cardstock, and one color for each type, like blue circles, yellow squares, etc.
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