Nestabilities Storage

As many of you know I am a freak for great storage! However, my Nestabilities collection and Wizard pieces have been causing me some angst. For a while I had all the mats and dies in a large tin lunch pail. That was okay but it was hard to get the mats out , and they had to be turned sideways to get in and out of the lunch pail. Then I had my dies on individual sheets of magnet but when everything was in the pail I couldn't see what I wanted so I would inevitably end up dumping the whole thing. Needless to say I got very frustrated!

I know that some people are storing their Nestabilities in individual CD cases with sheets of magnet on the inside. That's good but I still wanted to be able to see everything all at once. Then I found this:

A magnetic 8 x 10 folder with a closing fold over flap.

Currently this is all I own of Nestabilities, but as I add to my sets I envision a few more of these nifty little folders. One folder might hold a full set of circles and squares. Another might hold Paisley & Hearts on one side then rectangles on another. Oh, let me add this, even if you drop this folder the dies will not budge, they are held on tightly with the magnet in this folder!

I also own other Spellbinders dies so this will work for them also. When this is closed up it is not even 1/4" thick. Just enough room on the binding to place a label (gotta love the label maker!). So eventually when I have more than one folder they will each have a label. Then I can pull it from the shelf and open it up and all my choices will be at my fingertips. Now how's that for convenience?

Here it is closed up: Not overly exciting - when it's closed. Just that it's compact and low profile.

Then how did I handle my next issue of not having all the pieces together when I needed them? I went to my local Office Supply store (another of my favorite places to shop) and found this wonderful folder. When closed up it measures 12.75 x 12.25 and is 1" thick. So it's more than enough room hold the magnetic folder holding my nestabilities, my Wizard Cutting & embossing mats, my Cuttlebug embossing folders and a few other dies. Once again, everything is in one place.

Here is how it looks all opened up: See it holds everything. Then I just close it back up, wrap the cord around it and slide it back on the shelf. My Wizard sits next to it.  

Here is another look at how the magnetic binder would hold dies other than Nestabilities or a combination of Nestabilities and other dies. In any case it's a definite winner here!

Okay I know you're all wondering where to get this great folder. Well for those of you that live in my area I have some on hand.

For those of you in other locations this is a Quickutz Magnetic Folder. Can you believe that? Quickutz had the perfect solution to my Spellbinders issue.

Now the ideal solution would be a larger folder that continues to fold out that would hold an entire collection of all the Nestabilities (cause I know lots of you have the whole shebang already) Then it would just collapse back into one folder. Maybe even a place that would hold the mats. Hint, Hint.

I know I'm asking a lot. But until that has been created, this storage solution is working GREAT for me. I hope it might help some of you also!

Comments

[Storage Guru]

I love your postings. It would be nice to see some more!!I'm always taking a peak to see if you've come back with some more great storage ideas!

[Jeanette Conrad]

where did you find the 8 x 10 magnetic folder, that is really a great space saver and looks like an easy way to store your nestabilities.
I also noticed you had some brass templates,
how do you emboss using the cuttlebug with these, or is it possible?
thanks,
Jeanette
please PM me at jconrad2@columbus.rr.com

[Sandy]

Where did you find the magnetic folder? I looked on Spellbinder and I didn't see it listed. Thanks great idea!

[Mary C. Anderson]

I love, love, love the idea that you have come up with to store the Nestabilities. Right now all of mine are in clear CD cases. Your idea is so much better then mine. Are the magnetic folders very expensive? Heck, I will just go look at the Spellbinder site. Thank you very much Cheryl for the awesome idea.

Mary