marker storage

I recently posted my home made stamp pad storage, and said how I needed something for my markers. Well, this isn't exactly what I had in mind, but hey, it works! This is a CASE from the US catalogue - no idea what tins they used, but I used nesquik tins :) The kids in this house think Christmas has come early! I had to go out and buy 5 tins especially, because I have NO patience, and couldn't wait til we actually HAD 6 empty tins! The guy at the checkout thought I was nuts! :)

These are covered using the Ginger Blossom DSP from the Summer Mini. J turned round once it was made and said if I wanted here to drink 6 more cans of nesquik so I could make another one, then she supposed she could do that. And if the next oen I amde was in the Bali Breeze paper, and HAPPENED to find it's way up to her room, well she could probably live with that too :) A for effort darling!

storage

I have been eyeing up the ink pad caddy holder thingy in the catalogue for ages - wanting somewhere to store my ink pads. Problem is I only own, like, 12!! so over a hundred bucks wasn't really an option!! (I do plan on getting more, but you know - other boring stuff takes precedence - ink pads don't make a very good spag bol!)

So anyway, I have been getting creative with my Tupperware and dish drainer containers, after searching the net and seeing what others do for storage on a budget. (Man there are some amazing stamp rooms out there!! and I NEED an IKEA to come to New Zealand - seriously if you are reading this Mr IKEA executive who makes the decision, I alone will make it worth your while!!) But anyway - not having a spare million dollars (to cover the airfare an the excess baggage to Aussie for a trip to IKEA!) I came across Stacey's blog, and her post about her DIY ink pad holder. She used foam core board, but the day I went to Warehouse Stationery they only had A3 pieces, and that wasn't going to cut it!! So I grabbed some coreflute instead. Was a bit bent, so it was on special - $7 for two pieces instead of $10. Sweet!!

Anyway.... after a LOT of measuring and checking (inches versus centimetres and all that jazz!!) and not very straight cutting, (but that's ok - it's MEANT to have a wavy decorative bit only on one side! ;) ) Here is my version!!

This was actually fun to make!! And it didn't take as long as I thought it would - me being NOT very handy at DIY!! It holds 12 inkpads in each section, and there are 5 sections - so one for each colour family, plus one for in-colours and stazon and versamark etc.

The top has a little lip on it (there isn't supposed to be a gap - that was my really accurate cutting!!) to hold markers, embossing powder, reinkers etc etc etc.

I do think I would rather have my markers separate though, in a kind of cubby!! SO guess what my next project is!!

haha - my FM is NOT impressed! my skills with a glue gun leave a LOT to be desired!!