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Wednesday 29 February 2012

Super Storage...

...and such a bargain!

I have recently seen several folk in Blogland with fab cases that they have used for their Promarkers - cases that were originally designed to take 200 CD/DVDs. I have hunted high and low for these cases. Tesco had them in their on-line shop at £7.99 but guess what...printed across the image was 'discontinued'. PC World, Staples and loads of others greeted me with..."I know just what you mean - but..."; none of them stock this item any more. I looked on-line and yes the item is available but at a price - anywhere between £30 & £40 - that is a lot of Flexmarkers that could be added to my collection. Then a friend suggested I try Maplins (the electrical folk).

Rather than walk to the other side of Stratford in my lunch break only to be disappointed - again! - I checked on-line. No 200 CD case but they did have a 300 CD case with a big price tag...then I found it...

In their current promotion they have a 500 CD case reduced from £50 to £20 and Stratford had 7 in stock. So I toddled off to have a look and came back with this...
It is surprisingly light and actually doesn't take up any more room than my existing storage for my Letraset markers; ALL OF THEM!
As you can see, I have made a start on re-housing my pens.
The Flexmarkers will fit beautifully in one section...
...and once I get some sticky dot labels, my Promarkers will be moving in too. There will even be room for my Aquamarkers. My Metallic markers have 'moved-in' but that was all the labels I had to hand.

So my Letraset storage is now sorted **happy bunny** and i will actually be able to use my pens without rummaging through plastic boxes. Result!!!............................................

8 comments:

Virginia said...

Loving the storage solution - glad you managed to find one!

Claire said...

Fab idea, it's lovely when you get some new storage isn't it? I think all crafters must be slightly OCD lol.
C xx

Debbie said...

Wow, that's such great organization! It will save you so much time, being able to go straight to the pen you need!

Debbie x

Ali said...

Oooh now that is a good idea. Tempting... very tempting...

Vicky said...

Fabby storage I loved it last year when I did mine, it seems to be one of my most popular posts on my blog so a lot of peeps must be liking it.

I dont use it now as I gave all my PMs to a blogging friend so I use something else now but its still a good storage solution.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Sandra said...

Ooohhh it's lovely, and I bet you're really enjoying put all your pens in :)

Lynn Stevens said...

Sometimes it really pays to keep looking, Great find and holds them all. Amazing!
hugs Lynn

Linda said...

Great idea :)