In addition to my love of cooking and quilting I enjoy making cards and small albums using stamps and thinlet dies.
Thinlet dies are a great invention as far as I am concerned and I have given away most if not all my punches. Punches are great, but use up way too much storage space.
Thinlet dies however can be stored flat and that is a huge advantage.
I used to store them in an Artbin which I bought at Joann's awhile back. It is a clear plastic bin with a handle for which matching magnetic sheets can be purchased. The thin let dies are being placed on these sheets and stored in the bin.
After making some purchases from the Stampin' Up Holiday catalog I was in need of a few more magnetic sheets. However my local Joann's does not seem to carry Artbin any longer.
Searching the internet I came upon katsretirementjourney.blogspot.com and her suggestion of an alternate and cheaper method. Kat in turn got the idea fro Connie Stewart at Simply Simple Stamping.
I followed their example and purchased magnetic vent cover sheets from Home Depot. A package of 3 sheets costs just under $5.00 which is a great deal less expensive than the Artbin sheets.
At home I cut each sheet in half horizontally.
I now store each magnetic sheet in a plastic protector in a 3-ring folder which I lay flat on a table. The sheets are a bit heavy and I don't want to tear the plastic folders.
So the moral of the story is: when one door closes another opens
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason immediately apparent, other times it may take awhile until we understand.
