PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on May 14, 2020 7:17:05 GMT
While admiring rows of shelves uniformly lined with an impressive & photogenic display of white Martha Stewart punches in others' craft rooms, I have amassed a relatively modest collection from various manufacturers that has outgrown the drawers of my project table. Unlike the slimline & easily stackable EK Success punches, the (award ribbon shaped) design & multiple sizes of the Fiskars squeeze punches make them awkward to store & space hogs!
Please share Fiskars squeeze punch storage solutions that work for you. TIA.
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msliz
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Post by msliz on May 14, 2020 7:35:13 GMT
I don't have a big collection of punches. I store all my punches along with my deco scissors and extra x-acto blades in two drawers of a Sterilite 12x12 3-drawer unit.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 14, 2020 11:01:29 GMT
I'm an animal. All of my punches are in a rectangular plastic box from the Dollar Tree.
I don't need to be able to display them. I just need to be able to reach them.
If you're a visual person, maybe make a punch cheat sheet, with an example of each punch, on a sheet of cardstock, hung above your desk for quick reference.
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Post by crystalb on May 14, 2020 11:47:13 GMT
I use the Bygel Rail from Ikea (I think you can get them on Amazon too now). I have four on a silver of wall, three of them have the squeeze punches. The rain goes between the handles and they sit sideways. I will try to remember to take and post a picture later today after crisis/home schooling!
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 13:09:36 GMT
I'm an animal. All of my punches are in a rectangular plastic box from the Dollar Tree. This made me laugh and shoot coffee out my nose!  I love the squeeze punches (yay arthritis) and needed an easy storage solution. I got one of those over the door shoe storage things, with the hooks that go over the door (10 bucks, Target) and all my punches have their own "pocket", which is clear, and then there is a wider pocket at the bottom that I stuffed my heat gun and some other random crap in. There are 14 clear pockets which fit 2 punches each easily, and then the bottom one. www.target.com/p/15-pocket-over-the-door-hanging-shoe-organizer-gray-room-essentials-8482/-/A-50387790 |
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camcas
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Post by camcas on May 14, 2020 13:12:41 GMT
I have a set of the Helmer drawers from IKEA- my punches live in a couple of those
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Post by GiantsFan on May 14, 2020 13:55:19 GMT
I don't use punches very often and so I don't have many of them. Maybe 10 or so. I got rid of all edge punches except for the EK flat ones and the old CM circle and squares. The ones I like from other brands I found in similar styles in EK. They are stored in a plastic shoe box on a shelf. I know punches are expensive and getting rid of them is hard, but I bought the replacements with coupons.
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Post by alone_inacrowdedroom on May 14, 2020 14:00:38 GMT
I use the Bygel Rail from Ikea (I think you can get them on Amazon too now). I have four on a silver of wall, three of them have the squeeze punches. The rain goes between the handles and they sit sideways. I will try to remember to take and post a picture later today after crisis/home schooling! These are what I use, too. |
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Post by naby64 on May 14, 2020 14:42:43 GMT
I have buckets from the Dollar Tree and all my punches are sorted into the buckets and on the bottom shelf of a bookshelf/toybox my dad made for my ODS. My circles and squares are in one, misc. punches in another and border punches in the third. My MS punches are on a wire cupcake holder and a tiered spice rack on the top of the bookshelf.
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Post by joblackford on May 14, 2020 17:38:40 GMT
Those punches are functionally good - they are easy to squeeze - but I HATE how awkward they are. I only have a couple in a drawer and they're two completely different size which is good because if I want to have them lay flat instead of all sticking up at an angle I can't see what shape they are. gah. I hate them. They don't even work that well. (Starting to wonder why I even still have them!)
Totally Tiffany has some expensive plastic bags with trays that some people like for punches. I think the weird shape would get them all tangled up though, unless you severely limited how many were in each container.
I have no idea. I just stuck my oar in here to complain about how much I hate them. lol. Sorry.
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Post by Jessica on May 14, 2020 18:21:01 GMT
I have them in one of the drawers that fit in the expedit/kallax units. I dont have many punches so this works for me!
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Post by anniefb on May 14, 2020 18:37:54 GMT
I only have a few punches and keep them in the bottom tray of my Raskog cart.
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vexedangel
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Post by vexedangel on May 14, 2020 19:59:46 GMT
I have a couple. All of my punches are in ikea kallax drawers. The 2 I have are lying down, stacked 1 on top of the other.
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Post by KikiPea on May 14, 2020 20:30:37 GMT
I have mine in a labeled drawer.
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Post by ecvnj58 on May 14, 2020 20:53:48 GMT
I'm an animal. All of my punches are in a rectangular plastic box from the Dollar Tree. I don't need to be able to display them. I just need to be able to reach them. If you're a visual person, maybe make a punch cheat sheet, with an example of each punch, on a sheet of cardstock, hung above your desk for quick reference. I’m worse. My punches are just thrown in the front pocket of my crop tote. |
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Post by 950nancy on May 14, 2020 22:04:56 GMT
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Post by 950nancy on May 14, 2020 22:06:40 GMT
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Post by 950nancy on May 14, 2020 22:22:25 GMT
 Just tossing out the many ways I store my punches. Fiskars blue handled punches go in the shoe holder on the door. They used to go in the wicker baskets before I ran out of room for them in there.  |
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Post by refugeepea on May 14, 2020 23:21:25 GMT
I store all my punches in mini CD crates. You can stack them and they are just the right size that you don't have to do much digging to find what you want.
ETA: This is what they look like. I've had mine for a long time. This was just a quick google search. |
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Post by janesays on May 15, 2020 4:18:02 GMT
My punches are in a basket next to my craft table.
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Post by mikklynn on May 15, 2020 11:31:02 GMT
My punches are in my IKEA Alex drawers. I did have to remove the larger, heaviest punches as they were warping the bottom of the drawers.
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Post by gizzy on May 15, 2020 13:58:29 GMT
I maybe have 15 so they fit in a basket on the shelf.
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Post by 950nancy on May 15, 2020 19:23:52 GMT
One thing you can do is make a card or some type of punch of your dies. Put them on a piece of paper where you can see them and then toss your punches in a basket. That way you can "see" them without them having to be out.
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