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Post by peasapie on May 17, 2015 14:04:39 GMT
I have mine in a plastic bag with elastic bands around major color groups, but this always leaves me searching for the colors. Is there a better way?
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Post by CeeScraps on May 17, 2015 19:30:50 GMT
I have mine divided by color in acrylic boxes from The Container Store. I just went to look for them and they don't show up on their site.
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Post by don on May 17, 2015 21:27:36 GMT
I have mine in a M&M's mug on my main work station.
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Post by krcrafts on May 17, 2015 23:46:55 GMT
I use a revolving utensil holder that I found at Target in their summer stuff a few years ago. It has 3 compartments and holds my set of 120 pencils, it was purple(!), and only cost $10. I bought a second one for my Copics.
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Post by peasapie on May 18, 2015 1:06:25 GMT
I have mine divided by color in acrylic boxes from The Container Store. I just went to look for them and they don't show up on their site. Oooh - is it this? container store
I actually have a gift certificate to the container store that I have to use. |
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Post by CeeScraps on May 18, 2015 11:19:58 GMT
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Post by gailoh on May 18, 2015 13:05:02 GMT
I have mine in one of those utility baskets...
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Post by scrapaddie on May 18, 2015 20:20:01 GMT
Mine are not divided. I only have prisma color so I only have one brand and they simply stand in a jar. My watercolor pencils are done the same way. Only my copics are divided into color groups. But then, I am not good at precise organization. For instance my sister had little boxes for each color of eyelet. For me, a jar that had all my eyelids was just fine.
I know my limitations. I love to set up organizational things but I'm not great at maintaining them. So I try to set up what I know I can handle. Of course, my organization drive my sister nuts!
ETA:
Can't get back to change the eyelids. I really do not store my eyelids in a jar but I do store my eyelets in a hard.
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Post by peasapie on May 22, 2015 11:32:13 GMT
Mine are not divided. I only have prisma color so I only have one brand and they simply stand in a jar. My watercolor pencils are done the same way. Only my copics are divided into color groups. But then, I am not good at precise organization. For instance my sister had little boxes for each color of eyelet. For me, a jar that had all my eyelids was just fine. I know my limitations. I love to set up organizational things but I'm not great at maintaining them. So I try to set up what I know I can handle. Of course, my organization drive my sister nuts! ETA: Can't get back to change the eyelids. I really do not store my eyelids in a jar but I do store my eyelets in a hard. Hahaha got it. My my typos are epoch LOL |
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Post by peasapie on May 22, 2015 11:35:38 GMT
Well none of the links seem to go right to it, but I DID find it and ordered them. I'll post a pic when I set up some pencils. Since Ive been using them a lot, the other day I made little labeled swatches of the names and color samples for each pencil. That makes it a lot easier when I'm looking for a particular color of pencil. I'm thinking I'll put them inside the container with the pencils. |
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Post by don on May 23, 2015 3:49:24 GMT
There are only 8 colors; red, blue, green, orange, violet, brown, gray & black.
Organization is for those who are too darned lazy to look for stuff.
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Post by JustTricia on May 23, 2015 12:29:09 GMT
There are only 8 colors; red, blue, green, orange, violet, brown, gray & black. Organization is for those who are too darned lazy to look for stuff. I hope you meant that to be funny, but it came off as insulting. |
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Post by alittleintrepid on May 26, 2015 14:28:56 GMT
There are only 8 colors; red, blue, green, orange, violet, brown, gray & black. Organization is for those who are too darned lazy to look for stuff. I hope you meant that to be funny, but it came off as insulting.  ?? How so? He's only poking fun at himself! |
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Post by JustTricia on May 26, 2015 14:58:04 GMT
I hope you meant that to be funny, but it came off as insulting. ?? How so? He's only poking fun at himself! If it said "I'm organized because I'm too lazy to look for stuff" then I would agree, but that's not what it says. I'm organized in my craft room and it has nothing to do with laziness, it has to do with efficiency, so that broad statement offended me. |
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Post by alittleintrepid on May 26, 2015 15:04:52 GMT
?? How so? He's only poking fun at himself! If it said "I'm organized because I'm too lazy to look for stuff" then I would agree, but that's not what it says. I'm organized in my craft room and it has nothing to do with laziness, it has to do with efficiency, so that broad statement offended me. I totally didn't read it that way. I read it that he is NOT organized and thus has to waste time looking for stuff! I'm 100% sure that it was a joke, not meant to offend the highly organized and efficient among us. (And, seriously, organization takes WORK on the front end to get set up!) |
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Post by JustTricia on May 26, 2015 16:32:51 GMT
If it said "I'm organized because I'm too lazy to look for stuff" then I would agree, but that's not what it says. I'm organized in my craft room and it has nothing to do with laziness, it has to do with efficiency, so that broad statement offended me. I totally didn't read it that way. I read it that he is NOT organized and thus has to waste time looking for stuff! I'm 100% sure that it was a joke, not meant to offend the highly organized and efficient among us. (And, seriously, organization takes WORK on the front end to get set up!) I'll admit I may be misinterpreting we he posted, and that's my issue. |
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Post by tsabhira on May 29, 2015 22:52:22 GMT
I've been trying to figure this out myself. Right now, I have most of my inktense in a pencil roll-up and my prismas in a couple of global art pencil cases. Wish I had the space to keep them out. The global arts can be got cheaply at Hobby Lobby, but they are a tight squeeze - safe for the pencils, but kinda inconvenient. |
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Post by don on May 30, 2015 16:42:40 GMT
“Organized people are just too lazy to go looking for what they want.” A. Einstein. I just modified it a bit. I am not unorganized, but my studio is severely disheveled at times (ok, a lot of the time)
There are 8 colors; red, green, blue, orange, yellow, violet, brown, and black. They were in my first box of Crayola crayons.
I did not intend to hurt anyone's feelings.
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Post by LisaDV on May 30, 2015 18:36:40 GMT
I have an old pepsi crate turned on its side. I then separate the markers by color family. My copics have their own plastic storage container that they came in when you bought 72 at one time.
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?? How so? He's only poking fun at himself!
