Saturday, June 18, 2011

STORAGE SATURDAY, Baker's Twine Dispenser...

I am starting a new feature on my blog that will appear occasionally called Storage Saturday.  I will feature different storage solutions that I have found useful and thought you might, too.

This time out I am showing you how I store my Baker's Twine, Linen Thread and Hemp Twine.  These products come wrapped around cardboard in a plastic bag.  Unfortunately I have a propensity towards ripping the plastic bags after a while.  And sometimes accidents have happened where the twine ended up with ink dropped on the whole thing, etc.

I came up with this holder to store the twines and keep them clean, while still making them very easy to dispense.  It uses our Stampin' Store containers and the plastic centers of our ribbon spools (which I always save when I have finished a ribbon roll).  I think you can pretty much figure out how I made them, but for those who have not used the Crop-a-Dile before, I included a tutorial on how I made the holders at the end of the post.  When finished, you can store them in our Stack & Store Caddy or decorate them to showcase in your stamping space.  Enjoy!


TWINE DISPENSER SUPPLIES:
  • Accessories – Stampin' Store Containers (#103649, $3.95/6), Metallic Eyelets (#105319, $5.95 retiring!), plastic spools from ribbon holders
  • Tools – Crop-a-Dile (#108362, $29.95), Craft & Rubber Scissors (#103179, $19.95)

TWINE DISPENSER INSTRUCTIONS:
Click on the pictures to enlarge

1.  Punch a 1/8" hole in the side of a Stampin' Store container with the Crop-a-Dile.  Place it as close to the ridge (where the lid sits) as you can or you won't be able to set your eyelet.

2.  This picture shows the placement of the hole close to the top of area below the ridge of the container.  Don't go any lower than this.

3.  Secure an eyelet in the hole using the C setting on the top and the 3 setting on the base.  For further instructions on how to use the Crop-A-Dile, please check out this Crop-A-Dile PDF.

4.  This is what your eyelet will look like when finished.

5.  Use a ribbon spool center from ribbon holders that you have used up.  If the ribbon spool center is too thick to fit in the container, just pull it apart and trim as show in the picture to the right with your Craft & Rubber Scissors.  Put them back together.

6.  Wrap your twine around the spool.  Don't worry that it goes out beyond the spool as shown.  Just wrap carefully and once in the container, it will be confined and will dispense fine.  You can skip this step with the Hemp Twine as it coils nicely on it's own in the container.

7.  Thread the twine through your eyelet from the inside to the outside and place the twine in the container.  Cap and stack or store as desired!

26 comments:

  1. Awesome tip! Thanks for sharing. I know I have the containers, now I just have to find the ribbon spools.

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  2. Genius! Now I just need to see if I can consolidate some brads or something for my containers. I am a bit of a "hoarder" and need to be more of a "user" so I can empty some of those! Thanks for sharing your great idea.

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  3. What a wonderful tip you have shared with us! Wow, no more stangled twine! I will definitely get started on this storage.

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  4. WOW, What a clever idea! Genius (and cute container too).

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  5. brilliant idea! I'm for sure going to use this

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  6. This is brilliant! What a fabulous idea!

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  7. Thank you, thank you. It's a great idea. I can't wait to show this to ladies at stamp club. Big Hugs.

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  8. This is a fantastic idea, one I must put to use as soon as I can. Tracey x

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  9. AWESOME!! I always save my brad containers, but I have never saved my ribbon spools. I'll be sure to do that now. Thanks for a fantastic tip!

    ~Lisa~
    Lisa@TheStampCampCounselor.com

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  10. Oh my Goodness Marie!!! What a GREAT idea!!!! Thank you for sharing... I LOVE IT!!!

    Faith

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  11. Thanks for sharing this tip! What a great idea! No more tangled twine and thread. You Rock!!!!

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  12. So Clever!!!! Thanks for Sharing! Joan

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  13. You are a GENIUS! LOVE this "fix" for disheveled linen thread and baker's twine!!

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  14. Thanks for the nifty way to store baker's twine!

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  15. Absolutely brilliant, Marie! Thanks for sharing this great idea and how you made the containers!

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  16. This is a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

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  17. Thanks so much for sharing. What a fabulous idea.

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  18. Just saw this on Pinterest. Brilliant!

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  19. Just saw this on Pinterest. Brilliant!

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  20. brilliant idea, quick and easy! Thanks

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  21. If there was a hole through the middle (it sort of looked like there was), you could also run a dowel through the containers and mount then pretty easily to the under side of a cabinet where you use them so that they don't become clutter on your counter.

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  22. Just saw your hint on Pinterest. Thank you for sharing, wonderful idea. I was wondering if a thread bobbin would fit. I will give it a try since I do not have any ribbon centers laying around Again, great idea and thanks for sharing.

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  23. Thank you for sharing. Found your idea on Pinterest. I don't have any ribbon centers so I am going to try it with a plastic thread bobbin.

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  24. Just saw your idea on Pinterest. And of course, I just got rid of a lot of those round stampin' containers. I do have some left and will start to organize my twine. Thanks for sharing your idea.

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