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Get Organized Week #16 Paint, Glitter & Stickles
Materials Needed
Containers, racks, and a label maker to label containers
The Challenge
To find and harness every tube, bottle, tub, and jar of paint, glitter and Stickles you own,
and get them into containers in a usable and maintainable system.
Up and at ‘em people, we’ve got an easy task this week, unless you have cupboards
full of paint and other fun substances hiding in little bottles and jars.
Paint, glitter and Stickles are the kinds of items that if you have just a few, you can toss them all
into a pretty bin and say you’re done. It’s not hard to sort through 5-10 Stickles and paint bottles
to find what you need. If you want to arrange them in neat rows do so but don’t worry if you
don’t get them put back neatly every time they’re used; that doesn’t always happen. When you
get bit by the cleaning bug, you can put them back in their proper places. But, if you have many
bottles, you really need them organized in a way that enables you to find the color you need
quickly. The easiest way to sort and organize is obviously by color; set them
up in rainbow order and they’ll be easy to find.
We’ll focus mainly on paints and Stickles in this material. Depending on the shape of your containers, you can store your glitter like your embossing supplies (if it’s in a shallow canister) or like
your paints and Stickles (if it’s in an upright container).
Here’s a list of organizational options for this week. As you make your decisions, keep in
mind your storage space (wall-mounted, countertop, drawers, etc.) and immediately
knock any option off your list that won’t work in your space, no matter how pretty it is, even if
it’s on sale.
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Upright in shallow drawers
Multi-drawer units
Crop-In-Style cubes
Cropper Hopper vertical drawers (for dabbers)
Velcro or magnets stored upside down - brilliant!
Velcro on a wall (no shelf needed), or an acrylic frame
Metal cutlery trays or cookie sheets, in a drawer or on the wall
Dual-level Lazy Susan
Plastic Flip-top Box great for crops!
Over-the-door organizer
Clear plastic shoeboxes
Photo storage boxes
Tilt bins
Tiered spice racks
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Inventory Solution
Some scrappers like to make a chart that shows them at-a-glance what they have. If you want
to have an inventory sheet be a part of your system, you might find inspiration for how to create
your own inventory system (or use something they provide for free) here, you can print a chart,
add the name of the paint, glitter or Stickles and then place a daub of the substance
next to that information.
More Insight from Jill
I use paint, Stickles and glitter only on occasion so they are stored in secondary locations in my
studio. I chose storage containers for them a long time ago, and all have been discontinued,
which isn’t going to help you. This is a good example of how the right solutions and containers
in your space can last a very long time.
My bottles and tubes of paint are in paint storage racks or clear storage boxes kept on narrow
shelves in my island. They’re under the countertop overhang where there is dim light. To help
remedy the problem, I mounted battery-operated LED lights onto the underside of the overhang and over the paints. Paint tubes and bottles are stored in ROY G. BIV order most
of the time. I have to take a few minutes once-in-a-while, to straighten them. Tubs of acrylic
paint, crackle paint and glazes are in clear storage boxes on the shelves under the countertop.
Large paint brushes and palettes are in a clear storage box and smaller paint brushes are in the
center section of one of my tool carousels in a vintage flower sifter.
Stickles, glitter and glitter paint are organized and stored in Tim Holtz metal storage cases that I
keep in a bottom cupboard in my island. I removed the metal divider inserts that came with the
cases. They are what separate the inks in my island drawer (photos of ink storage in Week #15).
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Tip: Store paint, Stickles and glitter in containers upside down so you can see
the colors easily. Or if you want to store them upright, add a daub of color
from the bottle contents to the cap.
Summary
Chaos is reigned in when little jars, bottles and tubes are organized in a space that is used
wisely, and efficiently. Get your paint, glitter and Stickles under control and feel the difference it will make in your studio and life.
Your paint, glitter and Stickle dilemmas will soon be solved. Congratulations! See you back here
for Week #17 when we’ll have a good time examining ways to organize your punches.
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