I have had it! HELP

I have one of those wire stacking racks on wheels for my papers. Well I am rearranging with my new cupboards and it has fallen apart twice! I am so done with it!

WHAT do you use to store all your pattern papers. I do them alphabetically and want to keep it that way but I need something different. I am going surfing for ideas but would love to know what works for you!

Susie, I have an extra store rack if you want to take a ride to Bloomsburg it's all yours! I can take a pic of it and send it to you if you like. We could possible meet you in the Wilkes Barre area if your interested. I got it for $50. when a store was closing but I don't neeed it and it just sits in my garage, it's so nice I don't want to part with it until someone can actualy use it.

oh Joyce I am so tempted! I have been looking on ebay and staples and joannes and just so stinking discouraged. I am thinking about it!!!! I will talk to hubby and see what he thinks! I found some great wooden handmade ones on ebay but they are expensive and then you still have to pay shipping!

Susie I have those white cubes with shelves for my pattern paper. Each cube hold 5 or 6 shelves I have 2 of those cubes together, then on the other side I have 2 cubes together & I have the vertical cropper hopper on those filled with more pattern paper. My DH also screwed down a couple of shelves we had hanging around to the top of the cubes & made it into an island for me!! I love it.

I have 2 of these: (black though)

and 5 more single Iris containers that i store horizontally on top of the cart.
My paper is organized by theme.

*SusieQ* wrote:

oh Joyce I am so tempted! I have been looking on ebay and staples and joannes and just so stinking discouraged. I am thinking about it!!!! I will talk to hubby and see what he thinks! I found some great wooden handmade ones on ebay but they are expensive and then you still have to pay shipping!

I'm in a waiting room now but if you send me your email I'll take a pic later and send it.

My paper is in the same containers as Rochelles but not very orginized right now.

My papers are stored upright in the magazine paper holders. I used to have it in paper racks but I find it so much easier to flip through quickly with it upright. I store most of mine by theme and if it isn't a certain theme, it is stored by color.

My papers are stored upright in post office boxes that I got free, Stan cut them like a cropper hopper. So I have them arranged by colors. Cardstock and patterned papers are separate, and if there is a them - for instance papers I think are "outdoor" papers. Then I have the mfg papers in craftkeepers inside the boxes for the mfg challenges. I have one of those black sturdy garage shelf units in my closet, and keep all the paper in there.
I too like being able to flip to find hat I am looking for. And I have a double magazine holder that I have 8 1/2 x11 cardstock in.
Good luck finding what works for you.

I used the casters and the bottom from "your unit" and put a crate on top and it holds my scraps by color in craft keepers. Course I now have two of those! lol Alot of scraps......

I store mine upright on bookshelves. It's all split up by brand. (my goal is to look through each brand & note any themed collections) I use the Cropper Hopper dividers to seperate them.

I also store mine upright in milk crates. Would love one like Rochelle's. Michael's has one for $29 with colorful drawers. I will hot glue something together in a minute.

I have the cubes from Michael's/AC Moore...that are 13x13 and divides into 5 sections...I sort mine by color...seems to work well for me.

well since they are moving hubbys work to california they are getting rid of alot around his office so he has promised tonight to see if he can find anything that will work. IF not I am going to be buying something!!!
so I will let you know Joyce