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by Stacy Kocur

For a couple of years, I’ve been storing my miscellaneous ABCs in a jar. It looked artsy and fun sitting on the shelf, but it was useless as far as efficiency goes. To find letters, I’d have to dump the jar out and sort through the pile. Inevitably, letters would fall to the floor, down the air vent, or behind my desk.

Last month (I think it was in Creating Keepsakes magazine), I saw an idea that made me finally do something about my alphabet chaos! The article suggested using a sleeve mini photo album to sort and store your ABCs. I immediately went on a hunt for an appropriate album. (Appropriate meaning: inexpensive. LOL!) I stumbled on the perfect one at Hobby Lobby.

It’s made by S.E.I. and retails for $3.99. I actually bought two of them, combined both books’ worth of page protectors into one, and stuffed it full of letters. (The other one became the Flat Stanley album I posted about Monday.)

I think I’ll love this new system, and I KNOW I’ll use my letters more often now.
And I can totally see myself doodling this book up like crazy.
The pages are side loading, and sealed on three sides. So when the book standing on its end like this, nothing will fall out. :)


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Posted in General, Scrap Spaces/Organization on March 8th, 2007

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4 Responses to “alphabet storage”

  1. Brandi-mom2samcar Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 12:02 pm

    I love this idea! Thanks for sharing!

  2. Scrap4Evr Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 5:18 pm

    Stacy, I already do this with small die cuts and misc flat elements, but I never thought to do this with alfas! Neat idea!

  3. Tonya Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 8:23 pm

    Great idea! Since I am revamping the scrap room, I just might have to make a trip to Hobby Lobby for this trick.

    Thanks.

  4. dexie Says:
    March 9th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    oh this is a great idea. i should do this for the words/phrases too. i’m so tired of picking out the same phrases over and over again. it’s time to separate them in their own compartment. thanks!!!

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