Thanks, Mom!
So for no reason other than she loves me and was thinking of me, my Mom sent me a box of boxes! Little, clear-topped boxes, just the right size for beads and bits, that come in their own well-fitting bigger box to keep them tidy. I usually keep my general, constantly rotating bead collection in one of a few large, plastic tool parts containers. These work fine for grouping the many types of beads together and keeping myself mostly organized, but they are also kind of big and when the lid is open, they’re all ready to be accidentally dumped and then cried upon. Usually in those bigger containers, I see a set of beads that I keep forgetting to use and either store them in my head on a list that’s never really accurate, or I put one or two on my work bench so I can think about what to do with them later. Even when I know what to do with them, they may sit there in the way for many days and sometimes weeks. Now, I have the perfect place to “brainstorm” ideas and hang on to combinations that I like that will get made when I’m good and ready. Here is one set of my new toy in action…
Themocracy
That mom is so smart and thoughtful. A deadly combination.
I know! She’s the best.
I have zillions of these little boxes, I just love them! You can get more of them through Lee Valley – they have all sorts of cool tools, garden stuff, etc…