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Step 1
Clear plastic boxes.18 or 24 divided storage boxes are great for organizing your beads. These items can be found in your local bead, shop, hardware store or craft shop. Note that an eco-friendly, inexpensive alternative to purchasing divided plastic storage boxes is to clean and reuse egg cartons.
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Step 2
Storage containers sold at hardware store with small drawers designed for storing nuts and bolts are excellent for holding beads, findings and other small jewelry components.
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Step 3
If you chose to stick with storing your beads in plastic zip lock bags, you may find it easier if you sort the bags by type or color of beads and put them in a divided drawer. Fabric drawer divider units can be found at stores like Ikea or the Container store.
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Step 4
Button or medicine tubes.Tubes, such as old medicine bottles and containers that buttons are sold in, are terrific items to reuse as containers for beads and small jewelry parts.
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Step 5
Mint tins.Old mint tins can be easily stacked and used to store beads, ear wires, head pins and other small jewelry parts and findings.
Comments
venshida said
on 12/17/2009 Thanks, I stored my beads in plastic bags not a very good idea. I will use some of your ideas.