Are you ready for our final day in this week-long series to a better organized crafty stash?!! You can’t stamp without a collection of ink pads, but having a full spectrum of color options translates into storage issues ... today the My Favorite Things Design Team has ideas for you though! Keep clicking to see how the MFT team manages their stockpile of this stamping essential.
The ink pad and refill storage system I lovingly refer to as The Wall 'O Ink (LOL!) I'm finally happy with (it's been an on-going struggle!) are the solid wood Distress Combo Holders from Stamp-N-Storage. They also have cubby holes to hold refill/reinker bottles and smaller cubby holes for coordinating markers. They come unpainted, so you can stain or paint them (or not!) as you'd like. I spray painted mine white. These are four of the 48-pad holders, stacked 2x2 and are sitting on a pair of teal (accent color for my studio) box shelves (found at Hobby Lobby). I wanted the ink pads to sit up off my desk, so the desk area in front of the ink pads could still be fully utilized. This area usually contains my stamp scrubber/cleaner and the current stamps and cardstock I'm working with, so I didn't want to have to push all that aside in order to get to the ink pads I may need on the bottom row. Plus, there's a little extra storage space inside the box shelves (the fronts are hinged and lift up)!
These ink pad holders sit against the wall of my U-shaped desk (thus The Wall 'O Ink reference!) and are nice and handy to the right of my stamping area. The teal shelves below the holders also provide a ledge, where I can keep an Ink Blending tool handy. The round refill bottle holes also hold the dedicated Ink Blending Pad for that color.
I love that these holders have space for reinkers and markers -- you can see my collection of Tsukineko Memento ink pads, markers, and reinkers down at the far end, on the bottom. Dew Drops ink pads also fit into the shelves:
Below you can see in the upper left of the photo, where my Distress ink pads, markers, and reinkers are contained (the original pad for which these holders were created) -- they sit further back into the shelves, flush with the edge. As you can see, these holders hold all types of narrow ink pads, including all of MFT's inks -- Premium Dye and Hybrid ink pads, their reinker bottles, and Pigment ink pads. Tsukineko's Delicata and Versamark pads also fit. All of these ink pads that are longer than Distress Ink Pads stick out just a little, making them easy to grasp.
I label the ends of all my ink pads with my Label Maker, so the color name is easily visible. There is also room on the ink pad shelf/cubby for its coordinating Copic Sketch marker color, OR a Ciao marker will fit into the marker cubby hole -- I only have one Ciao that matches the bottom right MFT Lemon Drop color, but you can see how it fits. You can find a free downloadable chart of Copic color matches to MFT's cardstock and ink colors HERE on the MFT Blog!
Next to my design team monthly new product file box (details on Monday's Stamp Storage Solutions) is another of my favorite ink resources -- my Copic marker chart (free download on this page of my blog).
Thanks so much for joining us this week, we hope you've enjoyed it and may have found some great organizational and storage ideas! Be sure to check back next month, when the MFT design team will return to our monthly Organization for your Creative Space series, to help you get even more organized throughout the rest of the year!
I am on a big organizing mission and this series has made my mornings. I need these for distress inks that are distressing me on storage. TFS
Posted by: melanie kuzik | January 23, 2015 at 07:51 AM
I so need to organize more. Thanks
Posted by: Angela K | January 23, 2015 at 07:59 AM
The tips and peek into your work space this week have been wonderful.
Posted by: Tami B | January 23, 2015 at 08:08 AM
Great ink storage."WoW"
Posted by: Barb C | January 23, 2015 at 08:09 AM
I have one that holds only ink pads. The reinker/marker combo is a super idea - no more hunting for the coordinating products!
Posted by: Kay | January 23, 2015 at 08:13 AM
That is a neat way to store inks!
Posted by: yvonne | January 23, 2015 at 09:07 AM
Sharon, Thanks for showing the holders, as I am on the lookout what would work for me, as we built a new home and I am looking for a new storage for my inks in my new stamp room that will be getting built. This system looks like it will hold it all.
Posted by: Carol | January 23, 2015 at 09:50 AM
I have one word to say "WOW"!!!!
Posted by: Kay | January 23, 2015 at 09:55 AM
Your craft space is beautiful. Love your ink storage.
Posted by: Rebekka K | January 23, 2015 at 09:56 AM
I Whant one,Whant a gréât idea to save more Space!!!!
Posted by: Suezan | January 23, 2015 at 10:05 AM
TOTALLY AWESOME INK STORAGE! YOU are ONE LUCKY LADY!
Posted by: Treece | January 23, 2015 at 10:16 AM
Sharon, It's been a GREAT week of posts! TFS all of your storage solutions. I lobe seeing what friends do and it's been way too long since I've been in your stamp room! Miss you, friend!
Posted by: Jami | January 23, 2015 at 10:17 AM
Thanks so much for sharing all these organization ideas. They have been a terrific help. I have one of the stamp holders that my friend made, though I wish that it had the places for the reinkers. I am in the process of collecting other ink pads to take the place of the stamp pads I have from another company that just don't work that great.
Posted by: Rhandi D. | January 23, 2015 at 10:22 AM
Wow, you are SO organized - I love it! Your Wall O' Ink is amazing. I have enjoyed seeing so many wonderful ideas this week. I just want to empty my room and start over. Now, to win the lottery :-)
Posted by: Jackie | January 23, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Sharon, what an awesome week this has been with all the organizing and storage that all the girls from MFT have shared with all of us. I am walking away with a lot of very helpful information. Thanks again for sharing. Hugs
P.S. love your cards too!
Posted by: Gretchen Wilson | January 23, 2015 at 12:02 PM
Ohhhh great storage!!
Posted by: doudou2106 | January 23, 2015 at 01:52 PM
What a pretty display! Looks inspiring!
Posted by: Michele H. | January 23, 2015 at 02:28 PM
Fabulous storage idea's just what any girl needs.
Thank you for sharing with us, it's been great to see
how other keeping there craft items neat and tidy!
Posted by: Maria | January 23, 2015 at 02:46 PM
Hi Sharon,
I love this idea, the only thing that stands against it is my budget. I wish I could win this great prize, I love MFT stamps and dies and am itching to use their inks. Thanks!
Cariños,
María Alba
Posted by: María Alba Negrón | January 23, 2015 at 02:54 PM
Love this awesome ink holder. I wish I had that much room but I don't so have to really be careful about what full sized ink pads I purchase. I usually use minis and dew drops for colors I don't use regularly and I keep them in portable storage bins and pull them out as I need them. You are a lucky lady to have an entire wall dedicated to inks!
Posted by: Celeste Goff | January 23, 2015 at 05:47 PM
O M Goodness!!!! How I would love to just sit in front of that and enjoy the moment!
Posted by: Wendy Bond | January 23, 2015 at 05:56 PM
Oh my gosh, that looks amazing!!! I love the teal boxes at the bottom...beautiful!!
Posted by: KIM A | January 23, 2015 at 08:47 PM
Oh, wow!!! A wall of ink! LOVE it!
Posted by: Brenda Lee | January 23, 2015 at 10:53 PM
Information overload.. I love it.. thanks for sharing and the info on the downloads... :D
Posted by: LesLee Stone-Rasmus | January 23, 2015 at 11:42 PM
Love the way you store the inks, re-inkers, and markers...especially the matching copic markers! Thanks for the link to the charts. It's been great seeing all the organization this week.
Posted by: Elizabeth S. | January 24, 2015 at 01:29 AM
This is a wonderful way to store all your inks. I could definitely see me putting something like this to good use. I have seen some amazing ideas for storage and organizing all week. Now to just get this massive project started! TFS
Posted by: Neesey Gebalski | January 24, 2015 at 02:59 AM
Wowzer, some awesome inks and storage. Thanks for all the organizational ideas all week.
Posted by: Joan VanCourt | January 24, 2015 at 06:11 AM
What a great organizer!! Love it!
Posted by: [email protected] | January 24, 2015 at 07:36 PM
Wow! I wish I have something like that. Very organized. Thanks for sharing your organization ideas.
Posted by: Yola | January 25, 2015 at 10:58 AM
Oh My, I absolutely LOVE your ink storage! Love the little drawer units you have underneath...so clever and pretty! Thanks for sharing your crafting space with us this week.
Posted by: Marcia Taylor | January 25, 2015 at 05:04 PM
Love StampnStorage for my ink pads and have several kinds, but love your idea of using one kind for all your pads. So smart. So clever
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