Come on all you frit addicts... How do you do it?! I just can't work out what to put it all in to keep it organised!
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Thats a great question! I'd love a storage system that wasn't several assorted small pots thrown together.. :D
Well, at the moment, I have a pile of tubs on top of my play tray... And I keep dropping bits when I try to find the one I want!
I use old spice racks fixed to the wall, if I could find my blooming camera charger I'd take a pic!
I havent got that many yet but hoping to soon. I have also done the spice rack thingy....and for smaller amounts I have little pots used to put cremes in for travel..sorry dont know what they are called...like lipbalm pots....
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I keep mine in what I assume Asda think are spice storage pots.
Not sure how to describe them but they are clear plastic with vacuum seal lids - they look like mini size wheelie bins about 3" high and the best part is they are only 24p each.
I keep shards, bead cleaner etc in the next size up.
Big plus of the lids is that you can remove them one handed but once shut they don't fall off when you drop the pot . . . . for this reason I also use them to store "bulk purchase" seed beads.
Every time I take my mother shopping in Asda, I pick up a dozen . . .
Carole
I copied Diana East and bought myself one of those two tier stainless steel kitchen trolleys (think they are for vegetables), its on wheels as well. So I tuck it under the table when I am not using it and wheel it out at the side of me when I want frit. Its also handy for resting a book on when I am trying to read a tutorial at the same time as making something (not recommended by the way). It cost me £12 in Waitrose/John Lewis. Most of my frit is in pots so they go in the top tray and all my enamels are in the bottom tray. I love it.
We have eaten lots of TicTacs and I also grab the little plastic holders the packs come in ;D they are great for frit and seed beads.
I also have one of the trays like Beady Sam uses for her play trays.. but its from Tuffnells I really like these because they have the clear lids and fit the sample bags easily.
Maz
I have a load of Sam's sample pots in a rack made by my OH
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k261/stacyemma/Wood%20and%20Glass/FritStand.jpg)
Its a very simple design and could probably be amended to hold the larger pots. I love it cos I can see the colours of the frit from the underside.
Its now all colour co-ordinated and has Sam's logo on the top (which I stole from her website!! :o )
I am sure I read here somewhere about some clever soul who uses 2nd hand 'lazy Susan' to put them on so they can spin it around to get exactly the one they want. Seems like a really good idea to me - but I'm still trying to find one in my local 2nd shops!
Wow! Stacy, that's impressive! And all that yummy frit!!!
Quote from: Dendrobium on June 12, 2009, 10:39:54 PM
I am sure I read here somewhere about some clever soul who uses 2nd hand 'lazy Susan' to put them on so they can spin it around to get exactly the one they want. Seems like a really good idea to me - but I'm still trying to find one in my local 2nd shops!
lazy susans are pretty cheap in Ikea...
Quote from: Stacy on June 12, 2009, 10:18:36 PM
I have a load of Sam's sample pots in a rack made by my OH
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k261/stacyemma/Wood%20and%20Glass/FritStand.jpg)
Its a very simple design and could probably be amended to hold the larger pots. I love it cos I can see the colours of the frit from the underside.
Its now all colour co-ordinated and has Sam's logo on the top (which I stole from her website!! :o )
that's so unfair.
My oh is a chippie, but I'd have to be
really nice to him to get one of these. And I have a headache.
Kirsty
I found a revolving spice rack brand new in a charity shop for £4! it has 16 small bottles in it! i also have scre top jars came in a pack of 3 I think from Ikea!
All mine are on lazy susans I have about six :-[
Quote from: squirsygirl on June 13, 2009, 07:22:17 AM
Quote from: Stacy on June 12, 2009, 10:18:36 PM
I have a load of Sam's sample pots in a rack made by my OH
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k261/stacyemma/Wood%20and%20Glass/FritStand.jpg)
Its a very simple design and could probably be amended to hold the larger pots. I love it cos I can see the colours of the frit from the underside.
Its now all colour co-ordinated and has Sam's logo on the top (which I stole from her website!! :o )
that's so unfair.
My oh is a chippie, but I'd have to be really nice to him to get one of these. And I have a headache.
Kirsty
My DH is a chippie too, I'm gonna have to beg him for one of these... it looks great.