STORAGE SATURDAY, Baker's Twine Dispenser...

I am starting a new feature on my blog that will appear occasionally called Storage Saturday.  I will feature different storage solutions that I have found useful and thought you might, too.

This time out I am showing you how I store my Baker's Twine, Linen Thread and Hemp Twine.  These products come wrapped around cardboard in a plastic bag.  Unfortunately I have a propensity towards ripping the plastic bags after a while.  And sometimes accidents have happened where the twine ended up with ink dropped on the whole thing, etc.

I came up with this holder to store the twines and keep them clean, while still making them very easy to dispense.  It uses our Stampin' Store containers and the plastic centers of our ribbon spools (which I always save when I have finished a ribbon roll).  I think you can pretty much figure out how I made them, but for those who have not used the Crop-a-Dile before, I included a tutorial on how I made the holders at the end of the post.  When finished, you can store them in our Stack & Store Caddy or decorate them to showcase in your stamping space.  Enjoy!

TWINE DISPENSER SUPPLIES:

• Accessories – Stampin' Store Containers (#103649, $3.95/6), Metallic Eyelets (#105319, $5.95 retiring!), plastic spools from ribbon holders
• Tools – Crop-a-Dile (#108362, $29.95), Craft & Rubber Scissors (#103179, $19.95)

TWINE DISPENSER INSTRUCTIONS:
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1.  Punch a 1/8" hole in the side of a Stampin' Store container with the Crop-a-Dile.  Place it as close to the ridge (where the lid sits) as you can or you won't be able to set your eyelet.

2.  This picture shows the placement of the hole close to the top of area below the ridge of the container.  Don't go any lower than this.

3.  Secure an eyelet in the hole using the C setting on the top and the 3 setting on the base.  For further instructions on how to use the Crop-A-Dile, please check out this Crop-A-Dile PDF.

4.  This is what your eyelet will look like when finished.

5.  Use a ribbon spool center from ribbon holders that you have used up.  If the ribbon spool center is too thick to fit in the container, just pull it apart and trim as show in the picture to the right with your Craft & Rubber Scissors.  Put them back together.

6.  Wrap your twine around the spool.  Don't worry that it goes out beyond the spool as shown.  Just wrap carefully and once in the container, it will be confined and will dispense fine.  You can skip this step with the Hemp Twine as it coils nicely on it's own in the container.

7.  Thread the twine through your eyelet from the inside to the outside and place the twine in the container.  Cap and stack or store as desired!