Bead Storage

Over the years, I have accumulated quite a stash of seed beads. All these little packages are running scattered all over the place. (How did I manage to accumulate 4 packages of Gold #40557 Petite Mill Hill beads?!?)

I figured out a very inexpensive way to store them all in one place! I know, I know. You're wondering, "How?" Look at this:

It's a 7-Day Pill "Cabinet" from a store called The Dollar Tree, where everything is $1. They come in different colors, too. Purple, Blue, Green, Clear.

I know, I know. You're thinking, "Great. But who wants all that writing on there? We're storing beads." OK, so maybe you weren't thinking it, but I was! Well...

First, I tried Goo Gone to get the lettering off. No dice. Then I tried nail polish remover. No dice.

Guess what? A COMBINATION of them both took the lettering off! Amazing. It came off pretty easy, too. Fifteen minutes and a few dirty q-tips later...



A compact, 28-compartment bead storage system is born. One package of regular (or 3 packages of petite) Mill Hill beads will fit in a compartment. (Incidentally, I used my label maker to label each compartment with the type and stock number of the beads.)

All for the low, low price of $1!
How can you go wrong with that?


P.S. The Dollar Tree also sells little bottles of Goo Gone (in the automotive aisle) and nail polish remover for $1 each, so if you had to buy those your total cost would only be $3.

REVISED: Per Carol's request, I'm adding information about my label maker. I think it retails for around $50. I got this one several years ago during one of the Black Friday sales (back when they had *good* sales) for the low, low price of FREE after rebate. It works great!

Dymo Labelmaker 200