Here is what the vinyl looks like inside the drawers, like I said before it doesn’t lay completely flat, it curls up a little bit on the edges but it still works great! The top is perfect to store my machine on and then my vinyl samples on it. I love that it has wheels too so I can move it around. Doesn’t the glitter look amazing? I love it so much!Īnd that’s it!! All of my vinyl fits inside this storage unit and I have LOT of vinyl! Using clear transfer paper, I put the vinyl onto the drawers. I cut out the words in a glitter gray vinyl using my Silhouette CAMEO. Once I had all the vinyl organized and put into the drawers, I had to label it with vinyl (it would have been silly not to!). Also it is recommended to have a full sheet on the bottom and the top, so it helps keep all of those little pieces in the middle. The main purpose of this paper is just to keep it all grouped together, so when you are searching for something, you can just bring out one of these “packs” to look at. I then flipped over the vinyl and put some tape on the paper to hold it together (there is two pieces of tape on it so that it wouldn’t stick to the vinyl). Then I cut a strip of 24″ paper (you could use something else too) to wrap around the vinyl so it all stayed together. Once I had it all separated, I put them onto the ground (I put a piece of wood on it so help flatten it). For my adhesive vinyl, I separated each color individually, but I did the same process. For my heat transfer vinyl I put all of my blues and greens together, all of the red, orange and yellow together, all of the pink and purple together and then all the neutral colors. The amount of colors you have and how much vinyl you have will determine how you separate it. The first thing I did was separated the vinyl into colors. I had all of my adhesive vinyl organized already, so I thought I would show you how I did it, with my heat transfer vinyl (I had it stored in rolls in a box and I wanted it to be flat too). Well I get all of my vinyl from Expression Vinyl and I organize them by colors. Two other questions I get from people is where do I get my vinyl and how do I organize it (besides just storing it). I do have to mention that the inside of the drawer is 23.5 inches wide so the vinyl doesn’t lay completely flat, it curves up just a little bit but not enough to effect the vinyl. It’s perfect for vinyl, it fits nicely in there. To solve my problem with wanting to store my vinyl flat and wanting it be pretty, I got this awesome storage unit cart from the IKEA ALEX line. Once again it was fine, but not the prettiest. Then in my craft room in the house we lived in Nebraska, I put the vinyl onto top of my Expedit shelves I had in there (it’s hard to see, but the vinyl is under that frame in the corner). I stored lots of crafts on it, including my vinyl and then used a curtain to hide it. It wasn’t the prettiest way to use the space but it worked. When I redid my craft room three years ago, we put a big black shelf into the nook that is in the room. So I bought this awesome storage unit and I LOVE it! It is PERFECT for storing 12×24 sheets of vinyl! For the past 6 years I have just stored it on a shelf but I am remodeling my craft room and we are doing some built in shelves but I don’t want my vinyl to just be on it, I wanted to have it hidden but still flat. I have been storing my vinyl flat for 6 years and I won’t store it any other way. When you roll it up, you get creases in the vinyl and so sometimes the blade cannot cut all the way through (if you have used vinyl and it was rolled up, you know exactly what I am talking about!). Well the answer is FLAT! Unless you buy vinyl in a roll, the best way to store it is flat because if you roll it up then it doesn’t stick to the mat as well and it doesn’t cut as well. One of the most common questions I get about vinyl is what is the best way to store vinyl. I like it so much that I have a full page with all of my vinyl crafts. When I want to create something, it usually involves vinyl. I am obsessed with vinyl, I use it ALL THE TIME!! Seriously, it is my go to craft.
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