All of a sudden it dawned on me - why not stick them into a bead stopper and hang that stopper on the bullentin board? If I gently squeeze the sides of the stopper just enough to barely open the coils, I can slide an individual pieces of Beadalon wire in and out of the spaces without all the other wires falling out. Now, a quick glance reveals the color and length of the odds and ends pieces allowing me to get on with my design without having to rummage through a bag.
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Each stopper can hold up to 10 pieces. I also use another stopper to hold longer pieces that I have cut from the spool and not ended up using for that particular design. I find I get less kinks in the wire as it hangs from the stopper, than it did if I tried to rewind it onto the spool or store it in a bag.
Do you have some duel duty tools you can share with us?
4 comments:
This is a great idea Elaine! Thanks so much!
I currently have a big magnet that catches all my short bits of beading wire, but it catches other stuff too, so I love this Bead Stopper idea!
That's a fabulous idea! I've been keeping my ends in a drawer and they tend to get lost and ignored. This is much better. Thanks.
Thanks, the magnet is also a good idea. Libby, those are nice looking beads, I love the texture.
I've been collecting all my wire bits in a ziploc bag and that hasn't been working so well! Your idea is much neater!
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