Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Inexpensive Paper Storage

A while back I posted on the Cricut MB how I used some recycled Priority Mail boxes to store my 12 x 12 paper.

Here are a couple of photos of one of the boxes.  The measurements I used are shown on the Post-it notes.


They work just as well as the Cropper Hoppers and they're free!  LOL!

Before Okie bought her Cropper Hoppers she had a lot of paper stored this way.  After I was able to buy my Jetmax cubes this was the cheapest thing I could come up with to hold mine.  I have since purchased several of the Cropper Hoppers but still have eight of these in my cubes.
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15 comments:

  1. StacyNovember 30, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    What a great idea and the best part is that they are free.
    I love it
    Thanks for sharing
    Stacy

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  2. char52November 30, 2010 at 6:18 PM

    All I can say is duh to me for all those boxes I tossed. Great idea!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 30, 2010 at 7:23 PM

    Thank you for sharing this again. I saved some of my boxes the last time you posted these and I've not done anything w them yet. Now I have no excuse...another thing on my to do list. If I'd get away from my computer, I might get more accomplished.

    Carol
    aka cyimbugbitten

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  4. WendeNovember 30, 2010 at 8:40 PM

    Thanks, great idea!

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  5. Carrie KNovember 30, 2010 at 9:04 PM

    I just started doing this, too. Great, cheap (free) way to organize your paper!!!

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  6. CarolDecember 1, 2010 at 7:36 AM

    Linda, this is a FABULOUS idea ... thanx for sharing how to do this.

    Hugz,
    Carol

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  7. AnonymousDecember 1, 2010 at 5:41 PM

    What size boxes are these? Thanks for a great idea, I will have my husbands office start saving them...

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  8. KarenYDecember 1, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    This is GREAT! thanks for sharing.

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  9. WendyDecember 6, 2010 at 2:18 AM

    Hi there! I love this idea and I am getting ready to redo my scrapbook room! Curious, what size box were these to begin with?
    Thanks so much!
    Wendy
    wendy.cranford@live.com

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  10. LindaDecember 6, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    Wendy: I've cut all mine down to use so the best dimensions I can give you are that they were a little bigger than 12H x 12W and approximately 2 3/4" deep.

    I had a couple that were too wide to go into my Jetmax cubes (more than the 2 3/4") so they must have more than one box that's close to this size.

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  11. KeepinUpWKarenFebruary 16, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    How easy was that? I made 4 in less than 10 minutes and the best part of all was it did not cost DH a dime. *all smiles*

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  12. OCCricutSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    PERFECT!!! I needed a visual with measurements!!! THANK YOU!!

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  13. LimMay 9, 2012 at 9:05 PM

    This is an AWESOME idea. WOW!!! I love it! I will try it soon. Thank you for sharing!
    Hugs,
    LIM

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  14. AnonymousDecember 7, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    That's why the post office keeps raising their prices and closing offices resulting in unemployed family wage earners.

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  15. LindaDecember 8, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    Hey, Anonymous! If you'd bothered to read my blog post, you'd see that these are made from RECYCLED boxes.

    Rather than just tossing them in the trash, I got one more use out of them.

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