how do yall organize your beads??!!!

cometcare 10/15/2023 07:50 am 706

i... made the grave mistake awhile ago of having all my kandi beads in a giant box, unsorted, just a large mass of beads. and i NEED a good way to sort them out again to save the hassle of finding beads i need for kandi..... im also generally getting new beads that r fancy cutesy silly and im not throwing them all into the box of beads so weeps

EDIT: thank you everyone whose been replying its rlly helpful!!! feel free to still suggest other methods but i think i got a solid idea how ill sort :3

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plurzombie
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Oct 16, 2023 8:03 pm

I don't exactly know the name of it, but something similar to this, (link is just an example listing), I specifically show harbor freight because where I am, its around 5$ USD and has a LOT of storage and is pretty good, but I think some hardware stores might have other good options similar to this because ofc, crafting items r always jacked up in price T_T

rotpunks
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Oct 16, 2023 4:33 pm

other people have already said the boxes for beads but ill add on and say that sometimes you can find boxes like that at thrift stores (i found one of mine at a goodwill) and they'll be WAY cheaper than at a joanns type craft store

xXNo_One_Cares_BearXx
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Oct 16, 2023 4:43 am

bead cases and if u get packs of clear colors i put them together same w/ my glow in the dark beads, i keep refilling all my beads and it keeps it easy!

Party_Po1s0n
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Oct 16, 2023 3:22 am

i went to a hardware store and bought a two-pack of those big storage containers that are meant for like- washers n screws n stuff- and i just have all my beads in those. theyre also rlly easy to transport if/when i have 2 take them somewhere

bunston
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Oct 16, 2023 1:38 am

i used to put them in ziplocs by color but it was super time consuming to sort them bc i used to only be able to get variety packs and i kept losing the bags entirely for months on end so i resorted to dumping all of them except my newer letter beads into an big ol storage bin with a halloween design on it before we had any ziplocs to spare i just kept them in plastic solo cups and it was a NIGHTMARE. i kept spilling them all the time it was horrible

chanelle
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Oct 16, 2023 12:03 am

you can try using something similar to rainbow loom containers !! or you can put them in ziploc baggies separated by color

Wii
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Oct 15, 2023 11:23 pm

I have a couple plastic boxes with clamps that have divided compartments (and the dividers are movable which is insanely helpful!) from Michael's which I highly recommend

I think this is the exact box that I have: Deep Utility Organizer by Simply Tidy

Hope this helps