Some time ago a group of scrapbooking friends got together a swap using the EK Success letter punches. The way this worked was that each of us purchased a different letter(s) then we each punched a lot of specific colors and sent them to the hostess. Over the course of a year we swapped several times and I now have a huge collection of pre-punched letter punchies in common colors without the expense of having to buy each of the actual punches. I've also been gifted with various die cut font cut letters.

I do not enjoy hunting through a stack of letters to find the one I want, so I came up with this way of organizing them. I have them separated into the little nail/screw drawers (like your husband has in the garage.) The EK Success punchies are in a sixty drawer unit allowing me to sort them into a few colors per drawer.This keeps my search time to a minimum.

I don't have as many options in the die cut letters, and they are in a thirty drawer unit.

It was well worth the time I spent setting it up! These little drawer units have saved me hours of searching time. If you have a similiar searching nightmare, I highly recommend investing in some little drawer units to help you organize.

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