The first thing to consider in order to achieve the longest possible service life of your pen is to follow the manufacturer's recommendations on the pen should be stored.
Generally we recommend that you organize your pens in different types and then in color.
Colored pencils (Watercolour) can be stored upright in a box / holder. A fun tip is to take a clear transparent box and fill the bottom with any type of small glass beads, stone or coarse sand, running down the pens in! It looks very nice out and compliment your scrappinghörna.
Gel pens and Journaling pens kept pointing down, do not forget that you should never shake a gelpenna. Try only to draw on a piece of paper so usually it work.
Gel pens can actually stored in the freezer! Test, you will be amazed at the effect...!
Alcohol based pens like Copic and pens with ink stored advantageously horizontally, which also applies to pens with double lace, metallic pennor and pencils with a bullet that must be shaken before use.
Regarding förvaringss accessories that are eg racks with one site per pen a great way to stay organized and easy to find the pens you need in your project. This type of storage you can use both landscape and portrait!
Organize your pens in a good way, they will be able to contribute even more to your projects, by being accessible when you need them! Remember also to create space to fill in with new pencils.
A good trick to understanding how to store your pens, is to ask yourself such as following questions:
- What is the most common way I use my pen on? (Journaling, Coloring, headings, etc.)
- Do I use pens often outside my normal place where I usually sit? (Eg scrapmaror)
- What pens do I use most?
By using the above questions when you should organize your pens, so you avoid buying on your storage system might look great, but provides support in any way you actually use your pens.
For more tips, see the video below!
The utlimate pen storage system by Crafter's Companion