I don't have a private workspace so I do my crafting on the floors everywhere in my apartment. My dog would sometimes gallops and jumps through my stuff and send beads and pins flying out of boxes even with closed containers. I would spend hours organizing and re-organizing. I've lost a lot of beads,some either end up in the crevices of the carpeting or in the vacuum cleaner and this kit is very easy to label, store and use. Everything is together, stacked and secured. I have three of the bags, so when I have to make a project in the living room, I can transport my materials all at once. Also, the cases are slender so I can place them in the coffee table and sit in my couch to bead. Even if they fall off to the floor, the cases remain locked. I leave them stacked in the bag and my equipment in its pouches. The cells also have adequate size for small to medium beads, each cell has a soft base that makes retrieving and fishing tiny beads out with much ease. The windows are transparent enough for viewing but blurs light to prevent bleaching . The lids are grooved and lined, it vacuums air and keeps moisture out to prevent oxidation of metal beads and chains. They're easy to open but latched secure from kids. There's a shelf provided for labeling each cell.The bag, even with contents is light but sturdy and easy to carry by shoulder or by hand. Just don't store pointy and sharp things in its pockets. The bag is made of thin, unlined nylon mesh. It provides enough space even for one more case or store bulky materials, good enough to protect the cases from occasional abuse. If you have a crafting table, the cases are still very useful. It does so much for its price!
I liked this item so much, I ordered two more and am thinking about a third. I do cards so I have a lot of embellishments, brads, pins and tons of other smaller items that all work well in these. I had started by organizing by color but I had too many different colors for that to be effective so now I have them organized by type, which is why I needed three. There is also a very handy outer pocket that I don't think any of the other reviewers mentioned, or if they did, I didn't pay attention. Big mistake on my part because those pockets are great for tapes. I am a Club O member so not only did I get a tremendous price on these containers, but I used reward points and got free shipping. My only problem now is that I have become spoiled - the compartments are funcional and there are a lot of them, but they're small and I have a lot more bigger embellishments that won't fit in them. Does this manufacturer make the same item with bigger compartments? Anyone know?
My daughter bought me a Craft Mates Case and trays for Christmas. What a great gift, it keeps all my jewelery beads and componants together and allows me to take them with me when I go away. I would recomend them to anyone who has a craft hobby that uses small pieces.
for crafts, this case can't be beat for storing small items as buttons, brads and the like. it is so easy to take along and easily organized. extremely happy with purchase.
My mom beads and makes jewelry, so I bought this for her as a Christmas gift and she was ECSTATIC. She went on and on about how it had a bunch of pockets and bins for all her beads and tools, and she finally had something that could travel easily from home to her jewelry-making class. Success!
I might buy more of these. I have a case on wheels that has outer pockets and is empty. I can stack these inside. They are a great compliment to the piece I have.
This is so compact and convenient and has saved me heaps of space. When I bought mine I also ordered extra for my friends at the Gem Club. We are all thrilled with our cases. They are so easy to transport and hold nearly all our bits and pieces.
I have about 10 of these bags and also have a bunch of the book style holders too. They are really a good idea with individual doors on each partition. It looks like they have tried to improve on the boxes as the ones with the purple lock strips seem to be more durable than the old ones. . I needed some replacement boxes cause some of my older ones have broken lid latches and found it was cheaper to order this whole bag with the 6 boxes than to bagorder 6 of the replacement boxes from the company. At least if i DROP ONE,THEY ALL DON'T SPILL OUT!
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