Display fan?

What is that you wonder.... well I'll show you!

I found these at e-bay when I was looking for a new way to display my collection and also for an easy way to take my swatches with me if I need to. They come in ziplock bags and I bought 2 for starters.

Each bag contains 50 "nails" and a screw to hold them together (you'll see) This is what they look like up close....

When I started the project of painting these I thought a bit about which brands to start with and my conclusion was: high-end brands, so I started with Isadora (maybe not high-end, but high enough) and then went on with OPI, Zoya, Color Club, Sinful Colors and China Glaze. All painted with 2 coats and then topcoat. I used my nice Helmer for drying space as it goes underneath my desk with a couple centimeters in between.

Every "nail" is marked with brand, number (or similar) and name (if it has one). The first is now 2/3 finished and it looks like this.....

I think that the rest of my polishes are going on these pretty soon, it fun to paint! The hard part is getting them organized looking good in the rainbow....

Well, I now hope you know what a disply fan is!

Hope you enjoyed!

Storage idea

I've been pondering about a good way to store my Konad Imageplates.... looking at other bloggers ideas and also on YouTube. This pondering has been going on for, well, a couple of weeks and now I think I found it.... thanx to OUGT12 that made a video about this....

Here is my version.... I went to our local book/craftsstore and got a icehockey/soccercard holder, put a piece of shelfliner inside the pouch so that the imageplate would not slip and slide as much. Now I only need to wait for the two Bundle Monster Image Plate Sets I ordered together with Linda and I also need to get a binder to put them in.

Hope you enjoyed!

Permanent Storage

Finally, I got what I have waited for so long..... My own Helmer!! I wanted a grey one, but was convinces that the white one would fit in better.... and it did....

As you can see, it's not that big. It fits under my desk and for reference you see my ugly computer to the right. It was the easiest thing to put together. I didn't need any help whatsoever. So far I only need the top drawer for my polishes. The second one har got cotton and makeup-pads. The third one contains my nailart-stuff and my nailwheels. The fourth one is not nailrelated and the bottom two are empty. This means that I got a ton of space and that I got to move all of my "stuff" to my corner in our room.

This is an owerview of the drawer:

And for a closer look I got:

All my Depend polishes. The mark on the top is the number (they don't have names) and they are placed in numeric order so that I can find them easier.

The Isadora polishes. These are already got both number and name on top... really clever since you need to store your polished upright. Here you can also se (in the middle) my three Claudia and my two MNY (to the right)

In the back of the drawer I got a bunch of odd polishes. The two black tops to the left is Gallery Colours. You probably recognize my three China Glaze. The red square one is H&M, next to it is a franken polsih and then one La Femme Bauty. The dark round one with a with dot in the middle is Kubiss. The octagonal ones are Mavala. The yellow one i Lumene and the black square is Pieces. Below that one is my nailglue (often needed) and then Yves Rocker (black). The round silver top is MakeUp Factory and then a Viva La Diva.

This is all of my 24 2-way nailart pens. I've put a dot of polish on top of each one as they don't have a name nor a number. It makes the whole thing a lot easier.

In between Depend and the nailart pens I got my mini Yves Roches and the original Konad polishes..

To the left of the Depend polishes I got my ridgefiller, a reserve bottle and a matte top coat. The white round caps are six acrylic colour for when I want to experiment and on top is my first striper (Lovie).

As my collection is ever growing I find this Helmer useful. I'm not really ready to label my drawers yet, and I have to find out a way to make the labels stay, they tend to live their own life! If you want a complete list of my polishes please refer to my Collection page.

Please feel free to ask, just post a comment or e-mail me at venne25@gmail.com

Hope you enjoyed!

Polish storage

I've been putting this one up for a while, just waiting to be able to by a Helmer.... seems like that day has to wait a bit longer still. So... I'm showing my temporary, not so good but OK, storage!

This is what I store my polishes in. It's really a bedside table but I have always used it as drawers for my desk. It's only the middle one thats filled with polish. The others contains office supplies and other stuff! The only drawback with this one is that you can't pull the drawers all the way out.... it really makes storing polish a bit hard because I want to be able to get a good overview!

On top of the "thing" I have my nailart-brushes, nail wheels, removers, nail files and all that stuff. I didn't want to take a picture of it because it's kind of messy  in that part of the room.

This is how it looks inside.... In the back to the left is my 2-way nailart-pens. Next to them I have some Isadora-polishes. To the right is my Konad-stuff and some rhinestones. In front of that is a few acrylic paints and in the front is a container with mixed polishes, for example China Glaze, Gallery Colours, Isadora and more. To the left, in front of the nailart pens I store all my Depend polishes (the round grey ones) together with what else fits in the box.....  I really have no idea where to put all my new polishes.....

I really hope that I could get a Helmer soon, it would be very nice to be able to get the things off of the top....

Hope you enjoyed!

Storage

As my collection grows I feel lik I'm growing out of my current storage....

Current Storage november 2010

As you can see, the little "box" in the top left corner is actually the lid for another box. This lid is almost full of Depend bottles and the two Isadora ones (and the new ones) is just a couple of mm to high for the pink box and had to move over to the white lids original box. Make any sense? Well, the pink box is too little and I need som new ideas... Can you help me?

I need something that can contain a lot of polish but still do not cost a whole lot of money or take up to much space... is that really possible? Anyhow, I really want some tips!!