Do you like to paint signs? Do you have lots of stencils? I have 100's of stencils and thought it was about THYME I come up with a better storage system

I have lots of stencils for signs

I used to store them in cardboad mailing tubes

such as these that I cut to size.

I would put 3 stencils per tube

separated by a sheet of paper in between

and roll them together and put them in the tube

I then typed and printed labels for the stencils

  put them in draws

BUT

 it was becoming impossible to find a stencil quickly

because I have such a large inventory

There is a large support beam down the middle of my studio

I took a wood closet rod, painted it BLACK

and

hung it between the 2 posts

this space is about 90" wide

I found these metal shower rings

so I used a regular paper hole punch and

punched a hole in the end of each stencil

and

hung them

I have hung them by catagories

ie: Spring, Summer, Holidays etc.

I will make labeled separators

I will be able to have double rods

so LOTS of stencil storage!

Here is a

New England sign I painted

its

HUGE

Living in New England

is my favorite THYME of year!

I can now quickly get out all my fall stencils for signs

and

get to work!

Hugs,

Lynn