Closet Tote Hanger, Studio Organization Tips

00:00:03 –> 00:00:09 Hi Guys! it’s Cindy Lietz, your Polymer Clay Tutor and today’s PcT Product Demo, I’m going

00:00:09 –> 00:00:15 to show you how you can use a Tote Hanger which is a Purse Hanger for a storage tool

00:00:15 –> 00:00:17 in your Polymer Clay Studio.

00:00:17 –> 00:00:23 And… specifically in a closet, now I’m standing in the different location than I normally am.

00:00:23 –> 00:00:28 My daughter has moved out and I’m going to be taking her old bedroom and turning it into

00:00:28 –> 00:00:29 a new studio.

00:00:29 –> 00:00:35 So over the next while, probably will take me a year by the time I’m done.

00:00:35 –> 00:00:41 I’m going to be changing over the the rooms and doing quite a few things but one of the

00:00:41 –> 00:00:46 things I need to do is start thinking about how I’m going to store things in the closet.

00:00:46 –> 00:00:51 Now, a lot of you have like a closet area where you store your craft supplies and I

00:00:51 –> 00:00:56 wanted you to think a little bit differently about what type of things you can use for

00:00:56 –> 00:00:57 storage items.

00:00:57 –> 00:01:06 So, not too long ago we did a video where I used an Acrylic Cosmetic Organizer to store

00:01:06 –> 00:01:09 glitters and PearlEx powders and that kind of thing in.

00:01:09 –> 00:01:14 So I’m really trying to get you to think a little bit outside of the box– is where types

00:01:14 –> 00:01:15 of things that you use.

00:01:15 –> 00:01:20 Anyways, I wanted to show you how you could use a Purse Hanger and this one is called

00:01:20 –> 00:01:25 a Tote Hanger to store some other things in your craft room.

00:01:25 –> 00:01:29 Now, here is how the the tote hanger works.

00:01:29 –> 00:01:37 Now, this was actually designed by a New York handbag designer by the name of Jackie Eastlick

00:01:37 –> 00:01:41 and she designed them for hanging purses and totes and things in your closet.

00:01:41 –> 00:01:48 Now, they’re very simple they’re very well made and the way they work, is you’ve got

00:01:48 –> 00:01:54 a hook like this and this is the top part that will hang over any size curtain rod,

00:01:54 –> 00:02:00 I mean not curtain rod, closet rod or clothes rod and and you can see it will take the large

00:02:00 –> 00:02:07 ones and then I’ve got just a small and in my particular closet organizer and then the

00:02:07 –> 00:02:13 hook is designed to come in a 90 degree angle and then and hold your– the handles of your

00:02:13 –> 00:02:14 purse or tote.

00:02:14 –> 00:02:19 Now, it’s nice and wide it’s super sturdy and strong and then all of your purses and

00:02:19 –> 00:02:25 stuff can hold, laid, in a way that’s doesn’t use up a lot of closet space and you can see

00:02:25 –> 00:02:26 what you’ve got.

00:02:26 –> 00:02:31 Well I was thinking that these hooks would also work really well for some of the things

00:02:31 –> 00:02:33 in your studio.

00:02:33 –> 00:02:36 So I’ve got a few different kind of random ideas.

00:02:36 –> 00:02:41 I may– when I go to set up my closet, I may put different types of items on my hooks but

00:02:41 –> 00:02:47 I want to show you as many alternatives as possible so that it may spark some ideas for you.

00:02:47 –> 00:02:54 Okay, so here’s the first thing that I thought of doing for these hooks and this is just

00:02:54 –> 00:02:57 a whole bunch of polymer clay necklaces.

00:02:57 –> 00:03:01 Sometimes, you’ve got really long necklaces that if you put them in a drawer they’ll get

00:03:01 –> 00:03:06 all bundled up and knotted together and so hanging them is great but you don’t always

00:03:06 –> 00:03:11 have a place to hang them so these little hooks work perfect for that and you can take

00:03:11 –> 00:03:18 your necklaces on and off this particular one is a Long Lariat Necklace from the Crocus

00:03:18 –> 00:03:24 Bead Lariat Tutorial that I’ve done a long time ago and I’ve got lots of different necklaces

00:03:24 –> 00:03:30 for from the different tutorials here and I thought this was a really neat way of getting

00:03:30 –> 00:03:32 a lot of necklaces out of the way.

00:03:32 –> 00:03:36 I think there’s about 15 on there you could probably even put a few more and still be

00:03:36 –> 00:03:38 quite efficient.

00:03:38 –> 00:03:44 Here is another group of kind of random items that would be in a craft room.

00:03:44 –> 00:03:51 This one is– holds a whole bunch of different items like I’ve got the new fuse tool is on

00:03:51 –> 00:04:02 here, I’ve got a Gelli Plate for doing Gelli prints on a chalkboard magnet, what else,

00:04:02 –> 00:04:10 oh, some silkscreens, bunch of Martha Stewart type stuff here I’ve got some stickers and

00:04:10 –> 00:04:14 some scrapbooking supplies and you can see that it holds quite a few items.

00:04:14 –> 00:04:18 I’ll just set these out of the way, and it’ll hold quite a bit of weight so you could put

00:04:18 –> 00:04:21 all kinds of different things on there.

00:04:21 –> 00:04:27 Here’s another idea here that has got some kind of unusual things that you would have

00:04:27 –> 00:04:29 in the craft room that might be kind of hard to store.

00:04:29 –> 00:04:35 Now, I’ve got large flat items that– especially these floppy ones if there when you go to

00:04:35 –> 00:04:39 put them somewhere they’ll slide underneath you put them in the shelf they they flop over

00:04:39 –> 00:04:42 so they’re kind of tricky to store.

00:04:42 –> 00:04:46 So I just hung a bunch of different random items, some I punched holes in.

00:04:46 –> 00:04:53 Here is like a T ruler or I mean not a T ruler, a triangle ruler I’ve got a different kind

00:04:53 –> 00:05:03 of rulers here, are a bead board some paper I also got some large plastic sheets that

00:05:03 –> 00:05:10 I used to protect my surface sometimes if I’m painting and I also have a– one of those–

00:05:10 –> 00:05:15 Oh what is it called– it’s a cutting mat but it’s self healing.

00:05:15 –> 00:05:19 That’s the word I want– so if you have a lot of cutting mats and that kind of thing

00:05:19 –> 00:05:22 that would hold a lot in this very very small area.

00:05:22 –> 00:05:30 So that’s a neat idea and lastly, here’s a little idea for just hanging a bunch of extension cords.

00:05:30 –> 00:05:36 I use them in the studio all the time about different lighting and things and sometimes

00:05:36 –> 00:05:40 they’re in the way but you want to be able to you want access to them and so this will

00:05:40 –> 00:05:42 hide them in the nice little spot in the closet.

00:05:42 –> 00:05:48 Now, there are tons of other things that in the craft room that you could hang on here,

00:05:48 –> 00:05:55 ribbons, chords, maybe clipped fabric, I don’t, know all kinds of things but hopefully, that

00:05:55 –> 00:06:03 will give you some neat ideas for thinking outside the box as far as storage for your studio.

00:06:03 –> 00:06:12 Now, I got these– you can get these yourself at totehanger.com or also, they have them

00:06:12 –> 00:06:15 at the container store they’re not very expensive.

00:06:15 –> 00:06:21 This little package of six hooks was ten dollars which means they’re about a dollar seventy

00:06:21 –> 00:06:28 each and for the quality and just how nice and efficient they are and how well they work,

00:06:28 –> 00:06:29 they are a great deal.

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