Spectrum Noir update

Christmas came early for me today!! The two sets of Spectrum Noir markers, Partels and Brights, arrived by courier this afternoon. I am super super excited about finally getting these two sets. 

 This is the pastel set.

and this is the Bright set.

I have sorted them and placed them in colour and number order in the storage that my husband made for me.

There is still quite a few gaps as you can see on the picture but it makes it easier to find the colour you are looking for.

Spectrum Noir Markers

I am sooooooooooooo excited. A package arrived this afternoon from the UK and it was the 5 sets of  6 Spectrum Noir marker sets  that I did not have and the Light Spectrum Noir marker set that I had bought on EBay!! I have sorted them into colours and numbers and arranged them in the storage that my husband made for me. I am waiting for the Pastel marker set and Bright set to arrive from Australia and then all I need to complete the set is the Darks which will have to wait until the new year now. Here are pictures of them placed in the storage and the gaps are for the pens that must still arrive

Update on the Spectrum Noir Storage

Greetings all, the storage stand for my Spectrum Noir pens has taken far longer than what I anticipated due to each shelf having to be glued in place and left to dry. It is not complete at this stage but all the shelves are in place however some of the shelves have moved and are no longer straight. Does not effect the usage of the shelves however. At this stage you can see the glue on the backing and there is finger marks on all the shelves but I am extremely happy on how it is turning out. My husband wants to paint the entire stand to make it look better as well but for the time being I have put in some pens and some of my favourite ink pads  to show you the idea I had.

There is lots of space to grow my pen collection but not much space left for my ink pads. The pens colours I can clearly see but the ink pads are majority black so I can not see which colour is which. I have decided to name each one with a label but need to go and buy a refill for my label maker before I can do that. So there is still some work to be done before this will be done. Now I cannot wait for my other pens to arrive. Pity its only in January!!!!

See ya!!

Spectrum Noir Storage

About 3 months ago I purchased my first sets of the Spectrum Noir pens. The local craft shop only had 7 of the 12 sets of 6 pens available which I purchased and have been using. I recently found the other sets online in the UK and you may ask me why I would purchase them from an online website in the UK when they are available here in New Zealand? Well, firstly, it is far cheaper than in New Zealand and secondly, my dear friend, Debbie, is bringing them back for me when she returns to New Zealand after a visit with her daughter who has just had the most gorgeous little girl,

But this got me thinking about storage for these pens. At present I have them in plastic draws in colour combinations which is all good but not practical. I have seen plastic storage containers but it will cost around $80 to $100 to purchase enough to hold the entire set of pens. Now I am a real scrooge when it comes to spending money like that on things like storage so I started the hunt on the internet to find an idea that I would possible have at home. All I can say is that YOUTUBE is awesome!!! I found an idea and I am adjusting to fit my needs.

I have a wooden DVD rack that is standing in my lounge collecting dust and with my BRILLIANT husbands help we have striped out all the plastic dividers for the DVD's and will replace with wood to make the shelfs.
My husband went looking for hardboard at one of the local hardware stores but it is only sold in very big sheets so we have opted for a slightly thicker MDF type of wood - ($15 NZ) and my husband has a stash of different glues in the garage that we will glue each piece in place.

Now the DVD stand is far taller than my requirements for my pens so I am killing two birds with one stone and making shelving sufficient for all my favourite ink pads.

This is the same kind of stand but for CD's:

  and this is what the stand looks like after we had stripped out all the plastic dividers:

This is as far as we have got with the project because my husband is the faultman for the company that he works for and has been on standby the entire week. Hopefully now he will be able to continue cutting out all the bits to make up the shelving. Come back later this week and hopefully I will have more photos to show on the progress.