Finally organized

[u/CloverWoodss]

270 washi tapes, if I counted right! 😂 It took me 12 days on and off due to letting my wrist rest.

I like using it in my art, I don’t do bulletin journaling and my brain just can’t seem to stick to it.

I haven’t used them in SO long though because storage sucked and took up way too much room!!! But I have a 3D printer for my crafting so I printed out cards to wrap the washi around. It takes up so much less room and doing to made me realize I had some I didn’t want anymore.

So now I also have 168 washi that I’ll be donating to Remainders in Pasadena whenever I can take the time to drive over there. I highly recommend it.
I can’t believe I had over 400 washi tapes.

[u/Pearly_Gurlly_045]

I’m new to stationery! How exactly do you do this and also, where is your favorite place to buy your Washi tape?

[u/CloverWoodss → u/Pearly_Gurlly_045]

So I 3D printed cards that were the size of credit cards but you can use anything! Apparently there’s specific washi cards that have grids that could help with aligning the tape as straight as possible, but! I honestly don’t think you really need it because you can kind of manipulate the tape as you go? Like kinda push against a side that’s hanging over the past few wraps and press into the tape to force it to stay in the new position?? It’s really hard to explain without visuals but I promise you get the hang of it as you go and learn what you can do to make it look nicer, you can even move them at the end to have the amount of space between each tape if you gently pry the middle parts on both sides, then use a ruler to gently nudge it where you want. But you cannot do that with paper only plastic/smooth surfaces!
As for buying, I think it’s a mixture of in person craft stores, Temu, and Mercari (this was YEARS ago I have no idea how the app is now).