Hello friends! Did you catch the LIVE launch of the Tim Holtz Village Collection? This is such an exciting day for all the village lovers out there and for those new to the Tim Holtz brand, this is your chance to own your very own set of Village Collection dies.
Despite the heroic efforts by Mario and his buddy at Fedex, my box didn’t quite make it in time for the LIVE, so Tim came up with a Plan B. I’m very grateful to them both for always looking out for their makers.
Today I’m sharing some close ups and if you keep scrolling there’s a storage idea too. In another post I’ll share how I put this together, the mistakes I made and the things I learned as a first time village builder.
EDIT: You can see my cemetery showcased on Tim’s instagram.
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STORAGE
EDIT: You can see my village collection storage idea showcased on Tim’s instagram.
I wanted to easily see what options I had when building so I used this system to organize and store my dies.
For the storage I used:
2x packs of Tim Holtz Sizzix envelopes (+ 2 envelopes from the village collection – totaling 8)
1x pack Home Depot magnetic vent covers
2x sheets of Tim Holtz distress white heavystock
posca pen
scor-tape
I cut vent covers to fit the envelopes, mounted onto distress heavystock using scor tape to make the sheet sturdy and used a white posca pen to identify each sheet. The posca pen can be removed with a damp cloth if you make a mistake.
House 1
House 2
Manor
*cut halfway across the envelope flap join to allow the longer die to stick out the top
Rooftops
Spire + Addition + Towers
Dormer + Entry Way + Awning + Doorways
Shutters + Entry Doors + Door Frames + Entry Frames + Chimneys
Windows + Window Frames
Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be back soon with more details of my cemetery and a funny story behind those gravestones.
Zoe
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Zoe, this is super cool and amazing! You are so talented and I’m always amazed at what you create. You truly make magic!
A great help in storage – I wouldn’t have known where to start – thank you.
Thank you so very much for all your help and inpiration. I have all the original houses, but thought it would be great to have the smaller version. Thilled that you have given such a great setup to store and use the dies.
Thank you so very much for all your help and inpiration. I have all the original houses, but thought it would be great to have the smaller version. Thrilled that you have given such a great setup to store and use the dies.
Thank you so very much! I am really new to this and you have given me tremendous help to get started. Thank you again. Suzie
I basically purchased this set because I loved your makes! Thank you for posting the storage solution as well, I will definitely be doing this!
How to assemble the house. I put together the 2 side of house but can’t figure out the roof.
Take a look at Tim’s blog. He did a demo on Saturday showing how to put the house together. Hope that helps.
Hello,
I love your blog, so many interesting things to see!
But for what are you using Home Depot Vent Covers? I don’t know what this is. Could you please give me a link, or a picture?
I use the magnetic vent covers from Home Depot as magnetic sheets to put the dies on. I have linked to them in the post. Hope this helps.
What an awesome church and graveyard. Thanks so much for the organization post!! I got my dies today and immediately organized mine. Can’t wait to use them…but it’s after midnight so that will be for another day.
Thank Hou for your creativity. Love seeing what you make. 💜mdw
Zoe, where can I find your amazing idea of storing the Village?
Thank you.
Just scroll up, you’re on the right post. 🙂
Thank you so much for the storage layout! It made it so easy, I got it done in 2 hours instead of 3 days as it would have if I tried to figure it out on my own! You are amazing!
Love all of your makes! So well done & so inspirational. Your storage solution for the dies of the Village Collection is BRILLIANT! Makes so much sense but not sure I would have come up with it on my own. Just completed my set. Will definitely make using the set easier.
You are a life saver Zoe! Thanks for sharing your organization!
Zoe
Now that I’m living in FL, your church brought back wonderful memories of going into Boston and visiting Old North Church and trips to The North End with family and my dearest friend Suzanne.
Thank you & Mr Holtz for making our villages complete! This storage was so simple to follow!
Sincerely,
Anmaria
Super cool make and storage ideas.
Zoe, I really want to make your cemetery! You are amazing. I just put the dies on 5×7 magnetic sheets. I store most of my thinlits in photo cases (5×7) so your system made it super easy to follow. thank you so much for sharing
Zoe, the church and graveyard are amazing!
Thank you so much for the organization idea! I just finished organizing my dies. This will make it so much easier to use them and start making my village. So appreciate your creativity and generosity!
Thank you so much for the die layouts I wouldn’t have known where to start lol Your church and graveyard is awesome
Zoe, You are an angel, what a great storage idea! Thank you for giving us all a starting point! All organized and ready to try my first construction job! ♥️
Zoe thank you so much for sharing this incredible storage solution for the village, and also your wonderful graveyard! So inspiring,
For what is the addition? Coulld you please explain
It’s the piece on the side and the front of the building.
Thanks so much for the organizational plan for the Sizzix Village. You saved me some thinking time. I appreciate your thoroughness. Now, I am ready to build my own little houses.
Susan
Just stored my village dies thanks to you!! I would have been so lost without these diagrams!! You are the best Zoe!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to show us this really brilliant organisation. I have just sorted mine the same way. Your makes are out of this world amazing 😍
Thank you soooo much for the storage organization pics! Absolutely brilliant! 😀
Thank you so much for sharing this storage system. I just recently got this set of dies and was struggling with how to store them.
Thank you! I am going to follow your organization idea.
You are a queen!! I just used this to get my dies organized and I don’t know what I would have done without you? There are no directions and there are a lot of pieces. Thank you so so much.
Thank you so much for doing this Zoe! This system will be so helpful in putting the structures together. You are awesome!
Thank you so much for the organization. Finally ready to create
Thank you so much for sharing your system to organize and store all these dies! It’s such a big help and I really appreciate your generosity.
Also, your cemetery project is fabulous!
I just purchased the village Dies and was overwhelmed with all of the pieces. Your system is such a big help! Thanks so much for posting this.
Hello~ Thanks for the wonderful storage solution for these dies ~ I wasn’t sure how I was going to organize them. I have been using the Frost King magnetic sheets to store my dies for quite sometime. Thanks for the amazing pictures for the village creation. Do you ever do videos?
Thank you so much for this wonderful idea! I got the village set for Christmas and saw your storage idea on the Tim Holtz blog. I think I may have ended up totally confused without your idea. ❤️
Thank you Zoe! I finally got this done😀. Much appreciate your effort to create this system.
Sure hope this comment gets to you eyes because you should be told every day what a creative gift you are. This church is magnificent! Incredible inspiration, along with that fabulous organizing brain of yours, figuring out a layout that makes this wonderful (but overwhelming) set ten times easier to work with.
I made a cheat map (not so wonderfully laid out). I gave in and bought the vent cover magnets, followed your layout, and my lame die map became a moot point. I’m in awe of the practical skills that accompany your creativity. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing this system that enhances all our creativity.
Thank you so much Zoe for sharing. Your work is amazijg.
Love from Belgium