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Alexander Smail

Savvy shopper shares 'ingenious' Hobbycraft hack for storing photos

One savvy Hobbycraft customer has come up with a unique use for one of the retailer's storage products, and fellow customers have called the idea "ingenious" and "brilliant".

Those who take a lot of pictures will know the difficulty of storing large amounts of photographs if they get them printed.

Photo albums often aren't big enough to hold every image you want saved, and so often photos are shoved away in boxes where they are susceptible to damage.

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Fortunately, a Hobbycraft shopper may have found the ideal solution to this problem, and all it takes is a storage box costing a little over £10.

Writing in the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group, they shared: "If you are anything like me who orders photos and have no where to put them then this storage box from hobby craft is perfect they fit perfectly 6x4 photos in and can easy be labeled to organise your photos"

The post has since received almost 2,000 comments, primarily from users praising the idea.

One commented: "GAME CHANGER!! Thank you! I always have full intention to put them nicely into photo frames but if I’m honest at home with 4 kids I’d rather spend any spare time drinking coffee and binge watching TV."

A second said: "Ingenious! Love this idea thank you, I have stacks of photos I can't put in albums this is the solution."

"This is a brilliant idea," another wrote.

A fourth agreed: "What a fantastic idea, thank you for sharing."

A fifth posted: "I like this idea. I never get my pics printed but this 'neat' way to store them might just stop me hiding them on a hard drive somewhere never to be seen again! Thanks."

The boxes come in a range of pastel colours (Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group)

One user asked how many photos could be fit in each box, to which the original poster responded: "Erm maybe about 100 to 120 maybe and there's 16 boxes so over all maybe 1600."

Certain users in the group suggested specific uses for the product.

"Looks perfect for seed packets," one proposed.

A second recommended: "This looks perfect for baby pics and organising them all."

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