Diamond Art Drill Packet Tray

You know the color is in the pile. You have known for four minutes. Somewhere under twenty other packets is the one you need, and the wax on your stylus is going tacky while you dig.

This is one tilted 12-slot tray, printed to order, and it stands your drill packets on edge like a recipe box so the labels face you and every color in the current project is one grab away. The tilt is what keeps them upright and readable rather than lying flat in a heap. Along the base there is a built-in peg-and-socket join, which is how a second tray clips on when your palette outgrows twelve.

The details

• 1 drill packet tray, 12 tilted slots
• 5.45 x 2.74 x 2.0 in (13.8 x 7.0 x 5.1 cm)
• Fits standard square or round resin drill packets up to about 2 x 3 in (5 x 7.6 cm)
• Built-in peg-and-socket join along the base for connecting more trays
• 3D printed PETG, made to order in-studio, about 5.5 oz (155 g)

Straight talk

Twelve slots is one project's worth of colors, not a whole stash. A 30-color canvas wants two or three trays joined together, and buying a single one first is the cheap way to find out whether the tilted layout suits how you work. There is no lid, so it is an open desk tray rather than travel storage. No drills, no canvas, no kit contents: this is the tray only, and it is printed to order.

The pile goes away, and the color you want is where you left it.