I always found myself searching for the right size measuring tool and not being able to read the size because I didn't have my glasses on. In addition, far too many times I needed to convert one unit of measure to another and had to stop, wash my hands and go to the computer to look up the conversion rate. Sometimes I could not find the measure that I needed because someone put it elsewhere. This got old and took away the fun in baking. Then one day it hit me to make this! It was so easy to do and took less time then making cookies! It was so cheap to make, too. The wood was a couple of free repurposed wood paint stirring sticks, the hooks & screws I had in a drawer and sticky-backed paper that I printed the sizes on served to cover the wood of the paint stirrers.
Pick a cabinet door close to where the baking is done to make it the most convenient. When you measure, be sure to plan so that the measuring cups do not extend beyond the size of the interior cabinet size. You want to also make sure that the cups and spoons do not interfere with the shelves or closing of the door. Predrill your screw holes so that you don't split the cabinet door. When planning the layout for the hooks, place them first on a table next to one another so you can measure their actual spacing as the distance between each hook depends upon the size of the measuring cup. Mark down your dimensions and then simply use the Ruler feature in your favorite word processor to make the printing line up correctly. Be sure to include a dot for the hooks to know its placement.
I always found myself searching for the right size measuring tool and not being able to read the size because I didn't have my glasses on. In addition, far too many times I needed to convert one unit of measure to another and had to stop, wash my hands and go to the computer to look up the conversion rate. Sometimes I could not find the measure that I needed because someone put it elsewhere. This got old and took away the fun in baking. Then one day it hit me to make this! It was so easy to do and took less time then making cookies! It was so cheap to make, too. The wood was a couple of free repurposed wood paint stirring sticks, the hooks & screws I had in a drawer and sticky-backed paper that I printed the sizes on served to cover the wood of the paint stirrers. Pick a cabinet door close to where the baking is done to make it the most convenient. When you measure, be sure to plan so that the measuring cups do not extend beyond the size of the interior cabinet size. You want to also make sure that the cups and spoons do not interfere with the shelves or closing of the door. Predrill your screw holes so that you don't split the cabinet door. When planning the layout for the hooks, place them first on a table next to one another so you can measure their actual spacing as the distance between each hook depends upon the size of the measuring cup. Mark down your dimensions and then simply use the Ruler feature in your favorite word processor to make the printing line up correctly. Be sure to include a dot for the hooks to know its placement.
