Reddit mentions: The best clasp mailing envelopes

You could probably get away with a file folder / envelope of paperwork pretty easily.

Something like this:

Clasp Envelope

You can buy something similar to that one at a time @ the post office by the way. You don't have to buy a whole package of them.

You might have to fold it to get it into your storage container @ boot camp though.
We put everything into a grocery-store sized paper bag with our name on it when I went in back in 1990.

Mailing Envelope

If you can fold and fit everything into one or two mailing envelopes, I guarantee you'll be good to go.


You could ask your bank about a safety deposit box as recommended by /u/roguevirus

You might also consider one of those storage rental places, if you want to store clothes and things to come back and collect later.
Minor warning: later might be a while, like a year until you go to your first duty station before you can pull your box of sneakers, jeans and memories out of storage.

I like to keep my pattern tracings, drafts, etc in large white envelopes. Pattern notes go right on the pattern pieces. The envelope is labeled with the pattern information, sizes, and variations that I've made, like different sleeves for the same t-shirt body. Some people put a photo or line drawing on the outside, too. They fit perfectly in an IKEA box if I put them sideways, then I can flip through and find what I need.

I've tried ziplock bags, I've tried hanging file folders, I've tried binders. My current system fits the most patterns in the smallest space and eliminates all the sliding plastic.

My own current storage solution consist of two core boxes cut and taped together. I followed this guide here. It's reached it maximum capacity at the moment with 2 core sets and all of the Dunwich and Carcosa cycles. If I plan on getting The Forgotten age I'll have to retire it.

As for the rule inserts, I keep those in a separate brown office manila envelope. I unfold the heavily folded mytho pack inserts, then flatten them out and they all fit in a single envelope fairly easily.